Nov 25 2008Nanotech Material Never Gets Wet, EVER
Scientists at the University of Zurich have developed a material that never gets wet. Even if you play romantic music and kiss it tenderly.
The fabric is constructed of polyester fibers that are covered in a layer of 40-nanometer-wide silicone nanofilaments. These nanofilaments are spiky and cause water to sit in a sphere above the fabric, a permanent pocket of air protected safely below.
The material even reduces drag in water by 20%! I have no idea what sort of implications that has, but I think it's something to do with waterproof sheets. Because I used to date a girl that would drink Redbull and vodka all night and then, WITHOUT FAIL, piss the bed. God she sucked. So if you want to make fun of her or call her a hosebag, feel free. Her name and address are:
UPDATE: Ha, silly lawyers.
Nanotech Material Never Gets Wet, Even When Wet [gizmodo]
Thanks to Richthegringo, who keeps the ladies like a tropical rainforest. You know, with all sorts of crazy animals and shit.
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Reader Comments
1. MiMA - November 25, 2008 11:55 AM
first.....
so... we get raincoats now?
2. PLEEEZE! - November 25, 2008 11:59 AM
I suppose it's dry clean only then, yes?
3. Mr. Krinkle - November 25, 2008 12:00 PM
Come on Geekologie writer, your not fooling anyone.
"I used to date a girl"
HA! Priceless
4. Squeegee - November 25, 2008 12:02 PM
I'm going to test this underwater and see what happens
5. Daisy - November 25, 2008 12:03 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadows are all wrong.
The is a lot like a scene where Max does Baja in her stepmoms room & they get lube all over the curtains, rug & bed sheets. They use a jetpack to fly to Del Taco for some shamwows, but then were distracted by bacon flavored ice cream specials that they'd heard about when hallucinating on some star wars puppets they'd consumed when they heard the puppets might be laced with drugs. After eating they realized they didn't have any money to pay for what they'd eaten, they escaped in a cardboard box - but by the time they got home it was too late & their mess was discovered! It was a great scene in that movie Never Back Down.
6. Davo - November 25, 2008 12:09 PM
I think if you wear this and dive into the ocean, the world ends. PEW PEW PEW!
7. PLEEEZE! - November 25, 2008 12:17 PM
Bravo fake Daisy! Do it again! Do it again!!!
8. Madgame - November 25, 2008 12:17 PM
Looks like they made it from my ex-girlfriend's pussy
9. Gizmoduck - November 25, 2008 12:20 PM
WWWWWWHOOOOOOOAAAA....
@8
tawt snot
or
Tennessee pink fish?
10. WGboard - November 25, 2008 12:22 PM
Yeah so. make a surfboard and a boat out of this stuff... Now.
Do very want
11. Farva's Twin - November 25, 2008 12:23 PM
This is likely the essence of my first wife. The hosebag is ALWAYS wet.....
12. Daisy (TRO) - November 25, 2008 12:33 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
Thats just like the scene in the Movie Never Back Down where Max's roommate spends the rent money on Filipino hookers. so he has to find a new place to live. After an "encounter" with his friends mom, Max is forced to move in with his grandmother. Trying to save face with his younger co-workers, Max says that he is living "with three hot babes" (meaning his grandmother and her two roommates).
13. Daisy - November 25, 2008 12:34 PM
FAKE!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell it's fake because the shadows are all wrong.
This reminds me of that scene when Daisy kept leaving the same comment several times every single day of her pathetic life in that movie Never Back Down.
14. Hannukah Montana - November 25, 2008 12:35 PM
First the SHAMWOW, now this?
How nice...
They probably have it already in Wal-Mart.
Call 1-800-4560 to get your MagicWipes!
But wait! There's more!
If you call in the next 5 minutes, you can get your second pair of MagicWipes plus 12 oz, Vaseline for steamy nights alone in your bedbroom. Free of charge! $19.99, free shipping and handling. All major credit cards accepted.
15. pojojuniper - November 25, 2008 12:36 PM
This reminds me of that time I was abducted by alien who were driving a completely chrome car, and they forced me to wear a bite-couting device and locked me in a crystal filled apartment and made me make fiber-optic wallpaper. Then, after probing me, they threw a huge rock down on Canada (pew, pew, suckas!) and made me ride around on a Roomba while wearing this completely waterproof suit.
16. OMGWTFBBQ - November 25, 2008 12:37 PM
@8 -- Wicked burn. I luld.
17. Uncle Eccoli - November 25, 2008 1:23 PM
Use it as bed linen and the piss will either further wick up into your pajamas or roll off onto the floor.
Wet suits? Swim suits for competition? What about bandages? Ultra-flexible plumbing?
18. slickmick - November 25, 2008 3:22 PM
I've been wiping my ass with that stuff for like 25 yrs and now I have Hemroids. So who is the dumn one now, you or me the guy who wipes his ass with Buckypaper!!
19. Mike Hawk - November 25, 2008 4:12 PM
@10 Snowboards
20. big brown - November 25, 2008 4:28 PM
congratz? so what now? what are we gonna use this material on?? raincoats?already made!
21. WhosWithMe? - November 25, 2008 5:34 PM
These f cks need to develop a cure for AIDS or Cancer not things that can't get wet.
@ #8 - It was fine when I was in it. Twice. True story.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
EFF-AYE-SEE-EEE !!
22. BOB DICKMAN - November 25, 2008 6:26 PM
ARE YOU F***ING KIDING MNE THIS SHIT WAS INVENTED ALREADY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON. DUMB ASS GERMANS>>>>>>>THIS PISSES ME OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!
23. Mike - November 25, 2008 6:34 PM
Sounds like my wife....
24. Blopit - November 25, 2008 9:19 PM
@18
no the guy that uses brillo to wipe his ass is a dumbass
did anyone else notice that the water sphere has a crack in it
oh that is creepy, this things gunna give me nightmares, i bet when i wakeup there will be a giant ball of piss next to me! that is just f***ing creepy!
it is cool though, i want this stuff on my deathbed, so when the mafia comes to shoot me, my blood wont sink into the covers like last time.
25. ...in America! - November 26, 2008 1:42 AM
#22: I don't think it was quite as effective as this stuff is. But I agree, UWM deserves some credit.
26. Wife or Wipe Dry - November 26, 2008 3:06 AM
Of what will this be?
Sounds like my wife / girl / girlfriend / Scientist / Aids / Cancer
This things keeps dry things dry and wet things wet.
So you can extract your wetness (Oh ! if you claim you can be really that way)
and transfer them to your required destinations.
And then use them to transfer the viruses and microbes.
Store them and use them against probable enemies.
Just pretend you are God and you can play the devil to the hilt.
Way to go GW writer you seem to find the best possbile inventions.
You are the discovery of inventions. Whoa !!!! Way to go man.
27. Sly Hoax - November 26, 2008 2:34 PM
Oh Geekologie writer, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways....
28. AKAKA - May 12, 2009 10:46 PM
New Olympic level swimwear is obviously the next step.
29. Gemstone beads - November 27, 2009 4:18 AM
Manners make the man.
http://www.teboer.com/gemstone-beads/