+Stunod Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed self healing plastic. Now if only the tupperware companies would start using this stuff...self healing caches! "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." Quote
South_Cache Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 A plastic cup thrown out onto a road side has a life of 50 to 100 years. Self healing plastics could last 3 or 4 times longer? It is great technology and I am sure they will find some great uses for it. Vini Vidi Velcro I came I saw I stuck around. Your results may vary. Capn Skully Quote
+Squirrel Nut & Beersnob Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Capn_Skully:A plastic cup thrown out onto a road side has a life of 50 to 100 years. Self healing plastics could last 3 or 4 times longer? Ok, what percentage or roadside trash is (good, self-healing) plastic cups, compared to fast food litter, pop cans, bottles, etc? I walk the Maze of Moments, but everywhere I turn to, begins a new beginning, but never finds a finish... -Enya, Anywhere Is Quote
Micqn Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I work in the medical industry and this kind of thing is a medical breakthrough. Self healing plastic will be and very soon will be in every kind of transplant material available. Happy. Hunting. Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by '68 Dodger:I work in the medical industry and this kind of thing is a medical breakthrough. Self healing plastic will be and very soon will be in every kind of transplant material available. Happy. Hunting. http://www.scubaboard.com/images/smilies/burnout.gif Then the lawsuits about "Self Sealing Plastic Capsule Toxic Shock Syndrome" will start. Though I have to agree, I don't need my Mtn. Dew bottle to last longer, but I do want to have anything they put inside me last longer than I do so they don't have to do it again until after I'm dead and don't care. Wherever you go there you are. Quote
South_Cache Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Squirrel Nut: quote:Originally posted by Capn_Skully:A plastic cup thrown out onto a road side has a life of 50 to 100 years. Self healing plastics could last 3 or 4 times longer? Ok, what percentage or roadside trash is (good, self-healing) plastic cups, compared to fast food litter, pop cans, bottles, etc? I walk the Maze of Moments, but everywhere I turn to, begins a new beginning, but never finds a finish... -Enya, Anywhere Is OK a styrofoam cup... minimum life 50 years. But you should see one after we send it to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in 3500ft of water. The pressure squeezes it down to about an inch tall. Before you ask: We make souvineers out of them. Each person signs a cup or draws a design. The cups are placed in a pourous bag and lowered to the bottom. When the come back up they are compressed! And they stay compressed, plus the signature is tiny and shrunk in proportion. Cool huh?? Vini Vidi Velcro I came I saw I stuck around. Capn Skully Quote
+ScottJ Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Cap'n: Never heard of doing it with cups, but a friend of mine has a styrofoam wig head (y'know, those styrofoam heads they display wigs on) that was signed by the crew and taken down on the submersible Alvin, back in the 70s. It's about 3 or 4 inches tall. -- Scott Johnson (ScottJ) Quote
Micqn Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I saw something like that when Ballard rediscovered the Titanic. Can I get one? How much $$? Happy. Hunting. Quote
+Freelens&Mosie Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 ...when you place a styrofoam cup in a vacuum? Does it get bigger? I have my own little world. But it's OK...they know me here. Quote
+Rygel Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Capn_Skully: quote:Originally posted by Squirrel Nut: quote:Originally posted by Capn_Skully:A plastic cup thrown out onto a road side has a life of 50 to 100 years. Self healing plastics could last 3 or 4 times longer? Ok, what percentage or roadside trash is (good, self-healing) plastic cups, compared to fast food litter, pop cans, bottles, etc? I walk the Maze of Moments, but everywhere I turn to, begins a new beginning, but never finds a finish... -Enya, Anywhere Is OK a styrofoam cup... minimum life 50 years. But you should see one after we send it to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in 3500ft of water. The pressure squeezes it down to about an inch tall. Before you ask: We make souvineers out of them. Each person signs a cup or draws a design. The cups are placed in a pourous bag and lowered to the bottom. When the come back up they are compressed! And they stay compressed, plus the signature is tiny and shrunk in proportion. Cool huh?? _Vini Vidi Velcro I came I saw I stuck around. Capn Skully_ You have any pics? I'd like to see this!! The great question...which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?" --Freud Quote
+arrowroot Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Freelens&Mosie:...when you place a styrofoam cup in a vacuum? Does it get bigger? I have my own little world. But it's OK...they know me here. I don't know about styrofoam, but marshmallows do. Unfortunately, they collapse again. I am Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt. I have many names, you know Quote
+altree Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 If they make tupperware with self healing plastic will the lid grow back to the bottom? And will geocaching gear have to be a saw to open cache? Just a thought Altree (you will not starve with a p38 and a can of food) Quote
+GOT GPS? Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 Just think, if you dropped a self-healing gps on a cache container, then several minutes later, it becomes part of the container. It would be interesting if they made self-healing gps units. Craked circuit boards, antenna, and the plastic housing would last longer. Just hit refresh Quote
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