Scientists Develop Super-Slippery Material 298
Hugh Pickens writes writes "Anyone who is partial to ketchup with their food will know how difficult it is to get the final dregs from the bottle but now the Telegraph reports that scientists have created one of the most slippery materials ever that promises to result in new self-cleaning surfaces that never get dirty, could be used to coat the inside of bottles and jars to help consumers get all of the food inside, or in the energy industry for making oil flow more efficiently through pipes. Professor Joanna Aizenberg, a materials scientists at Harvard University, was inspired by the carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants, which has a highly slippery surface at the top of its flute-shaped leaves so that insects tumble down into the digestive juices contained inside. The new material, known as a Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surface or SLIPS boasts a rare trait called "omniphobicity", which means it can repel both water and oily materials. "If we used substance like ours to coat the inside of bottles, it would be possible to get it all out," says Aizenberg. "The only problem may be that the sauce may come out a little too easily on to their food.""
Contraceptives? (Score:5, Funny)
Contraceptive compatible?
There was a movie about this (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044876/ [imdb.com] -- We all know the ending.
Underpants? (Score:5, Funny)
This opens a world of possibilities to the industry of underwear... First you don't need to iron, now you don't need to wash xD.
This (Score:5, Funny)
This was the first post
but it slipped down here.
they could just ask politicians (Score:5, Funny)
plenty of politicians are made of this stuff.
Practical application... (Score:5, Funny)
Think of the practical joke possibilities... floors, door handles... oh colleagues' coffee mugs.
I think the Health & Safety people are going to clamp down on this one.
Re:flubber (Score:5, Funny)
no, it's the propulsion gel...for science!
Re:Practical application... (Score:5, Funny)
we already have that... (Score:5, Funny)
Why re-invent the wheel, just skin a few politicians.
Re:Underpants? (Score:5, Funny)
no .. his mom does ...
Griswold! (Score:3, Funny)
Be careful if you're thinking of applying this to your snow sled.
The first beta test (Score:4, Funny)
I found a video of one of the first tests of this material. They sprayed it on the bottom of a sled so they could measure how much faster it could get down the hill. The results are fairly impressive [youtube.com].
Re:Not for cooking sadly (Score:5, Funny)
Remind me not to eat a meal that you've cooked.
Re:just hurry up and do it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Prior Art (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Underpants? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Only one way to be sure... (Score:4, Funny)
"and girl!"
Re:Prior Art (Score:5, Funny)
YOU'RE FUCKING WRONG.
Are you saying "You're REALLY REALLY wrong." ?
or are you saying "When you fuck, you are not doing it correctly." ?
Re:New trojans have that problem already (Score:2, Funny)
Hmm, she didn't mention that to me.
Disregard that. (Score:2, Funny)
They should just use politicians; you know, after grinding them up into a thin, tasteless paste.