NYT: "A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future"
Via the New York Times, this pretty cool new paper:
With restrictions on space and weight, what would you bring if you were going to Mars? An ideal option might be a single material that can shift shapes into any object you imagine.
In the morning, you could mold that material into utensils for eating. When breakfast is done, you could transform your fork and knife into a spade to tend to your Martian garden. And then when it’s happy hour on the red planet, that spade could become a cup for your Martian beer. Читать дальше...