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  •  Elise   ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 
    2•10 days ago

    I keep returning to this idea of mimicking the immune system.

    A marker in or on the material allows for controlling when the plastic can start to break down. An artificial organism responds to that and breaks it down.