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    Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/13/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    Usually a picture's worth a thousand words. But those words are worth a thousand of those pictures, which look like "project of the week" photos from a high school science textbook.
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    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    I call slip n slide in the deep end!
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    Image of Neil Pietrantonio Neil Pietrantonio
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    Can it be coated on cars to wick away damaging moisture, possibly carrying corroding salt and sand?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @Neil Pietrantonio: Or you could just cover your entire car in a coat of RainX
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    Image of AXSLV2 AXSLV2
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    wait, I'm confused... but is it water floating over water?
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    03/13/09

    @AXSLV2: It's not water-tight, it is a copper MESH, that will hold up weight based on the water's surface tension.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @AXSLV2: Allow me to explain it in terms you'll understand. Imagine you were swimming in the ocean and then had some wicked bad gas. As you expel it the gas envelops and clings to your body like a cheap hooker at a hotel bar. It then acts as a 'barrier' between your body and the water so you're floating on a bubble above the surface of the water.
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    Image of Twisk Twisk
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    Wait, so it'll be floating robotic insect overlords now? Is that what I'm to understand here?
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    Image of GalenAlexis GalenAlexis
    03/12/09

    Segways on Water!@Twisk: No, you are to understand that there will be Segways on Water, now.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @GalenAlexis: Aquatic Segways!!??!!!


    This won't end well...

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    Image of Nathan Cline Nathan Cline
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    haha, put it on a hyper-lux yacht, it blasts across the sea at a ridiculous speed... hits an oil slick and sinks like a stone.
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    Image of PerspectiveX PerspectiveX
    03/13/09

    @Nathan Cline: Not on an actual boat. The "boat" referenced in the Giz summary is a copper mesh basket.


    An actual boat would likely still be able to rely on hull buoyancy should it encounter other liquid surface materials.


    Besides, an oil spill is only at the surface layer. It would sink a little bit until it hit the water underneath.

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    03/13/09

    @PerspectiveX: Thanks, Perspective for putting that into, perspective..
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    Image of Bob_Dole Bob_Dole
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    Watch a swimsuit get made coated with this. THEN THEY'LL START ARGUING WHETHER IT'S CHEATING OR NOT. That or people will have fun sliding across the water...


    Huh...


    A water slide with out the slide?

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    Image of Kayonesoft Kayonesoft
    03/13/09

    @Bob_Dole: I wonder if you dived with this theoretical suit on, if the water will displace around you...? Causing you to immediately and violently hit bottom.
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    03/13/09

    @Kayonesoft: negative, the water doesn't go running away from you with this, it just can't make contact with the coating. it's like a magnet over another magnet with the same poles facing. the bottom magnet doesn't jump out of the way, it just holds the top magnet up.


    you'd still have the bouyant force. if the water were to jump out of the way and let you fall to the bottom, the boat in the picture wouldn't be floating. it'd be sitting at the bottom with a microscopic coating of air.

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    Image of HawaiianActor HawaiianActor
    03/13/09

    @stre: thank you Buzzkillington...
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    Image of Valicious Valicious
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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    03/12/09

    @Valicious:
    is he speaking greece?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/12/09

    @uli: Cthulhuese.
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    03/12/09

    In reply to Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
    i feel a jesus sighting in the future.
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    03/13/09

    @ilovexspin: There will be lots of sightings after Nike invests and subsequently releases the "Air Jesus".
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    03/13/09

    @ilovexspin: Reminds me of the Nike Air Melt sneaker that was sold in 1997. It was recalled because apparently the font they used looked too much like the way Muslims spelled "Allah".
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