RewindAgain@futurology.today to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months agoResearchers create programmable plastic that can self-destruct when triggered.interestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
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minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt did specify those traits are under testing now.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoyeah thats kinda the thing. its sorta a nothing burger till they have that stuff figured.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoWell the biodegradable part seems a given, as that’s the key point of the article. That alone would probably be worth it for a lot of applications.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoim not so sure. I don’t see anything indicating it breaks down into safe organic material.
It did specify those traits are under testing now.
yeah thats kinda the thing. its sorta a nothing burger till they have that stuff figured.
Well the biodegradable part seems a given, as that’s the key point of the article. That alone would probably be worth it for a lot of applications.
im not so sure. I don’t see anything indicating it breaks down into safe organic material.