New Nanotech Fabric Never Gets Wet 231
holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports on a simple coating for polyester that renders it unwettable — even after two months underwater it emerges dry to the touch. Water cannot attach to the new fabric thanks to nanostructured filaments and a structure that traps a constant air layer. One potential use is for low-drag swim wear."
Re:Welcome! (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like my wife, Ba-ZING!
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:5, Funny)
What, no snarky comment about Dune? (Score:5, Funny)
Reminds me of what the Fremen used to coat their underwater water stores.
I wonder what new and strange water behavior could be observed in a container lined in this. Would there be a meniscus -- either convex or concave -- when water was put into it? Or would the water huddle nervously in the middle, unsure of what do with itself?
Re:Welcome! (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our new unwettable overlords!
It's going to make wet T-shirt competitions far less entertaining :(
When it's underwater does it get wet? (Score:5, Funny)
Does the water get it instead?
Nobody knows.
Particle Man.
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:5, Funny)
Or as your name suggests it could be used to line the inside of a desert suit a la dune. Collect the moisture and recycle it.
Forget the water recycling, Muad'Dave just invented a perpetual motion machine! Although the buttered cat may constitute prior art.
Wish we could change the order... (Score:2, Funny)
Great news for slashdotters (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:5, Funny)
Give it to Mike Rowe.
Re:Unwettables (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:4, Funny)
What about oil, or grease or sticky substances in general?
The porn industry is dying to know.
Re:Welcome! (Score:5, Funny)
Shouldn't that be 'I, for one, welcome our new unwettable overcoats!' ?
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Unwettables (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Unwettables (Score:3, Funny)
A place which has lipstick on the glass at your table just screams hygiene.~
No, actually a place which has lipstick on the glass at your table is a place in which I'd be worried about the hygeine. Also, what was that funny squiggle at the end of your post?
I believe anyone who gives me a glass with lipstick or any kind of blemish on it should be executed since they obviously do respect me as a human being and therefore cannot be a valuable member of society.~
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:3, Funny)
Because of course there are no liquids other than water. Except troll spittle.
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:1, Funny)
I have a low dew point, you insensitive clod!
Re:funny but. (Score:2, Funny)
What do you mean? We've been eating Teflon for years, and fine we just are, problems here no thinking with.
Hmph (Score:2, Funny)
Schwab
Re:Is this a good idea? (Score:3, Funny)