Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything

The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of nano materials worries me, especially with stuff like this and "nanocosmetic" materials. I'd just hate to find out 20 years down the road that all of our miracle materials were slowly killing us.

Re: Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything

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Post by afterburner » Thu, Jan 13, 2011, 10:00 PM UTC

jbri wrote: post #3

Nanoscale silicon material with desireable physical properties? Sounds a little asbestosy to me.

Yeah, I was just thinking, "what if it gets into my lungs?"

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Post by Splines » Thu, Jan 13, 2011, 10:03 PM UTC

afterburner wrote: post #7

jbri wrote: post #3

Nanoscale silicon material with desireable physical properties? Sounds a little asbestosy to me.

Yeah, I was just thinking, "what if it gets into my lungs?"

Have no fear, consumer; it's breathable, so there's nothing to worry about.

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Post by radicaldreamer » Thu, Jan 13, 2011, 10:03 PM UTC

Yawn... I always see claims like this made about almost every new advance in materials science, but I hardly ever see these products reach the market.

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Post by morganpyne » Thu, Jan 13, 2011, 10:06 PM UTC

steveklabnik wrote: post #4

> February 2, 2010 Yep. The year of spray-on liquid glass on the desktop! ( Previously: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1092741 )

Damn, well caught. I normally check the dates but didn't notice this was already a year old. Sorry for the old dupe. Wonder if it's now actually available anywhere. The description of this stuff is almost unbelievable and I wonder if they have found any downsides to it in the past year.