Inanimate materials that repair themselves!

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From here:

Scientists have infused "life" into inanimate chemical compounds by flashing a blue-violet light that prompted them to assemble themselves into a crystal.

The feat, described in a study published online Thursday by the journal Science, marks an important step toward creating "active" materials that can repair themselves, such as a smartphone screen that fixes its own cracks or a Kevlar vest that fills a hole made by a bullet, experts said.

Neat-o!

 

[Handley_Page]

How about a self-repairing space suit or earthly jacket ?

 

[KlaytonFrost]

A self-repairing phone screen is definitely a step in the right direction. Better than paying sixty quid to have it fixed at any rate