Interesting plastic development
From
Extreme Tech:
New plastic becomes stronger when stressed, drop-proof smartphones incoming
Plastics are amazingly versatile materials, and their usage in all manner of objects is only increasing. Virtually everything you own is at least partially composed of plastic, and that�s usually a very good thing. Plastic is light, inexpensive, and can be molded in any shape. However, it�s not always the strongest material. Many smartphone owners know the sorrow of dropping a phone and finding the fall cracked or chipped the casing. A new type of plastic developed at Duke University could change all that. This material actually gets stronger when it is stressed.
More at the site -- this could be a really big development opening up to many new plastics. Shock absorbers, ballistic armor, hinges, camera parts, the mind boggles...
Posted by DaveH at September 3, 2013 9:15 PM