Your phone can finally be safe from the toilet!
If it hasn't already happened to you, it has certainly happened to somebody you know. Whether its a phone dropped into the toilet or a drink spilled onto a laptop, we have all become far too familiar with the dangers of mixing water and electronics. Some gadgets are engineered to be protected from water damage, but most aren't.
Luckily for all of the poor electronics being soaked in water around the world, Liquipel has created an innovative nanocoating solution that can completely waterproof a large variety of devices, completely protecting them accidental water spills and dips. The nanocoating is completely invisible to the human eye and undetectable to the touch. 
Unlike bulky waterproof cases, Liquipel's nanocoating is 1000x thinner than human hair, which means it'll basically be impossible to notice while its on your device. The downside to all of this is that you have to send your device in to Liquipel to have it nanocoated. Unfortunately the company is no longer nanocoating devices being sent to them, but we're hoping the technology will be available commercially later this year. Head on over to Liquipel's website for more information and updates.
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That's so awesome i think it's not real....but it is O.o
The only "problem" with this coating is that it wears out in use, but it still is good addition to the device protection!
So there is still place "real" robust phones even after this invention. It would be nice to see if and how IP67 compatible device would benefit from nano coating? And does this allso mean that we will get a lot of devices that will offer IP67 compability for short time and lose it after the coating wears of? It could be guite big marketing hoax.
Unfortunately the coating can only be applied to materials that are already waterproof.
Surface repulstion may prevent water from reaching some gaps but you'll still need good old gaskets.
Might be cheaper to back the phone up that Liquasomething it. Next thing in technology news will be invisible rubber band that attaches phone to your face. Once you drop it it simply bounces all the way back. Just to gently remind you. p.s. impact depends on your device weight, has nothing to do with this amazing tech
So..... how does it protect the connection points? Yknow, the bits most likely to allow water in.
From Liquipel’s terms of use:
Liquipel is a unique coating that is meant to protect your electronic device from damage resulting from accidental and incidental exposure to water. WE NEVER SUGGEST OR RECOMMEND THAT YOUR DEVICE MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH WATER OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF LIQUID.
So it's waterproof - but not for use in the water. Should be great for most of us.
However, if you are a swimmer or want a true waterproof iPod, there are other companies out there that waterproof electronics. They are not as sexy, no NANO in the name, one example, Underwater Audio (www.underwater.com), uses an innovative process that waterproofs Apple’s iPod shuffle to a depth of over 100ft – designed specifically for swimmers it CAN definitely handle more than “accidental and incidental” exposure to water!
I wondered that, obviously its non-conductive too, but I laughed at the disclamer at the end of the video,
Moto
Awesome! Can it be applied to stuff other than electronics as well?
Awesome! Can it be applied to stuff other than electronics as well?
What are you thinking about?
Might be cheaper to back the phone up that Liquasomething it. Next thing in technology news will be invisible rubber band that attaches phone to your face. Once you drop it it simply bounces all the way back. Just to gently remind you. p.s. impact depends on your device weight, has nothing to do with this amazing tech
What are you smoking?
Im sure they are using a cvd process, nothing new. more common for making the ic's in the device rather than waterproofing it.
Yes but when are they going to release the Foolproof coating... that would act before you drop your device on water.
I can finally go swimming listening to music?!
Im sure they are using a cvd process, nothing new. more common for making the ic's in the device rather than waterproofing it.
CVD cannot easily get into high aspect ratio surfaces. My guess was that it was ALD or a SAMs coating.
does it come cheap??
What are you thinking about?
Whatever is sensible to water, like old paper documents. Floods can be disasterous to register offices, and even though this technique is expensive to use, it could save tons of trouble when the destroyed documents are required.
So..... how does it protect the connection points? Yknow, the bits most likely to allow water in.
If the device needs to be sent in to get this temporary liquid proofing then I assume they take it apart and coat the internals to some extent.
If it doesn't let me get to my battery, while protecting my battery and everything else, it's pretty useless to me.
Correct me if i'm wrong but don't they already have the ability to waterproof the actual board, that way getting water inside doesn't cause a short? Getting water in the lcd would still be a problem unless sealed from the rest of the phone though...
Id be extremely leary about this. Normally harmless materials can be very toxic on the nano scale. A nanoscale layer you are constantly touching/swiping your fingers across could be potentially very harmful to your health.
Would be cool to nanocoat an entier computer and make a case that holds water. Have some waterproof fans that moves it around and bam. A truely water cooled computer ^^
too many issues, like what happens when you take out the battery and break the coating's seal, or how does it hold against scratches, with it so thin a small scratch could completely remove it.
Also the Motorola Razer's internal parts are suppose to be nanocoated to keep it from water damage, which seems like a much better idea for this technology (since scratches and removing components like the batter wouldnt cause an issue).
What are you thinking about?
Cruise Ships :-)
Id be extremely leary about this. Normally harmless materials can be very toxic on the nano scale. A nanoscale layer you are constantly touching/swiping your fingers across could be potentially very harmful to your health.
Really? Name one.
I work with thin film coating all day long. I cannot think of one material that is harmless as a "thick" material and harmful when it is applied thinner.
Even if there is a substance with that property it is a non-issue, we would just avoid said substance. Your thought process is analogous to being afraid of all atoms because we discovered some are radioactive.
Atoms, just like thin films, are already everywhere. We are just started to understand how to manipulate them on a industrial scale.
The first thing that popped into my head was scratches.
The second thing that popped into my head was what other products can it be applied to. Would it work with clothing? How about a scuba diver's wristwatch?
I wonder how well something like this would work on car windshields.
From Liquipel’s terms of use: Liquipel is a unique coating that is meant to protect your electronic device from damage resulting from accidental and incidental exposure to water. WE NEVER SUGGEST OR RECOMMEND THAT YOUR DEVICE MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH WATER OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF LIQUID.So it's waterproof - but not for use in the water. Should be great for most of us. However, if you are a swimmer or want a true waterproof iPod, there are other companies out there that waterproof electronics. They are not as sexy, no NANO in the name, one example, Underwater Audio (www.underwater.com), uses an innovative process that waterproofs Apple’s iPod shuffle to a depth of over 100ft – designed specifically for swimmers it CAN definitely handle more than “accidental and incidental” exposure to water!
they dont want you to expose it to water needlessly, because you know there is one person who will get it, drop it in his fish tank and only use it there. when it breaks, he sues. the disclamer is more to prevent people sueing over doing stupid things.
THAT will get me to buy a kindle/nook/tab/ipad.
I always vowed that I'd get one when I can safely read it sitting in the hot tub while drinking icy cold brew.
That's nice, but Apple can take a page out of other companies like Fujitsu, Toshiba and Sharp in how to make things waterproof.
Whatever is sensible to water, like old paper documents. Floods can be disasterous to register offices, and even though this technique is expensive to use, it could save tons of trouble when the destroyed documents are required.
They already have a waterproofing method for paper, it's called laminating and has been around for a long time.
Check out Para-Coat Technologies facebook page
They offer the same type of technology
check out this video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5oWVYhL_RM