news.com.com — Dartmouth College engineering professor Victor Petrenko, not to be confused with one of the Champions on Ice, has devised a way to use a burst of electricity to remove ice caked on walls or windows. For surfaces coated with a special film, the jolt gets rid of ice in less than a second, far less time than it takes to hack at it with an ice scraper.
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stuffhappensApr 15, 2006
Or buy a BMW that has a second battery in the trunk connected to a windshield heating system and timer so you can set the vehicle to clear all the windows about 15 minutes before you need the car in the morning!!
namcoApr 15, 2006
Dugg, just for the whole Champions on Ice/defrosting ice off of your winshield paradox.
zouhairApr 15, 2006
How about dropping some real cold water over the ice, it melt and do not cost much
nanostuffApr 15, 2006
"We built a solar cell made of ice," he recalled. "While it is not as efficient as a silicon solar cell, it costs a penny a square mile."I'd like to take them up on that offer. I can sell my house and cover all of north america with solar cells.
Closed AccountApr 16, 2006
LAME, I use a large cup of hot water and it does the same thing plus it dont cost an assload of money.
barleymeisterApr 16, 2006
a little late, considering it's mid-spring now, but still quite interesting
z_kitsuneApr 16, 2006
What if, instead of just removing ice from the window, the entire car was coated with this stuff? You could just press a button on your keyfob, and all the ice would slide away. And, because that inch thick layer of ice would be gone, the drag it creates would disappear as well.
dasil003Apr 16, 2006
Yes, I remember as a child my friend's stepmom from Costa Rica applying the same principle to remove the ice from the front steps. I'm just glad I wasn't the one to discover it.