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Not only can car washes be time-consuming and/or expensive, they are a short-term solution. Engineers at Nissan are using 'super-hydrophobic' and 'oleophobic' nanotechnology paint finish called Ultra-Ever Dry that can repel water and oils, as well as dirt, dust, mud and grit on the new Nissan Note. It works by creating a thin air shield above the surface that makes rain, road spray, frost, sleet and standing water roll off without tainting the surface at all. Nissan has no plans of making the special paint standard on factory models but will consider offering the self-cleaning paint as an aftermarket option. Nissan will now determine if the material is durable for long-term use on vehicles and for the different weather conditions around the globe. Nissan has plans to test the technology this summer in Europe, using researchers based in its England technical facility using a Versa Note for testing.
How many times do you roll that dripping, glistening car out of the car wash parking lot only to hit a muddy puddle or rainstorm within the first day or two?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by anubi on Monday April 28 2014, @04:59AM
I find toilet cleaning tasks far more unpleasant than I do cleaning the car.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by jimshatt on Monday April 28 2014, @06:23AM
(Score: 2) by anubi on Monday April 28 2014, @06:36AM
Bird droppings on my car has always been a far greater concern to me than splashed mud or a layer of highway dust. Bird droppings are highly corrosive and will discolor paint if it gets through the wax layer.
And I can almost guarantee you about a dozen splats or so if you park under a tree on a hot day.
Around my house, its pigeons... as far as I am concerned, those things are literally flying fecal dispensers.
I do not know which should take the prize... them or the seagulls. I could almost swear those things are actually propelled by their ejecta.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday April 28 2014, @12:13PM
That'd be awesome, but I'm not sure it'd be worth the surgery, and...
Oh, sorry. Bowls.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday April 28 2014, @01:01PM
On that topic there's an old saying that letting users theme a GUI ends up looking like the ole goatse hole painted blue and glued shut. If you skipped the gluing shut bit, aside the the stylistic issue of painting it blue, that would seem to "eliminate" (get it?) the need to wipe.
On a somewhat more serious note, as a medical product, if you could mix in some antiseptic, perhaps a weak topical antibiotic, and make it semi-oxygen permeable to keep the anaerobes away, it would make an interesting tactical durable dirt proof liquid bandage. So... get a foot wound out in the field, well, at least when treated with this stuff the wound wouldn't be able to get any dirtier when you walk out.
On a completely serious note there are or were these tablet things containing a mild detergent and a dye you'd throw into your toilet water tank and the ones I bought kept the bowl sparkling clean. In about a decade at the old bachelor pad I never cleaned the toilet yet it was clean when I left due to these tablets. When the bowl isn't blue anymore (or was it green?) you lift the lid and toss in a new tablet. Of course you wouldn't want to use this strategy if you have a dog that drinks out of the bowl. And I imagine it corrodes the internal tank mechanics, which isn't an issue if you rent, I guess.
(Score: 2) by randmcnatt on Monday April 28 2014, @03:46PM
The Wright brothers were not the first to fly: they were the first to land.