Comments on: Battlestar Galactica: Self-Repairing Materials

By: 5 things to be optimistic about « Evadot

5 things to be optimistic about « Evadot — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:29:59 +0000

[...] Got a flat tire? Rip in your jeans? Is your aircraft carrier’s hull cracked? Not for long. [...]

By: Islanded in a Stream of Stars | galactica-science.com

Islanded in a Stream of Stars | galactica-science.com — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:54:51 +0000

[...] However, in case you’re interested, Discover Magazine did publish an online article, “Battlestar Galactica: Self-Repairing Materials,” which covers Cylon Goo and existing efforts in that [...]

By: 2smrt4u

2smrt4u — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:39:33 +0000

A biofilm may not be possible in the vacuum of space though, which is one place it would come in mighty handy.

By: LCB

LCB — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:17:31 +0000

I’m guessing the same way you limit any bacterial growth, by cutting off its food supply or not at all. What could the colony do anyway, make crusty plastic outgrowths that need to be pruned?

By: BCL

BCL — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:38:26 +0000

That’s scary. How do you limit growth?

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:38:46 +0000

That’s awesome. I’m especially excited about the M&M ball-like mini-repair kits. However, I wonder if some form of intelligence can be built into metals to identify a weakness before a break occurs. In the UK, I remember a probe was being used test lengths of railway track for flaws. As the probe was passed over the damaged piece of track, the resistance increased, pointing to a crack. Repair work could then be carried out on that piece of rail.

Could a similar system be put in place for a structure? Sensors attached to key supports (in buildings/ships/aircraft… spaceships?), fed into a network, signalling strategically-placed repair stations to do a “patch-up”?

Anyhow, great article

Cheers, Ian