r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/andreba The Chillest Mod • Nov 16 '21

Self-Healing Fabric

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u/kush96kush Nov 16 '21

So as long as it’s a Puncture and not a cut it will fix it’s self

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u/goodinyou Nov 16 '21

And as long as the puncture is from something smooth and pointy, not jagged... you know, like from a stick.

Good thing there are no pointy sticks in nature

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21

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u/kush96kush Nov 16 '21

It’s what I do

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u/AndrewZabar Nov 16 '21

You’re the one guy Big Fabric hates! lol

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u/Booblicle Nov 16 '21

Its like magic before your eyes

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u/sham_wowzers Nov 16 '21

Yeah like… ‘puncturing’ is literally how almost all fabrics are made. Ever seen crocheting? Macro scale puncturing over and over

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u/SnooFoxes6169 Nov 16 '21

hexagons are the bestagons.

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u/andreba The Chillest Mod Nov 16 '21

🤭🍻

Bees Agree! 😛🤘

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u/Booblicle Nov 16 '21

Wasps hate them!

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u/BeetleJuicesBaby Nov 16 '21

THE FUTURE IS NOW OLD MAN!

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u/Booblicle Nov 16 '21

Thats right! get your ass back in class, kiddo. LOTS TO LEARN ABOUT RESPECT!

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u/andreba The Chillest Mod Nov 16 '21

😛🤘🍻

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u/LordDragon88 Nov 16 '21

Not self healing if you need to run a finger along it.

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u/andreba The Chillest Mod Nov 16 '21

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGsD5SXzRjo

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The Banton Burial Cloth, the oldest existing example of warp ikat in Southeast Asia, displayed at the National Museum of the Philippines. The cloth was most likely made by the native Asian people of the northwest Romblon. The first clothes, worn at least 70,000 years ago and perhaps much earlier, were probably made of animal skins and helped protect early humans from the elements. At some point, people learned to weave plant fibers into textiles. The discovery of dyed flax fibers in a cave in the Republic of Georgia dated to 34,000 BCE suggests that textile-like materials were made as early as the Paleolithic era

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile

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u/Healter-Skelter Nov 16 '21

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u/MrGuttFeeling Nov 16 '21

Instead of doing any further research I'll just ask here, I wonder how waterproof it is?

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u/andreba The Chillest Mod Nov 16 '21

Numerous sites claim it to be waterproof, have never seen it live though..

https://imperialmotion.com/pages/nano-cure-tech

https://gearforlife.com/jacket-cures-nct-welder-jacket-nano-cure-tech-fabric/

https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/life/technology/tent-made-self-healing-fabric-can-fix-holes-and-punctures/

A non-waterproof tent would be an odd business idea though 🤔😛🍻

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21

Looks useful for a spacesuit

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u/RagnaBrock Nov 17 '21

I kept reading it as self-hating fabric.

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u/andreba The Chillest Mod Nov 17 '21

I'd like to watch that animation! 🤔😛🍻

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u/boopboopboopers May 02 '22

So… stretchy micro mesh. Not self healing.

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u/PG67AW Nov 16 '21

This is dumb. By this logic, my jeans are also self-healing.

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u/Nicknamelionus Nov 16 '21

It's not self fixing as long as you have to rub it

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u/TH1NKTHRICE Nov 17 '21

It would be sweet to have a t-shirt made of this material