[Science] FAO Marc Zooropa and other outdoor types

[Largest of Als]

Came across this today, thought it might be of interest to you hillwalking/adventure/outdoorsy people..

UK company Plasma Product Innovations (P2i) today demonstrated a chemical process it claims can render any material 100 per cent waterproof.

Grappling at an ungodly hour this morning with words like 'hydrophobic', 'nanotechnology' and 'submicroscopic-surface-enhancement', a small number of journalists were shown how a material normally very absorbent, such as household kitchen paper, can, if treated with P2i's ion-masking process, be submerged in a tank of water and be lifted out totally dry.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08...ed_by_uk_firm/

Sounds interesting..


Al

[Bobzilla]

if its not breathable its not really much use for outdoors type folk

I'll be interested to see how the new magnum boots work out.

[slicer]

Originally Posted by Bobzilla

if its not breathable its not really much use for outdoors type folk

I'll be interested to see how the new magnum boots work out.

My older Magnum boots are sadly letting in