05-04-2023, 04:33 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65392399
Normally if a jacket rips you'd either need to repair it or eventually replace it, but what if the jacket could repair itself?
This is exactly what scientists have been looking at in a new study on mycelium or mushroom leather.
Mycelium, the root part of the fungus family, is used for all sorts of things from building materials to surfboards.
Mycelium leather is currently constructed in such a way that gets rid of fungal growth.
But, a group of researchers believe keeping some of the fungal properties could create a self-repairing fabric.
Well, if this is all it's cracked up to be... then, I'm gonna have to use this for socks, because I'm getting holes in mine all the time
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Sadly, clothes that use this are still believed to be ten years away - but, hopefully they'll find some way to speed it up
.
Normally if a jacket rips you'd either need to repair it or eventually replace it, but what if the jacket could repair itself?
This is exactly what scientists have been looking at in a new study on mycelium or mushroom leather.
Mycelium, the root part of the fungus family, is used for all sorts of things from building materials to surfboards.
Mycelium leather is currently constructed in such a way that gets rid of fungal growth.
But, a group of researchers believe keeping some of the fungal properties could create a self-repairing fabric.
Well, if this is all it's cracked up to be... then, I'm gonna have to use this for socks, because I'm getting holes in mine all the time
. Sadly, clothes that use this are still believed to be ten years away - but, hopefully they'll find some way to speed it up
.
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