
The good news for those of us who have rendered precious gadgets, such as cell phones, utterly useless thanks to introducing them inadvertently to a dose of the trusty H2O is that researchers from Britain’s Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down have apparently come up with a hi-tech solution that can be used to protect all manner of gadgets from accidental water/splash damage.
Known as Ion Mask, the solution serves as a protective layer that coats items in a transparent layer that not only acts as a seal but actually acts to actively repel water as well as other liquids and substances such as oil and grease.
Developed initially as a treatment that could be used for soldiers uniforms to repel toxic substances such as the fallout from chemical and biological attacks, the boffins behind Ion Mask are already reputably in talks with three cell phone manufactures with view to introducing the Ion Mask protective coating to their products.
[Source | Coolest Gagdets via UberPhones]
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