Researches at the Arizona State University have developed a material that can detect and heal damage to itself. It is made using Shape Memory polymers.
In an RBE, things would be built to last, rather than built to fail so that others could be sold. Self repairing materials would obviously help things to last even longer, thereby being even more economical with the planet's finite resources.
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