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katy
 
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DSK wrote:
Scout wrote:

http://msn-cnet.com.com/A+high-tech+...33&tag=tg_home

Scout



The amazing thing about this gizmo is that it's reversible. OK, I
believe you can send an electric pulse thru a surface film to melt ice,
but to make it stick better?!?? That's whacky. It's PFM.

Makes me wonder if you could make a variconductor film for boat hulls
that would not only prevent growth of fouling but also 'repel' the water
and make the boat move. Next step... anti-gravity coatings!

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
- Arthur C. Clarke

DSK

If you engineered it you would be a billionaire....better get to work!