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Smart fastenings

Habib has created a new kind of fastener that can hold a mobile phone firmly together - until you say the word to let go.

These fasteners are made with smart materials - metals and plastics that change shape when you trigger them, making the phone helpfully dismantle itself for recycling.

Until that point they act no differently from normal phone fastenings, so they won't pop apart in your pocket.



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This mobile has smart-material fastenings joining it together. Can you tell?
This mobile has smart-material fastenings joining it together. Can you tell?
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