Dry Water?! Wtf?!
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| Scientists Create "Water" That Isn't Wet
NEW YORK CITY-April 13, 2004 ? A new chemical concocted by scientists at the Tyco's Fire and Security Division looks and acts just like water except for one thing... it doesn't get things wet.
During Tuesday's Good Morning America, a representative of Tyco Fire and Security displayed the amazing properties of the chemical that's called "Sapphire."
The chemical has all the firefighting properties of water, yet it will not cause the damage to items that is usually associated with water.
As part of a demonstration, Pelton submerged several items into a tank of Sapphire that was on the Good Morning America set. Books did not get wet. Electronics were not be destroyed. Items that were submerged in the liquid were dried in a matter of seconds, and showed no ill effects according to Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and other members of the Good Morning America staff who saw items plunged into it.
Charles Gibson/Good Morning America: "It looks like water, but it's not."
The Sapphire is intended to become part of fire suppression systems in buildings. It would automatically be sprayed out of a building's sprinkler system when a fire is detected.
Dave Pelton/Tyco Fire and Security: "This material would protect various artifacts, collections. You could use it in museums, libraries, places of cultural property."
There was a substance that had similar properties produced in the past, but that fire suppression liquid was damaging the ozone layer. The new substance by Tyco is supposed to be environmentally safe. |
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| what is it? like foam? |
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| No, it's a liquid! But... It doesn't "wet" things... like if it goes on surfaces and stuff it doesn't get absorbed it just beads up and, I'm guessing it's non-conductive if they say it won't damage electronic equipment, and somehow it's still a liquid and can put out fire like water!
That's REALLY something amazing. I hope they talk about this more somewhere, it sounds frikken cool! |
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| like mercury? |
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| i'm fucking impressed~! |
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| What happens if you drink it? Can you body absorb it? |
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| that was a stupid question!.....actually no, it was a great question but I am so bored....I should sleep...so what happens if you drink it?....do you get thirsty? |
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| aahahaa... a what
the fuck..
ahah astroboy steez! |
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| It goes trough your bum faster than a speeding bullet |
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| kinda like olestra |
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| now what exactly is Olestra? is it some synthetic oil that fucks up your intestinal flora?....flora is a gay word.... |
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| olestra is an indigestible fat.. it has similar taste to regular lard, but wont get processed by your body, and will pass right through you..
prob with it is that it really does pass right through you.. and gives you the shits and brown banana soup. |
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| and then you're supposed to do what with that soup?....let it go to waste?! |
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| common side effects are: "Anal Leakage" |
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| aka "Apple Splatter" |
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| i wanna have a non-wet water fight! |
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| oh dude that is genius! |
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| got this article off [ slashdot.org ] didnt you? (also the video game controversy article)
it's a grest site even tho i don't understand 3/4 of the stuff. |
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| must be good against lava ass |
Dry Water?! Wtf?!
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