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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. not just subs... by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    but any watercraft. And not just watercraft, but anything that would be more efficient with less friction. If they can get the cost down to that of, say, automotive paint, then they'll really have something with huge market impact in an incredible number of industries.

  2. Reality Check! by 0x69 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Okay, the bottom of your fry pan is covered with jillions of those teflon microspikes, so your eggs can't possibly stick. But will all those microspikes (and the air trapped between 'em) conduct heat well enough for your eggs to cook decently?

    Now comes time to take up your eggs, and you slip your trusty pancake flippy in to move 'em to your plate. Did you just damage a bunch of those skinny, fragile-looking microspikes?

    Next, you put the microspike coating on your boat's hull. How long does it take to degrade it to uselessness? Lots of microorganisms might find the little spaces between those spikes to be a cozy home...you've got a not-so-special familiar kind of slimy slipperyness once they displace the air in there.

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    1. Re:Reality Check! by BobGarcia · · Score: 2, Informative

      Couple of points...

      1) The posting title notwithstanding, cooking applications are not mentioned as an application for this material; however, Teflon is used to coat heat exchangers. I think your eggs would do just fine. TEFLON -- it's not just for breakfast anymore.

      2) Little living bits don't stick to Teflon. It's used in medical apps -- and those heat exchangers -- for just that reason.

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  3. Even better use by goombah99 · · Score: 3, Funny


    three-words: high speed condoms.
    I'm looking forward to condoms made from this because There's two things I've never gotten used to and that's the smell of burning rubber and screaming women.

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  4. Shark skin by itwerx · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sharks have been taking advantage of this for ages. :)

  5. Re:Sniff this post by iggymanz · · Score: 3, Informative

    I didn't know that. For another source on hazard to humans, check this out. Yikes...

  6. 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