The Water-Repelling Surface That Lives Outside My Window

Re:The Water-Repelling Surface That Lives Outside My Window by TeMPOraL on Friday June 20, 2014 @10:42PM (#7923955)

That it happens was known for thousands of years; why and how it happens is a new piece of knowledge.

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Re:The Water-Repelling Surface That Lives Outside My Window by Panoramix on Saturday June 21, 2014 @05:25AM (#7924550)

I guess the message is that what the author is sharing is common knowledge since the 70's. With the invention of the electron microscope people started looking at everything, including leaves, discovering what the blogger at hand shares here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect

Nowadays there are hundreds of companies that sell materials or sprays taking advantage of this (or related) effects. For example http://www.hydrobead.com/ http://www.ultraeverdrystore.com/

Still it's always cool to see high fps cameras in action.

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Re:The Water-Repelling Surface That Lives Outside My Window by nikster on Friday June 27, 2014 @11:38AM (#7954451)

First, this was news to me. Second it is cool.

And third, the message is to go through life with open eyes, and to wonder about things.

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