Self-Healing Shoes May Be In Your Future!

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Researchers have found a way to create self-repairing soft polymer (Credit: An Xin and Kunhao Yu)

Like most people, you have probably lost count of the number of perfectly pristine-looking shoes you have tossed out simply because the rubber soles are cracked. In addition to the expense and hassle of replacing footwear, it is also harmful to our environment. According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, 300 million pairs of shoes end up in landfills each year, where they can take 30 to 40 years to decompose. Now, thanks to a revolutionary self-healing 3-D printed rubber material, fractured shoe soles may be a thing of the past.

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  • jkbear
    jkbear5년 이하
    cool
    • gold3nglare
      gold3nglare5년 이하
      Interesting.
      • bsc
        bsc5년 이하
        That's so cool!
        • sky_dragon
          sky_dragon5년 이하
          It's awesome!
          • ogbots2
            ogbots25년 이하
            they must be expensive there so cool
            • pusheenicorn
              pusheenicorn5년 이하
              that's cool! "magical shoes" 😯
              • kawaiigirl20
                kawaiigirl20약 5년
                CRAZY
                • 29zabraham
                  29zabraham5년 이상
                  Shape shifting?
                  • animereina2021
                    animereina20215년 이상
                    I hope that these shoes will become successful because it doesn't just help the environment, it also helps with healing shoes that were once jacked up, so you can go back to running, or doing what you were gonna do. But the thing is, what if someone doesn't want their shoes anymore, like it doesn't fit you anymore? What would we do to expose of the shoe? And also, is it comfy? Because I can be picky about what type of shoe I wear😯
                    • marypopcorn
                      marypopcorn약 4년
                      Don't throw the shoe away because it's too small!!!!!!!! If you have a little sibling who wears that size shoe, give it to them, or save the shoes until the little sibling can wear them, or just donate it! I'm sure there's, like, a billion other people who would want that shoe, but can't afford it. Help people in need!!!!!!!
                    • demiguise
                      demiguise5년 이상
                      Inventions these days

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