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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/26/1919drzw0xnl7jpg.jpg?quality=75970547Have you ever had a roommate who saves plastic grocery bags just in case they ever have the need to reuse the dang things? Like, hundreds of plastic grocery bags? Well, thanks to Australian engineers, those extra bags can not only have a purpose, they can become technology of the future.