This is really cool: reusable nanowires that absorb oil, not water

[thewayne]

This is the kind of tech that I really like. The article says that you can lay it on top of water for days, pick it up, and it's dry. It also has application for water purification.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oil-paper-0530.html

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/31/1221205

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[silveradept]

MIT, or whomever they license the technology to for manufacture. It's definitely going to be a big moneymaker, assuming it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to manufacture. I also liked the idea of the cloth being used as a water filtration system, assuming that it can capture and hold hostile microorganisms as well as contaminants.