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$1,000 Spray Makes Gadgets Waterproof

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thank-god-for-that dept.

Rio writes "A new $1,000 spray claims to protect notebook computers, iPods, cell phones and other electronic gadgets from liquid, making them completely waterproof, a Local6.com report says. A creator of the technology said it could be used for emergency first-responders, bio-medical devices and historic preservation." This might be a bit of a flashback from last year.

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  1. Awesome. by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always wanted to make an iPhone call from 1000 feet deep. Of course, that big air thingy sticking in my mouth is kind of a hinderance, but go technology!

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    1. Re:Awesome. by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Use it to send an email instead. I wonder if the cell towers down there have 3G or EDGE?

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    2. Re:Awesome. by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are they still towers if they don't tower over anything?

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    3. Re:Awesome. by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Let me introduce you to the sea floor.

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    4. Re:Awesome. by Legion_SB · · Score: 5, Funny

      Silly n00b... you don't buy an iPhone to make phone calls...

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    5. Re:Awesome. by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which you do with an iPhone, therefore it is an iPhone call.

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    6. Re:Awesome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your lack of relativistic perspective is cute.

    7. Re:Awesome. by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

      Silly n00b... you don't buy an iPhone to make phone calls...

      Yeah, but what do I do when, after my 19th vente caramel mocchiado, I need to call 911 to have my heart defibrillated and the "cool" people still haven't noticed me conspicuously ignoring my iPhone?

    8. Re:Awesome. by GigaHurtsMyRobot · · Score: 5, Funny

      Great Cellular Reefs

    9. Re:Awesome. by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 4, Funny

      iGuess iDo.

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    10. Re:Awesome. by LrdDimwit · · Score: 5, Funny

      I prefer asinkronous pier to pier, myself.

  2. Don't cross the streams by archen · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear if you dump this stuff in the middle of a swimming pool, the universe ends.

  3. Contract Phones by ilovegeorgebush · · Score: 5, Funny

    A creator of the technology said it could be used for emergency first-responders, bio-medical devices and historic preservation.

    Useful for preserving your iPhone for the full length of the 268 million months you're tired to your contract here in the UK.

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  4. Re:Not a Spray by Khashishi · · Score: 5, Funny

    water, n., a liquid characterized by its ability to short out electronics

  5. Re:Not to spoil a good joke, but why not? by Bobb+Sledd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can imagine one good phone call you might make:

    "Heblblblblblbp!"

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  6. Re:Water is NOT a conductor by Poingggg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better take care it's a non-soluble computer then! :-)

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