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Sponge-Like "Swelling Glass" Absorbs Toxins in Water

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hungry-like-the-sponge dept.

MikeChino writes "A company called Absorbent Materials has created a new kind of 'swelling glass' that can clean up contaminated groundwater by soaking up volatile molecules like a sponge. Dubbed 'Obsorb,' the material can hold up to 8 times its weight in fuel, oil, and solvents without sucking up any of the water itself. Once the material is full it floats to the surface and the pollutants can be skimmed off."

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  1. This fixes all our problems by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    A material wich can absorb all the toxens out of the water and when it is full all we need to do is grind it back into little pieces and flush it down the toilet and all our problems are solve.

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    1. Re:This fixes all our problems by ShakaUVM · · Score: 3, Funny

      >>A material wich can absorb all the toxens out of the water and when it is full all we need to do is grind it back into little pieces and flush it down the toilet and all our problems are solve.

      Narrator: Thus solving the problem for all time

      Suzy: But...

      Narrator: FOR ALL TIME.

      Actually, my problem with this is the trade name. OBSORB sounds like OXYCLEAN or the SHAMWOW or all the other staples of late night TV.

    2. Re:This fixes all our problems by Wayne247 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Global Warming Or: None Like It Hot!"

      Narrator: Of course, since the greenhouse gases are still building up, it takes more and more ice each time. Thus solving the problem once and for all.
      Suzie: But--
      Narrator: Once and for all!

      "The End".

  2. Shamwow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holds up to 20 TIMES its weight in fuel, oil, and solvents. Doesn't drip, doesn't make a mess. Contaminated antarctic penguins use it as a towel.

    1. Re:Shamwow by Rockoon · · Score: 1, Funny

      TFA: apply it to your forehead!
      TFA: apply it to your forehead!
      TFA: apply it to your forehead!

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  3. Yes but... by Dishwasha · · Score: 2, Funny

    has it been taste tested by a Nibblonian?

  4. Re:Spelling? by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 4, Funny

    TFA refers to the material as Obsorb, but a linked page refers to it as Osorb.

    Clearly the b was toxic

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  5. I can see the kids version already by Evil_Ether · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sponge-like Bobsorb Swelling Glass

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  6. Re:Is there any there, there? by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should sprinkle a few hundred tons on Wall Street. Imagine all the scum they could soak up there!

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  7. Re:Spelling? by Jesus_666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was it a killer b?

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