Neat stuff: “Translucent concrete, rubber glass, unwetable sand, suction cup tape, etc.” Stretch-sensing rubber, silver-plated nylon thread, and bendable wood too.

Dr. Cal Meacham: (paging through mysterious catalog) A catherimine tube with an endiom complex of plus four.
Joe Wilson: What’s that?
Dr. Cal Meacham: I don’t know, but this outfit has ’em.
— From the movie This Island Earth

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