So the genius part is that... it's made out of polyethylene? I spent seemingly forever skipping through this article to find paragraphs of text drowning in useless giant images, and then the text that I did find was seriously overwrought, with hardly any of it seeming to actually say anything insightful.
bn-l · 7h ago
They make money when people click then scroll.
ggm · 9h ago
If you enjoyed this small story, then I recommend:
Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century 1996 by Stephen Fenichell
which is a readable history of the field, from parkesine and bakelite onward and it discusses the breathable, and non-breathable composites and uses of plastics as liners, as in this instance.
Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century 1996 by Stephen Fenichell
which is a readable history of the field, from parkesine and bakelite onward and it discusses the breathable, and non-breathable composites and uses of plastics as liners, as in this instance.