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Super Plastic Both Attracts and Repels Water

technologyreview.com — An odd new material could be a boon in dry regions with limited access to clean water.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 21, 2007

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  • Otto, on 10/11/2007, -2/+67I didn't think it was physically possible, but this plastic both sucks and blows.
  • Ninjab3ar, on 10/11/2007, -6/+28sorry for blocking you.....
  • zackkitzmiller, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22My only regret: Not digging you down before blocking you.
  • FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19Sand people are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers
  • zephc, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20So which is, Plastic, are you going to attract or repel water? America deserves a plastic that won't keep changing its properties whenever its convenient.
  • joebob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16"It's Megamaid. She's gone from suck to blow!"
  • weasler7, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Does this remind anyone of moisture farms in Star Wars? Only a few more years until we start seeing those little sand people popping up everywhere...
  • Beaver6813, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Exactly. I didn't read it last year so i'll read it this year...
  • ChronicColonic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8My luck would be that I would apply this stuff to my car and the rain would not stop...ever.

    I think the constant water attraction would cause this.
  • Speed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8We're at war, plastic, you can't sit on the fence
  • spritom, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Just make sure to get one that speaks Bacchi.
  • iherbivore, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6How about the Slip-n-Stop, where a slippery part gets your momentum going only to be stopped by a skin-tearingly-sudden stop 5 feet later?
  • transeth, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6I want this in a thin film layer to put on my car! No more waxing.
  • lndmn01, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5um, they already have something.... it's called a magnetic field.
  • McTendo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6@smashsource
    Bitch got blocked.
  • Patogrande, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2But I was going to go into Toshi station to pick up some power converters!
  • slapthemonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Lets see the results and then only will comment.
  • zephc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think they call those water park slides.
  • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Hrrrm... now if only they could do something like this that works with plasma, we might just have the insulation we would need for a fusion reactor.
  • silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1a very rare chortling bird of the West Pacific Islands
  • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yes, but it requires energy to maintain it at the level required.... This would be a static, non-powered containment.... Seems like it would be much better to me.
  • knobtwiddler, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2yawn
  • Scotty87, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2anyone else facinated by the perfect circle those dropplets are?
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1By this time next year, the Slip-n-Slide v2.0 will be the new hot item. Buy your stock now! Now 90% slipperier!

  • brwright, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1What is a boon?
  • TRScheel, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1"Well, that'll give us a richer harmony."

    Obi-Wan agrees, "Oh yeah, no, it's gonna sound fantastic."
  • Heavypettingzoo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1NOW I CAN FINALLY BUILD MY 200 FT LONG EPIC SLIP AND SLIDE!!!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1I can think of a few ways this could be used to create cheap energy...

    Water repellant at the bottom of a container to speed evaporation, water attractor on some sort of funnel to channel the collected water into a dynamo... add a little sunlight. Hm?
  • Raydr, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2But will it blend...with pet food?
  • xtmno3, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Just make sure there is none underneath it when you put the coating down...
  • fober, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1I did a little searching on the net as well, but I couldn't find anything more recent.

    I suppose there's not much more than research going on right now.
  • themoose, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1So.. overall it does ***** all?
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Oh, wow, scientists have invented what has existed in nature for millions of years...
    phospholipids.
  • antoniojvr, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Wow. Just like Democrats to tolerance. HAHAHA I'm so political KBITHNX
  • ziki, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Too good it doesn't attract feces..........?
  • rafakr, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Too bad it doesn't atract beer !
  • Astaro, on 10/11/2007, -14/+1I bet microsoft starts using it for packaging...
  • fober, on 10/11/2007, -15/+1Seeing the "_3" in the Digg link made me wonder (along with the fact that the article is dated May 30, 2006):

    http://digg.com/general_sciences/Super_Plastic_Both_Attracts_and_Repels_Water

    DIGG DOWN DEJAVU

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