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The Best Frying Pan Ever

Posted by michael on from the omelette-with-a-stick-of-butter-doesn't-stick-either dept.

caulfield writes "Nano-tech saves the day again! Czech out the newest non-stick surface. Applications include: faster submarines, effecient raincoats, and coffee-proof keyboards."

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  1. Nanotech? by MarkusQ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nano-tech saves the day again!

    This isn't nanotech. While it may be a nifty advance in materials technology, it's still produced "in the large" by relatively conventional methods. Calling this sort of thing nanotechnology is like calling someone a computer scientist because they know how to send e-mail, or perhaps calling an abacus a "high speed digital computer".

    Yes, it is technology, and yes, it involves very small things, but the technology isn't at the nanoscale, even if in some sense the product is.

    -- MarkusQ