A while back, Nissan scientists helped to develop a paint clearcoat called Scratch Shield that can self-repair light scratches overnight or over the course of a week.
Now the Japanese automaker is spreading the love, licensing the technology to Japan’s largest wireless company, NTT DoCoMo. The clearcoat uses a special top layer of highly elastic resin that gives the coating a ‘flexibility’ that reportedly means that it can prevent or “heal” 80% of surface marks. The coating itself is also tougher, so it is less susceptible to marks in the first place.
Very interesting technology. Would be useful for almost any product I can think of. This would be especially useful for mobiles, cameras… really anything mobile that gets used everyday.
Lets hope it get adopted quickly by many more manufacturers.
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