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Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself

85 points · 53 comments · speckx

  1. chrisjj · · focus · HN ↗
    > nutrient solution is applied over a hole, along with a small patch of fresh fungus

    So, not repair itself.

    1. dustfinger · · focus · HN ↗
      To be fair it only claimed "near self-repairing".
      1. soiltype · · focus · HN ↗
        The headline is more ambitious, that's probably what they meant
      2. cestith · · focus · HN ↗
        One could think of it as mostly self-repairing with some outside encouragement.
      3. chrisjj · · focus · HN ↗
        Nope. "Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself".
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