Editing Silly Putty (section)

==Other uses==
In addition to its success as a toy, other uses for the putty have been found. In the home, it can be used to remove substances such as dirt, lint, pet hair, or ink from various surfaces. The material's unique properties have found niche use in medical and scientific applications. [[Occupational therapy|Occupational therapists]] use it for rehabilitative therapy of hand injuries.<ref name=Escape>{{cite web|title=17 Surprisingly Practical Uses for Silly Putty |url= http://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2012-12-03/17-surprisingly-practical-uses-for-silly-putty.html|website=Escape Adulthood|access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> A number of other brands (such as ''Power Putty'' and ''TheraPutty'') alter the material's properties, offering different levels of resistance. The material is also used as a tool to help reduce stress, and exists in various viscosities based on the user's preference.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Because of its [[adhesive]] characteristics, it was used by Apollo [[astronaut]]s to secure their tools in zero gravity.<ref name=Walsh>{{cite book| last1= Walsh| first1= Tim| title= Timeless toys: classic toys and the playmakers who created them|date=2005|publisher=Andrews McMeel Pub.|location=Kansas City, Missouri |isbn= 978-0740755712|page=92}}</ref> Scale model building hobbyists use the putty as a masking medium when spray-painting model assemblies.<ref name=masking>{{cite web |title=Silly Putty masking |url=https://butterfingeredmodelbuilder.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/silly-putty-masking/ |website=The Butterfingered Modelbuilder's Adventures |access-date=30 September 2015|date=2015-06-24 }}</ref><ref>''[[Scale Auto Magazine]]'', various issues</ref> The [[Steward Observatory]] uses a Silly-Putty backed [[Lapping|lap]] to polish astronomical telescope mirrors.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=How do you build a mirror for one of the world's biggest telescopes? |first1=Buddy |last1=Martin |first2=Dae Wook |last2=Kim |date=January 15, 2016 |journal= [[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation US]] |url=https://theconversation.com/how-do-you-build-a-mirror-for-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-telescopes-49927}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Rigid conformal polishing tool using non-linear visco-elastic effect |first1=Dae Wook |last1=Kim |first2=James H. |last2=Burge |journal=Optics Express |date=1 February 2010 |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=2242–57 |doi=10.1364/OE.18.002242 |pmid=20174053 |bibcode = 2010OExpr..18.2242K |s2cid=43886693 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Researchers from [[Trinity College Dublin]] School of Physics (Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research (AMBER) Research Centers) have discovered nano composite mixtures of [[graphene]] and Silly Putty behave as sensitive pressure sensors, claiming the ability to measure the footsteps of a spider crawling on it.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Coleman |first=Jonathan N. |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites |url=http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/84703/1/__smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk_akj23_Documents_SRO%200%2007%2024.pdf |journal=Science |language=en |volume=354 |pages=1257–60 |bibcode=2016Sci...354.1257B |doi=10.1126/science.aag2879 |pmid=27940866 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226220324/http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/84703/1/__smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk_akj23_Documents_SRO%200%2007%2024.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2020 |number=6317 |hdl=2262/82344 |s2cid=23162303 |access-date=21 August 2019 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>