Video: A Nanotech Treatment For Your Phone Lets It Survive Dunking In Water

I can't watch the video here at work, but what qualifies "Survives full submergence"? Could I potentially turn my iPhone into an underwater camera?!

I approve!... but I'll let you try it first.

Sounds similar to NeverWet from Ross Nanotechnology.
See www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHLqowYqjU

Frank

@BigTuna820

The phone is fully submerged in the water and continues to run the entire time. He takes it out of the water and switches screens a few times then drops it back into the water.

So to answer your question your iphone can now be an underwater camera.

My droid razr has this...I have not tested it but it is nice because I left it out in the rain and it was still 100% pretty sweet

Ok. But what about the dock connector? The metal contacts have to be accessible for charging and such. Also would this coating be applied to the speaker and microphone, and how much audio loss would your device suffer?

as to my understanding they are coated with a non corrosive something or other...the main reason I never tried submerging my phone is just as you mentioned the connectors because if those corrode is all over no matter how water prove your phone is....as far as the audio its some of the best I have ever had on a phone very clear and crisp and the camera works great...I saw a youtube video of a guy that was taking pictures with his droid razr under water was pretty cool

while corrosion would be a problem, I think that the connectors can be treated with this stuff too. actually, you would HAVE to be able to coat the connectors, otherwise the waterproofing was pointless.

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My specific question, being a computer tech, and I am aware this won't matter quite so much with phones, but how does this effect heating and cooling? If someone were to do this with a laptop of decent specs, would this overheat it?

i suggest everyone who owns an iphone to try this right now....haha iphone sucks!!!! microsoft and sony phones for the win!!!!!!!!

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DAMMIT!!!!!!! I THOUGHT OF THAT!!!

"The less we leave up to others is the more we command our lives"

So how do you apply this product? Do you spray it around like aerosol? Is it biologically safe? Can I spray my clothes, or anything else I could think of, with this product and make it waterproof too?

How do you scrub it off when you accidentally sprayed stuff you shouldn't have, and does the coating degrade over time forcing you to reapply the coating?

Can the coating repair itself?

NeverWet is far superior to this stuff. From the looks of it, with Liquipel, the phone is still somewhat wet, just kept from touching water too much, more like RainEx or however it's spelled. With NeverWet, it's literally impossible for water to touch the treated item. It rolls off like nobody's business. Way better than this.

You still have to worry about rust on the case if any parts are made out of metal, unless of course if ever single part is coated first

it can be fake because when he poured the water, the force should have opened something on the phone

I got Liquipel on my iPhone 4 back in June and it’s saved it from getting destroyed at least three times. I even dropped it in a bubbling jacuzzi and it survived. I’ve been a believer ever since. You can’t tell anything has been done to it either, it comes back all clean in a nice metal container with a microfiber pouch. None of the water sensor stickers changed color when it got wet so even if it fails I can get a new phone from Apple. All in all I’d say its worth the $59. You no longer have to worry about losing a phone over a spilled drink or a little rain. Just makes you feel good.

Liquipel is going to be at CES again this year can’t wait to check out the show, I hear rumors of a machine doing free treatments at the show. Heck yeah!