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    Image of Swearengen Swearengen
    10/31/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Um, won't this just result in old people in hospitals having their skin ripped off when they brush up against the walls?
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    Image of pettiblay pettiblay
    10/31/09

    @Swearengen: The surface of a shark's skin is smooth. The "dents" you can see are microscopic; brushing your hand on the surface would make you realize that it's soft to the touch. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    10/31/09

    @Swearengen: Are you implying that our seniors are giant germs? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/31/09

    @pettiblay: Actually the surface of a shark's skin is fairly abrasive. It's used a lot to wrap the grips of things in native societies, and don't the japanese traditionally use it to grate wasabi radish? #sharkskinmaterial
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Wasn't there a similar thread during Shark Week? #sharkskinmaterial
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    10/30/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Nevermind, a thourough search of my history shows that I found this in an email link from Hospimedica 01/07/2009 #sharkskinmaterial
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Someone horked my name at engadget was starred Someone horked my name at engadget was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Ah, this follows that up. Now they're all ready to start shoving it onto our doorknobs while FDA testing for hospital use goes on in the background. #sharkskinmaterial
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    10/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: If I remember correctly, our materials manager got some of this stuff in recently on a stehascope or something for our nurses that visit the home patients.

    On a side-note, when I first started doing 'my business' in '93, almost no one was ever in isolation....nowadays it seems like 90% of the patients I deal with are isolated because of MRSA,C-diff....or whatever this will be very usefull to someone. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Agreed. I can't wait to see it used widely.
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    Edited by Rosa Golijan at 10/30/09 11:46 PM Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    One time, my friends and I went out looking for some ladies, and I was wearing a sharkskin suit, and I totally got herpes. So, you know, they don't keep everything from sticking. #RosaRocks
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    Edited by badhatharry at 10/30/09 11:03 PM badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of croush1211 croush1211
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    I wouldn't even call myself a germaphobe, but man this news got me excited. There are so many applications for this. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Bet I'm more scared of sharks than you are. Well, WAS more scared. Summermodo did a lot to get me over my fear. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    I saw this on TV about a year ago. That's old news. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/30/09

    @sebas0069: Thank you, citizen. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @sebas0069: Was it actually being put into use or just a vague idea up for discussion? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of bobofish bobofish
    10/31/09

    @sebas0069: I'm real glad you're so on top of what came first and when, and whether anything at any given time is news.

    For the rest of us dullards, it's nice to read about cool stuff, even if it was covered on some obscure cable channel at 3 in the morning six months ago. #sharkskinmaterial
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    10/31/09

    @bobofish: See, yet another reason why #RosaRocks . She suffers the insomnia so she can bring us the exciting stories! #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    11/04/09

    @bobofish:
    Just came out!!!!
    Shark skin alone prevents parasitic bacteria from sticking!!!!! #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    11/04/09

    @Rosa Golijan:
    News is exactly, how it is now. Never actually made to the market! or maybe the company does not even exists anymore.
    Basically it's bunch of technological stuff that never comes to use. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of PrimaveraHoi PrimaveraHoi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    uhhh... remoras are not bacteria.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/30/09

    @PrimaveraHoi: yup.... it didn't say "parasitic bacteria", so I kinda jumped the gun. I read the article twice and didn't connect the dots.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Lizard_King: Better? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: heh... Great, now everyone reading this article assumes I can't read. Perfect. ;-)
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Lizard_King: All part of my evil plot to...to...well, I'm not sure what, but it should somehow be part of an evil plot. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Uhhh... aren't sharks host to parasitic remoras (sharksuckers)? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/09

    @Lizard_King: Remoras have a mutual benefit relationship with sharks, not parasitic. They eat the remains of food and other detritus off of the shark's skin (as well as fecal matter), not actually take anything out of the shark itself.
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