A French lab has announced a self-healing rubber compound that could potentially be made into various items useful for caving. Imagine coveralls, packs, gloves, boots and ropes that can repair themselves after being cut! See <http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080220/full/news.2008.611.html> and <http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR~PUBCODE~014~ACCT~1400000100~ISSUE~0802~RELTYPE~MS~PRODCODE~0000000~PRODLETT~IW.html> Both include links to videos of the healing process.
Mark Minton
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