The governor there dispatched the National Guard to assist rescue efforts, and Connecticut Light and Power had begun dispatching crews to repair the electrical grid now that winds had subsided.
The polymers return to a pre-defined shape when heated to a certain temperature, and, when damage is detected, an infrared laser sends light through the network to the damaged area, triggers the shape-memory, and commands the area to repair the crack or tear -- regaining up to 96 percent of its original strength.