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This is something which has been known for thousands of years, unless I am missing something: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/
by pdevr 12y ago
This is something which has been known for thousands of years, unless I am missing something: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect
Edit: The relevant Bhagavat Gita verse: http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/bhagavad-gita-5-10/ http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/bhagavad-gita-5-10/
Edit 2: @OP: Thank you for the article, it is well-written. From the comments so far, it is obvious that this is something new to many here.
- mhitza 12y agoWhat, they had microscopes thousands of years ago? TIL
- TeMPOraL 12y agoThat it happens was known for thousands of years; why and how it happens is a new piece of knowledge.
- Panoramix 12y agoI guess the message is that what the author is sharing is common knowledge since the 70's. With the invention of the electron microscope people started looking at everything, including leaves, discovering what the blogger at hand shares here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect Nowadays there are hundreds of companies that sell materials or sprays taking advantage of this (or related) effects. For example http://www.hydrobead.com/ http://www.hydrobead.com/ http://www.ultraeverdrystore.com/ http://www.ultraeverdrystore.com/ Still it's always cool to see high fps cameras in action.
- nikster 12y agoFirst, this was news to me. Second it is cool. And third, the message is to go through life with open eyes, and to wonder about things.