Sunday, June 22, 2008
Science - auxetics
Science can be really neat....
In the U.K.'s Manchester Evening News, Yakub Qureshi reported this some time ago:
"A WONDER material which seems to defy the laws of physics has been developed at Bolton University.
The fabric - which gets thicker the more it is stretched - could be used to create an aeroplane wing that could change shape in mid-flight.
It could also be used for bullet-proof vests which expand to absorb the blow of a bullet, or a range of super-responsive mattresses capable of stopping bedsores in hospital patients."
