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Like either of those would be massively revolutionary either.
Well, by comparison...
As for a hoverboard - sure it's technically more interesting than a Segway, but would it truly revolutionize anything?
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?")
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Try " usually misguided". Several reports have come out that airborne asbestos is usually worse after asbestos removal than before. Going over it with a sprayed on sealer would be safer and more effective.
> with a sprayed on sealer Like liquid glass?
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I'm actually far less alarmed about the material. It sounds pretty great. What worries me is this fixation we seem to have with eliminating bacteria... Isn't there a downside to this? If we spread it around as much as this article describes it seems to me like we'd greatly sanitize our environment... What happens if we greatly reduce the amount of bacteria we're exposed to daily due to some sort of invention like nan…
There are some places you'd prefer not to have bacteria, though. In dealing with the sick and in preparing food come to mind. I wouldn't mind it for electronics either.
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Well, by comparison...
There already are portable fuel cells, you still have to get the Hydrogen somewhere. Now if the Orbo worked, that'd be something different. As for a hoverboard - sure it's technically more interesting than a Segway, but would it truly revolutionize anything?
> As for a hoverboard - sure it's technically more interesting
> than a Segway, but would it truly revolutionize anything
Seriously though, I think that the technology behind a hoverboard would probably have far more implications than the technology behind the Segway. The product itself might not revolutionize much, but the technology behind it would.