Nanocoating Waterproofs Any Gadget

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Nanocoating Waterproofs Any Gadget

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 12, 2012 @03:07PM from the ever-dry-socks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Water has always been the bane of electronics, however American company Liquipel just announced that they have developed a way to completely waterproof any device against the elements. Using a revolutionary process, Liquipel applies a hydrophobic nanocoating to phones, computers, and other devices that completely waterproofs them and protects them against accidental exposure to liquids."

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Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-12 15:08 · Score: 5, Funny

What? Your TV is only 3D HDTV? It's not WATER PROOF?! Why not? Are you poor? Why haven't you bought one? How else do you plan to entertain under water?
1. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-12 15:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I read this to my girlfriend because I thought it was funny. Her response? "It would be kind of cool to watch TV underwater. I want one in the shower. Do you know how boring it is to shave your legs?"
2. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by TheLink · 2012-01-12 15:50 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Maybe if you helped her shave her legs it would be more interesting. At least the first few times ;).
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3. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by PopeRatzo · 2012-01-12 16:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Maybe if you helped her shave her legs it would be more interesting.
  Then she can do his back.
  
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4. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by Belial6 · 2012-01-12 16:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yes, in the "There Was Blood EVERYWHERE!!!" kind of way.
5. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by narcc · 2012-01-12 16:21 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That's the most interesting response I've seen from Siri yet...
  
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6. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by logjon · 2012-01-12 16:38 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  He'll purr like a walrus.
  
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7. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by Amouth · 2012-01-12 17:50 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  and put, on his three wolf moon shirt
  
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8. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by 0100010001010011 · 2012-01-12 19:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Let me guess, she doesn't poop either.
9. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by 1u3hr · 2012-01-12 20:51 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Since my wife doesn't have hairy legs and never needs to shave her legs, I'm curious - do women need to shave their legs in the shower?
  The non-inflatable ones do, yes.
10. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by Dunbal · 2012-01-12 21:49 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Please note that entertaining underwater when more than two (2) fish are present constitutes a public performance and you will be persecuted under appropriate copyright laws unless you pay the $2 million public performance fee.
  Love,
  MPAA
  PS: Yes, I said persecuted not prosecuted.
  
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11. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! by cylcyl · 2012-01-13 04:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  using lasers to saw off her legs seems like an extreme solution...
Hydrophobic nanocoatings... by Captain+Sarcastic · 2012-01-12 15:23 · Score: 5, Funny

... are just the thing for rabid technophiles!

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Re:speak for yourselves.... by Ryanrule · 2012-01-12 15:34 · Score: 3, Funny

I can see dropping a phone in the toilet. Of course you must then recognize that every phone you see has been used while someone wiped their arse.
Re:speak for yourselves.... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-12 15:38 · Score: 0, Funny

Speak for yourself. My wife managed to drop her LG phone in the toilet. She got it out quickly (a mano) and I suggested the rice treatment for 24 h, and it still works fine. And she still sucks a mean dick. It was a close call, though. I'm all in favor of this technology...
Re:Retro stuff by whovian · 2012-01-12 15:46 · Score: 3, Funny

I went straight to Ziebart!
No, its "Zie Bart, Zie"

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Re:speak for yourselves.... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-12 15:48 · Score: 0, Funny

There's a solution to that already, It's called a macbook.
Re:speak for yourselves.... by mug+funky · 2012-01-12 16:27 · Score: 3, Funny

who needs a solution that creates more problems?
(hyperbole aside... seriously, buying new software and learning a new platform just to get that cool magnetic DC plug that Apple will sue anyone else who uses it over?)
Re:speak for yourselves.... by Glonoinha · 2012-01-12 17:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Get back to us when you kill an IBM Model M keyboard. It's like the Tonka Truck of keyboards. You hit someone with a Model M, they're going down.

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Re:speak for yourselves.... by EvanED · 2012-01-12 17:55 · Score: 4, Funny

You hit someone with a Model M, they're going down.
Unfortunately that'll be me hitting you after I have to listen to you type for a couple hours. :-)
(I'm well aware of the model M's reputation, but I don't find the better "button feel" to be anywhere near worth the noise, let alone the lack of a split keyboard or the Natural 4000's reverse tilt which I really really wish was more common. That alone makes typing far more comfortable; I don't understand why it's basically the only keyboard out there with that feature.)
Re:speak for yourselves.... by Kompressor · 2012-01-12 18:25 · Score: 3, Funny

Dare I make a "Yo dawg" comment?

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Re:My Phone Drinks Too Much by HopefulIntern · 2012-01-12 20:50 · Score: 5, Funny

I would be equally worried about spilling any Bud Light into my mouth...
Re:speak for yourselves.... by delinear · 2012-01-13 00:16 · Score: 5, Funny

The only real way to kill a Model M is to throw it into the fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged.