Japanese Researchers Make Plastic Out of Water 117
greenrainbow writes with this excerpt from Inhabit: "The material shown in the picture above is just ice, right? Look again. Elastic water, a new substance invented by researchers at Tokyo University, is a jelly-like substance made up of 95% water along with two grams of clay and a small amount of organic materials. As is, the all-natural substance is perfect for medical procedures, because it's made of water, poses no harm to people, and is perfect for mending tissue. And, if the research team can increase the density of this exciting new substance, it could be used in place of our current oil-based plastics for a host of other things."
hmm (Score:3, Interesting)
Fine... (Score:5, Interesting)
whaa? (Score:3, Interesting)
First:
is a jelly-like substance made up of 95% water along with two grams of clay and a small amount of organic materials.
Then:
because it's made of water, poses no harm to people
That's about as reassuring as saying "This 95% water and 5% deadly deadly poison solution will be completely safe to inject directly into your bloodstream, since it is made completely out of water!"
Re:Attention Japanese Science-fidels (Score:3, Interesting)
Is jello regional like Xerox? Because here in the Northwest most people use "Xerox" only as a proper noun.
And I don't know about elsewhere, but here people only use "jello" for gelatin if you make it from a powder, and eat it by itself, regardless of brand. If solid gelatin is premade and in a jar and you put it on bread or something, it is always "jelly".
Re:Attention Japanese Science-fidels (Score:2, Interesting)