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New Nanotech Fabric Never Gets Wet 231

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @11:08AM from the good-for-lining-lunchboxes dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports on a simple coating for polyester that renders it unwettable — even after two months underwater it emerges dry to the touch. Water cannot attach to the new fabric thanks to nanostructured filaments and a structure that traps a constant air layer. One potential use is for low-drag swim wear."

Submission + - CEO of $150 laptop to run for prime minister (medisonscam.info)

Submitted by

Xemu

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @06:48AM

Xemu writes: "To follow up the story "$150 Linux Laptop for the Masses" and the comments to it, it now seems those who claimed it was all a scam are were right: The CEO of the Madison company had a press conference in Stockholm last night where he announced his plans to run for Swedish Prime Minister after he has built plants across Europe to manufacture his cheap laptops. Oh, and they showed a 150 dollar laptop to the press, with the serial numbers grinded off..."

Submission + - FoxTrot moving to Sundays only.

Submitted by

Randolpho

on Tuesday December 19, 2006 @11:33AM

Randolpho writes: "Every day, I visit one of my favorite comic strips on the web, Bill Amend's FoxTrot. It's most likely one of your favorites, too. Imagine my surprise when I learned this morning that FoxTrot will be moving to a Sunday-only format! I am saddened by this, as I look forward to FoxTrot every day, and now I have to wait a week for my FoxTrot fix! But there is hope. From the article:
"In addition to Sunday newspapers, we may see FoxTrot entertaining us in other kinds of media platforms," says Lee Salem, president and editor of Universal Press Syndicate.
Perhaps a FoxTrot cartoon series similar to PvP's upcoming PvP: The Series?"

Submission + - Chess match between OS X and Vista chess programs

Submitted by snikulin on Sunday December 17, 2006 @05:43PM

snikulin writes: This [livejournal.com] Russian blogger ran a chess match between Mac OS (X?) and Vista's chess programs.
The claimed result: Mac OS beat Vista in 14 moves.
Can someone please repeat the match with all moves recorded?

Submission + - Arnold Speaks

Submitted by

Arnold Schwarzenegger

on Sunday December 17, 2006 @04:29PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger writes: "Arnold Schwarzenegger gets animated about celebrities, God and robots at http://www.arnoldspeaks.com/"

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