Hydrophobic surface treatment experiments on ARS Technica
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Just caught this item on ARS Technica. testing-of-ultraeverdry any novel applications spring to mind?
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
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Just caught this item on ARS Technica. testing-of-ultraeverdry any novel applications spring to mind?
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
We can build a giant duck. See. And then we can wheel up to DD's office and get in. ... :~
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dusty_dex wrote:
any novel applications spring to mind?
A bull shit deflector?
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Just caught this item on ARS Technica. testing-of-ultraeverdry any novel applications spring to mind?
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
If they can integrate this into clear glass, without creating opacity, then it's goodbye to windscreen wipers :)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Just caught this item on ARS Technica. testing-of-ultraeverdry any novel applications spring to mind?
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
I saw tech like this back in the 1980s, the problem was it used FluroCarbon plastics, virtually indestructible and about 2 orders of magnitude more polluting than DDT. It got banned pretty quickly although not before some pretty large scale use in India. I hope this new version is considerably safer.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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If they can integrate this into clear glass, without creating opacity, then it's goodbye to windscreen wipers :)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
> If they can integrate this into clear glass, without creating opacity, then it's goodbye to windscreen wipers < Well that would be cool. Nothing more jarring than having intermittent rain and the wipers screeching back and forth. Spray it on the tyres and run over the neighbour's bastard pet from hell. :-D
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
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I saw tech like this back in the 1980s, the problem was it used FluroCarbon plastics, virtually indestructible and about 2 orders of magnitude more polluting than DDT. It got banned pretty quickly although not before some pretty large scale use in India. I hope this new version is considerably safer.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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Are you referring to that liquid you could drop a live TV into? InertX I think it was called.
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
No, I don't think so. It was just like this new stuff, a spray on plastic that was next to invisible once applied, apparently formed a monomolecular surface covering and was resistant to water, mild acid and even acted as a UV screen. There were a whole family of new plastics around that time and if I remember rightly several could be applied like this for different effects. It was all set to be a big 'scientific revolution' until someone asked what happens to the stuff that doesn't quite make it onto the target, or when it eventually wears off. :doh: :(( ( If you remember Tomorrow's World suspending a mini from a tiny plastic peg, I'm pretty sure that was a related FluroCarbon strength plastic which also disappeared without a trace, possibly baby with the bathwater and all that )
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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No, I don't think so. It was just like this new stuff, a spray on plastic that was next to invisible once applied, apparently formed a monomolecular surface covering and was resistant to water, mild acid and even acted as a UV screen. There were a whole family of new plastics around that time and if I remember rightly several could be applied like this for different effects. It was all set to be a big 'scientific revolution' until someone asked what happens to the stuff that doesn't quite make it onto the target, or when it eventually wears off. :doh: :(( ( If you remember Tomorrow's World suspending a mini from a tiny plastic peg, I'm pretty sure that was a related FluroCarbon strength plastic which also disappeared without a trace, possibly baby with the bathwater and all that )
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Surprisingly few things on Tomorrow's World were successful. If it was still on air, I'd certainly prefer TW over the god awful Dragon's Den. Speaking of toxic hazards, Teflon isn't so wonderful if it gets into your system. Carcinogenic.
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
