Self-healing fabrics inspired by squid teeth

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Am I the only person picturing squid in Christmas sweaters?

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I’m sure this will work great until the armholes heal themselves and your pants heal to your shirt.

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Gotta wonder how they’ll deal with the agitation without having the garment come out as just one big mass of “healed” fabric.

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I just wear squid teeth and avoid the middleman!

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Is the fabric really healing, or are they just gluing another piece on? I don’t see that the actual fibers are reconnecting to reform thread or yarn.

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Sounds like post-graduate level magick.

I don’t think I’d wear underpants made of that stuff.

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