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Virtually Non-Stick Gum Created
An anonymous reader writes "A new polymer has been developed by Professor Terence Cosgrove that allows for a non-sticky gum. In testing the gum was removed by weather while the competitor's gum was not removed 4 out of 5 times. The BBC reports: 'The company now needs to get its polymer accepted as a food product by passing EU health and safety tests. It can then go on sale. Professor Cosgrove says he is hopeful that the gum will pass them, and says the product could be on the market as early as next year, either as a Revolymer product or through a partnership with one of the major chewing gum manufacturers.'"
When it comes to health & safety tests, I'd feel a little better about it if the developer was *confident* his product would pass.
Then what the hell are we gonna stick in a girl's hair when we're bored in class? Now we'll hafta start dating them or something.
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This was on /. yesterday
Guess the story is not sticky enough, eh?
-1 bad pun
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Maintaining a good general image is important to the gum manufacturers. They currently (at least in the UK) pay quite a bit of money to produce advertising for people to not leave gum stuck to things. It stops a public outcry against the companies, and stops the government producing legislation giving them property damage liability. The manufacturers who don't pick this new technology will receive bad PR (as their current stance would become untenable), and that would impact on any shops selling their gum. However, I could easily see new vendors starting to sell gum that was non-stick, if those vendors previously had not done so to protect their own establishments (e.g. cinemas).
...McGyver, the next time you need to repair the wings on a flying plane you wont be doing it with chewinggum
That, that really grinds my gears!