Whenever they claim that something will revolutionize everything, it ends up in disappointment.
The things that actually do revolutionize everything are usually pooh-poohed at the beginning ("Another search engine?")
Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything
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#22Indeed, the possibilities of a spray with these properties are infinite. In spirit of hn, I imagine coating my mobo/cpu/gpu for safe and easy, fan-less, liquid cooling! Fill it up and maybe throw a jellyfish in there for good measure...
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#23yawn... Get back to me when you have transparent aluminum.
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#24Hmm, I was hoping for spray-on gorilla glass!
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
The lack of understanding about possible adverse effects of asbestos worries me... Oh wait, it is actually pretty nasty stuff. Now, while the "20 years down the road" thing is a bit silly, a lack of understanding about potential adverse effects is a reason to investigate further, not to dismiss anyone who's cautious about it as paranoid.
Huh? Asbestos has been known to be harmful for a long time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos#History_of_health_conc...
Are you suggesting that the health risks of asbestos were known when it started to become widely used?
If not, you missed the point of my comment.
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The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of wifi worries me, especially with stuff like this and "cellular" phones. The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of CRT screens worries me, especially with stuff like this and "digital" displays. The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of GMO food worries me... The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects…
The lack of understanding about possible adverse effects of asbestos worries me... Oh wait, it is actually pretty nasty stuff. Now, while the "20 years down the road" thing is a bit silly, a lack of understanding about potential adverse effects is a reason to investigate further, not to dismiss anyone who's cautious about it as paranoid.
Society's track record is pretty good, then. Deaths attributable to asbestos are extremely rare in the scheme of things. Sensational headlines and ambulance chasing lawyers fool our primitive brain's broken probabilistic reasoning circuitry into making bad risk assessments. Given the overwhelming improvement in health and lifespan due to new material development and widespread use, I'd say we've been consistently making the right trade-offs. So, yeah, I'm firmly in the "OP is being paranoid" camp.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
The lack of understanding about possible adverse effects of asbestos worries me... Oh wait, it is actually pretty nasty stuff. Now, while the "20 years down the road" thing is a bit silly, a lack of understanding about potential adverse effects is a reason to investigate further, not to dismiss anyone who's cautious about it as paranoid.
Huh? Asbestos has been known to be harmful for a long time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos#History_of_health_conc...
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
The lack of understanding about possible adverse effects of asbestos worries me... Oh wait, it is actually pretty nasty stuff. Now, while the "20 years down the road" thing is a bit silly, a lack of understanding about potential adverse effects is a reason to investigate further, not to dismiss anyone who's cautious about it as paranoid.
Huh? Asbestos has been known to be harmful for a long time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos#History_of_health_conc...
Cigarettes, DDT, Agent Orange, radium, hormone-leaching plastics, certain pharmaceuticals, antibiotic-laced meat. All were known to be harmful and were subject to a cover up to promote consumption.
You can debate his example, but his point stands.
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#29What if it flakes off? How structurally stable is it? If a wide variety of things start using it, will it increase the risk of silicosis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis) when using these products?
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The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of wifi worries me, especially with stuff like this and "cellular" phones. The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of CRT screens worries me, especially with stuff like this and "digital" displays. The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects of GMO food worries me... The lack of understanding about possible cancerous effects…
First off, radio waves have been pervasively bombarding us across a wide spectrum for nearly a century. Radiation and it's effects are well understood and quantified with fields devoted explicitly to the research of it's effects on humans. Animals have been continuously eating food food that's mutated since animals have been mutating. People have not been smearing engineered nanoparticles over their face and putting…
No, humans have been exposed to nanoparticles ever since the invention of fire - combustion of most solid materials generates nanoparticles. Humans have been engineering nanoparticles since the invention of Lustre
(a type of pottery). The only novelty with contemporary use of nanoparticles is that we can now create a uniform mix of them - until recently we could only find nanoparticles mixed with larger particles.
You are correct in your observation that dust can be harmful, and I would be surprised if concentrated nano dust behaves differently. In particular, a very real danger from spray on glass might be silicosis - a non-cancerous disease caused by occupational exposure to glass dust.
I'm only responding here to the social phenomenon of "omfg, scary new technology, CANCER", I'm not trying to engage in amateur epidemiology.