Over at Clemson University, a team of researchers have devised a method to manufacture microscopic carbon springs that can function as shock absorbers. According to source, layers of the minute springs called coiled carbon nanotubes could be used to prevent damaging impacts. Those springs which are smaller than human hair by a thousand times could be used not only for gadgets but also for car bumpers, soldiers' body armors, and shoe soles.

The coiled carbon nanotubes are not a new invention; the problem is that there used to be no affordable method to manufacture them in bulk. The new method devised not only displays high yield of production, but manufactures the nanotubes quickly as well. When the nanotubes form, all that needs to be done is to peel them off in a single sheet and stick the sheet onto a surface for cushioning. As someone who's already lost a couple of cell phones before by way of dropping them, I have high hopes for these nanotubes.