About ten or fifteen years ago I saw a program on the Discover channel about a barber in Yorkshire, England. It seems this guy was the type who muddled around in his garage on weekends looking, no doubt, for the big invention. However he seemed to have hit the jackpot.
He created a substance that which was in a liquid form, but could be poured into a mold and allowed to set as a solid. In either form it would not retain heat.
Since then I have never heard anymore about this and I often wonder what happened to the guy.
Saddam probably hired him .