Japanese scientists create elastic water

i wanna bite it

Thats just outright scary. Wonder if it'd make a good bed

so if you were to put elastic water in the freezer, would it turn into ice making it easier to keep the plastic colder longer?

Are there no bad side effects?That would be wonderfull!

All i can say is WOW !

woah, that is very, very cool. Great find!

Unbelievable. Hope it saves us all. And that we can make clothes out of it. I want to wear water.

academically speaking Japan's just very enthused when it comes to education. It did wonders for them as a country after war and it's been the sole symbol of status amongst many families there. In the US status comes by way of what you own, but in Japan it comes by way of what you have achieved in any endeavor. So obviously they seek to advance in technology it's just such a big deal to them to jump those hurdles.

It's a bit of a disapointment to be an american at times, the average person in this country goes to college because it's what you do. No direction, no passion for anything in particular. Just go to public school, get lessons from teachers that aren't inspired to teach they simply "keep up with the new lesson plan". After you do that for a few years go to college and enjoy your new found liberties, or join the armed forces / work force.

Then grow old and watch your children do it all over again....I don't think we're a very driven group of citizens here.......

Jello?

Finally a bottled water that you can drink...entirely

Coolieo

We should just use glass. The disposable economy is not sustainable, no matter how much water plastic you have. It's better spending that water washing the glass.

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

I would be fantastic to see this replace plastics in the long run.

Bout time. I was getting tired of drinking my water, I want it nicely packaged like a candy bar on store shelves.

I admire the Asian populations for working hard toward a better tomorrow, this is impeccable news to have elastic water possibly being a plastic replacement!

Cool!

To bailey78. Were you referring to me, brother or sister? And it is "stoned" not "stone."
Haven't had that spirit since 1999. No time, ruins my aim. Lyrical, I think is my word for today and in that spirit, I leave you with this calypso tune from Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut, 1963)

On the end of the world: [ 119 ]

Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end,
And our God will take things back that He to us did lend.
And if, on that sad day, you want to scold our God,
Why just go ahead and scold Him. He'll just smile and nod.

Pax vobescum, it is better not to see it coming.

The big plastic corporations will be making some huge unlimited political campaign contributions to make sure this never makes it to market.

Thanks supreme court!!!

I say, give a few chunks to the rats to nibble on first. No, not your local or national "elected" officials. The little furry beasts. No more BPAs? Time to sell off the plastics stocks? Was this stuff supposed to replace Viagra? I agree with crob80227, evil Japanese and their Socialized Medicine. Jesus was not Japanese and he sure as hell didn't believe in socialized medicine. Who needs that when you can preform miracle healings at the drop of a hat. No wait, there were not hats back then were there? Heck, Jesus wasn't an American either. He was a Jew. Any Jews in Japan? Were is my tequila? Am I Japanese? I once thought I was a reincarnated Japanese boy from Hiroshima circa August 6, 1945. But, my eyes are blue, like my Afghan relatives. I, like most of us, thought it was a recessive trait. Nope, DNA points to a mutation in Afghanistan about 8,000 years ago. Greetings to all my blue eyed mutant bothers and sisters.

i agree with ocanada....secret green fighting robots...or a new plastic for the robot bodies the japanese are pioneering

I wonder how well it spreads over toast.

See what happens when a country is mature and doesn't spend 23hrs a day ranting about how Obama was really born in Kenya and/or wasting 3 trillion dollars occupying Middle Eastern country?? They can BUILD shit!

I wonder what cool stuff we could build if we weren't spending every available penny on the military and "proving" Obama is a socialist???

um, don't we need potable water for other things- like drinking?

since it obviously can not burn this could be the end of house fires. i hope bacteria can not live in it.

So could I eat/drink that (?)

looks like a Jello shot to me. How about Ya'll?

the japanese need to stop making us north american's look bad lol

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Japan, as a country, is fucking awesome.

Sugooooi no da!

Shouldda continued my studies and Fermi Lab Lectures. Ah, well...

is this why they've been harpooning whales?

innovation at its best. i'm quite excited to see how much farther they go.

"However, if successful, the scientists may have found a way to make the world a little greener."

This is debatable.

The one *good* thing about plastics, is that they use up oil in a way that doesn't release CO2 into the environment.

If a viable and cheaper alternative was found for making plastics that didn't involve oil, what would happen next is that the price of oil would fall, considerably. Cheaper oil leads to more oil use (e.g. a higher percentage of oil burned), and may actually set back alternative fuels and electric car research back, since those projects are largely driven by expensive oil.

So yes, this could make landfills have less plastic. But at the end of the day, big landfills don't really have the sort of serious impacts climate change does.

Brilliant!

But it is worth noting that the evil Japanese with their SOCIALIZED MEDICINE came up with this technological breakthrough...and not the US.

I'm betting this technology secretly was developed for giant fighting robots. Well at least greener giant fighting robots.