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I think what the replies to your comment (including myself) are missing is: how does this make things work worse? You say it introduces an obvious problem in y

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• hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  The water beads up and falls down the screen per the quote I added. That may be fine for something like a self-cleaning solar panel, but on an indoor touch screen (a) I highly doubt you wouldn't have some sort of streaks or trails on the screen that you'd want to wipe away, and (b) where is that water going to go? A teeny little puddle at the bottom of your touchscreen nightly seems like a pretty obvious downside to me.
  • pipeline_peak 4y ago
    > I highly doubt you wouldn't have some sort of streaks or trails on the screen that you'd want to wipe away Streaks or trails on the self cleaning device? That's their whole selling point, I don't think a company like GM would humiliate themselves like that after all the R&D and testing. >where is that water going to go? Who knows, maybe some drip chamber. Dishwashers have beads all the time, well designed ones prevent them from ending up on your wooden, porous floors. That's an obvious issue, I'm sure the engineers at GM have thought that one out. If they didn't and it's some maintenance nightmare, then they'll probably not continue with the device in their cars but we just have to wait and see.