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Starlite KNight
03-05-2010, 02:04 AM
Scientists have created a flat surface patterned after the body hair of spiders that refuses to get wet.

The surface also has the added benefit of being self-cleaning, since water does a pretty good job of picking up and carrying off dirt as it is being repelled.

More... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35677541/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/)

I wonder if this would work on PCBs.

msmrx57
03-05-2010, 04:15 AM
Very interesting stuff.

artoodeeto
03-17-2010, 10:46 AM
now THAT would be interesting - imagine an immersion cooling system using water....