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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 th
by rapind 16y ago
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 nano spray-on glass?
- scotty79 16y agoFirst bacteria that figures out how to stick to this will have nice place to live and develop, plenty of human associated food and no competition.
- mechanical_fish 16y agoYep. Definitely betting on the bacteria, myself.
- VMG 16y agoSo we have to engineer the bacteria ourself and make it defend our precious silicon coating.
- eavc 16y agoThere 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.
- pyre 16y agoLike scotty79 said, we'll just end up in another 'antibiotic-resistant bacteria'-type situation. Some bacteria will find a way to thrive on those surfaces, and we'll have little defense against it. By that time we'll be largely dependent on those types of surfaces and it won't be easy to change everything out.
- JabavuAdams 16y agoTime to start working on the pre silica-resistant-bacteria-killer startup research.
- Shorel 16y agoI guess it is called 'normal bacteria'.