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- codyman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Well now if anyone is ever gettin-it-on in the car with the lady folk.. all the world will see ;-) ;-)
- AzBaja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"What about us who need the foggy glass when we're having fun in the backseat of the car?"
you should be doing your home work before you try knocking up Betty Sue. Get a room and if you do not have a room you should not be having sexy any way. I'm telling your mommy. - scottauth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I thought this said Anti-Flag and wondered what it had to do with a punk band.
- kheiligh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i know this can be useful, however, I've been cooking with corning ware dishes for almost 20 years and the glass lids i have there never get fogged up... maybe I'm cooking it wrong?
I'm in agreement with Pile on this, i think it's so much of a breakthrough until it's embedded in the glass itself - TurboDerek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i hate having to replace my anti-fog shaving mirror every year.
- groogs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A trick I learned a while ago for preventing the bathroom mirror from fogging is to take a tiny bit of shaving cream and wipe it on. I believe it does the same sort of thing as RainX, this nano thing, etc, by making the water droplets form uniformly so they don't scatter light.
I'm also a scuba diver, and the same thing happens with your mask. There are anti-fog things you can get, but frankly, the best way to do it is to spit in your mask, wipe it around, then wash it out. I dive in fairly cold water (Lake Ontario) and it works like a charm. - AzBaja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ya cool, No just go down to Auto Zone and buy some Rain-X. It does the same thing and has been around for years and years. works great on car windows bathroom mirrors etc.
- elias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i am going to go home and take out my windows right now
- AzBaja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here is the link for Rain-X anti Fog
http://www.rainx.com/DU/default.htm
no digg - danio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0would be good for my paintball mask lense
- MarkXL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I use FogX from WalMart, I guess this works too lol.
- dggeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Fog = minor problem
What I want to see is an anti-frost coating. - tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I beleive the coating is made of glass and its baked on. So its not the same as traditional coatings. Or maybe that was some other guys method, I dont recall where i read an earlier article.
- fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this was on /. a few months ago
+digg anyway for awesome tech - mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What about us who need the foggy glass when we're having fun in the backseat of the car?
- Modulo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm getting sick and tired of hearing about stuff like this being called "nanotech". Just because it's made of molecules doesn't make it nanotech. Everything is made of molecules! When you come up with a coating for glass that can detach itself rfom the glass and turn a 300,000 gallon oil spill into pork freaking sandwiches then THAT is nanotech. GAHHHH!!!
- davideith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How do you clean this stuff? Sounds like a dirt magnet.
- uacheesehead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what's this? /. beat digg to a story?
good story, regardless.. - unknowndomain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0stuff like this already exists they have just reinvented the wheel and made it far more complicated
- mementh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0great idea...
would love to see this come out.. nanotech working again :) - ProAm500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0def. a dupe..
- tidejwe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is SOOO old news. . . I've been using Rain-x anti-fog stuff for years. . . it's the SAME THING because you're still coating the glass. It's probably cheaper too!
- jimeagan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Rubner's technology is permanent in the sense that it is applied onto the glass itself through heating. In lab tests it's not easily damaged or worn off over time. Anti-fogging sprays work fine, but they of course need to be re-applied and may only work in daylight (using titanium dioxide, same as in moisturizers/sunblocks).
And although it may sound complicated and expensive, making this coating is actually a fairly simple process and the materials are very cheap. Only specific competitor to this 24-hour/permanent anti fog coating is the stuff made by Xerocoat. Time will tell if it becomes a truly permanent solution for all fogging conditions, but it does seem to be a step in the right direction. Otherwise we could be stuck like the digg'er above, smearing shaving cream so the mirror doesn't fog up. - Mongoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There's an article about this in the December issue of Discover Magazine.
- MightyGiant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sounds like it will eat you alive.
- PacoBell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@Mongoose: Yes, we know.
"As reported in Discover magazine, Rubner and his research team turned to nanotechnology and recently announced the development of a permanent glass coating that keeps fog at bay." - PacoBell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"coating is composed of nanoparticles made of silica"
Umm, isn't that the same principle as those little packets of dessicant in dry goods we've seen for years? So they just spread the silica particles thinner and now it's a "breakthrough"? I don't get it. - Pile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Unfortunately, this is another technology that is based on a coating over the glass, and if the coating wears off or scratches, then you're back to having it fog up again. This isn't much of a breakthrough.
http://bsalert.com/ - mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"you should be doing your home work before you try knocking up Betty Sue. Get a room and if you do not have a room you should not be having sexy any way. I'm telling your mommy."
Hey us Doggers sometimes want privacy.
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