Shark Skin, Butterfly Wings Inspire New High-Tech Surfaces

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Taking advantage of the obvious may accelerate innovation much more than an attempt to reinvent the wheel. This just happened to researchers who found a way to tune surfaces in a very specific way to keep them from getting dirty and, if they are dirty, making them easier to clean.

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Douglas Perry
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Douglas Perry was a freelance writer for Tom's Hardware covering semiconductors, storage technology, quantum computing, and processor power delivery. He has authored several books and is currently an editor for The Oregonian/OregonLive.

  • merikafyeah
    This excites the OCD in me.
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  • vaughn2k
    Science rely on good experiments and observation. This is always the first rule of Science.
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  • fuzzion
    "Taking advantage of the obvious may accelerate innovation much more than an attempt to reinvent the wheel. "

    Apples moto.
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  • steelbox
    Bharat Bhushan and Howard Winbigler.? Real life Rajesh Koothrapali and Howard Holowitz.
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  • ojas
    fuzzion"Taking advantage of the patent office may accelerate innovation much more with an attempt to patent the wheel. "Apples moto.Fixed :P
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  • Parsian
    sweet now i wont have to worry about honey dripping on my phone's screen. that happens a lot.
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  • Yes, a shark skin mobile phone. Maybee I wont drop it so much.
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  • jacobdrj
    asfeasfYes, a shark skin mobile phone. Maybee I wont drop it so much.In Soviet Russia, when man drop phone, breaks hand...


    Shark skin 'teeth' will leave your hand bloody if you 'hold it wrong'...
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  • SuckRaven
    Why did they need an electron microscope to "see" that a butterfly's wings look like scales or overlapping shingles on a roof?
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  • Gundam288
    jacobdrjIn Soviet Russia, when man drop phone, breaks hand...Only if it's the Nokia 3310.
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