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New plastic bleeds and heals like human skin. A new plastic demonstrated to the American Chemical Society on Monday not only professes to self-repair when exposed to light, but to change color when damaged in a process akin to the bleeding of human skin (Photo: Shutterstock) Gizmag regulars will be well-used to the idea of self-healing materials, and even materials that repair themselves when exposed to light; but a new plastic demonstrated to the American Chemical Society on Monday purports to be the first self-healing material to incorporate a damage-reporting mechanism, almost akin to the bleeding of human skin.

New plastic bleeds and heals like human skin

"Our new plastic tries to mimic nature, issuing a red signal when damaged and then renewing itself when exposed to visible light, temperature or pH changes," said Professor Marek W. Dominic Boudreault - home. Acer's tiny USB-powered pico projector capable of 100-inch display – New Tech Gadgets & Electronic Devices. Pico projectors are slowly but surely starting to become quite useful, affordable devices. They are small enough to carry in your pocket, have a power draw low enough to remove the need for a separate power cable, and can produce large projections at HD resolutions.

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