Topic: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens

[Simon]

Smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturers could soon be able to include self-repairing screens in devices, according to scientists in Switzerland.

Screen scratches, from keys in pockets or grit in bags, can ruin the displays on portable devices, but researchers at the University of Fribourg in Germany have come up with a self-healing technology that would smooth away the problem.

According to the scientists, scratched materials - from car paints to tablet screens - could repair themselves in less than a minute when exposed to ultraviolet light using a special polymer coating.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/366949/researchers-tout-self-healing-smartphone-screens

[sam]

That sounds very promising but would destroy s whole industry in those darn sticky covers

[Simon]

Good!

[GillE]

I can't wait for this to become commercially available.

[Rik]

Sounds almost too good to be true.

[sam]

but we have those self-healing cutting boards...

[Rik]

Though, after a while, they don't work so well, Sam.

[sam]

but I wonder if it was only like scratches if it would outlive the useful length of the product?