Started reading the article expecting it to take a turn to how engineers used the slime to design a disgusting replacement for car airbags. That's not where it went, but was an interesting read...
Started reading the article expecting it to take a turn to how engineers used the slime to design a disgusting replacement for car airbags. That's not where it went, but was an interesting read anyway.
I am so disappointed in the associated video. It edits out the hand being lifted out. Which is strange, as that is the most interesting bit.
Typically, a hagfish will release less than a teaspoon of gunk from the 100 or so slime glands that line its flanks. And in less than half a second, that little amount will expand by 10,000 times—enough to fill a sizable bucket.
It doesn’t feel like much at first, as if a spider has built a web underwater,” says Douglas Fudge of Chapman University. But try to lift your hand out, and it’s as if the bucket’s contents are now attached to you.
I am so disappointed in the associated video. It edits out the hand being lifted out. Which is strange, as that is the most interesting bit.
Started reading the article expecting it to take a turn to how engineers used the slime to design a disgusting replacement for car airbags. That's not where it went, but was an interesting read anyway.
I am so disappointed in the associated video. It edits out the hand being lifted out. Which is strange, as that is the most interesting bit.