Very interesting, but ......

what could it be used for.

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JayKew

Well...
It could be used for sand castles!

For some reason, the film clip didn't run for me when I went there. It looks like a Quicktime clip, but it didn't load into the Quicktime that I have installed.

Sounds to me like a new type of concrete...Except I didn't look far enough to see what kind of tensile strength it has *after* being moled & dried.

If it's superior to concrete, then I'd say they have something worthwhile...If not, then they're wasting they're time (And *our* money) by pursuing a useless goal.

And not just any ordinary sand castle... UNDERWATER SANDCASTLES!!!!!!!!!

i saw that as a little kiddy toy a couple of years ago...

hmmm ... i'm sure there are applications. if this sort of effect could be conferred onto an explosive, for example, it could be stored under water where it is safe, then simply drained off and ready to use.

- qo.

If you guys think that is cool...you should see Liquid Helium.

IT IS AWESOME!!!!

You dip an empty test tube into liquid helium and the helium will climb up the test tube, and fill it till it is equal with the level outside the tube.

Then once you take it back out of the liquid helium, the helium in the tube crawls back up the wall, and back into the original container....AWESOME NO?

Sincerely,
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