I want my paint to clean itself
Brushes with Greatness
By Monya Baker
Wired
12/2005
Paint that does stuff, like absorb bioterror pathogens (e.g.: anthrax) and crunches them into little bits (as long as they fall on the item/wall covered in the special paint), or sterilizes itself, or heals metal by sensing nicks in the paint and fixing them (no touch up required), or remain cool in super hot temperatures, or simply won’t burn (thereby protecting things like wooden staircases from house fires).
Two thoughts – 1) how will we know if something goes terribly wrong? (read: the sterilized paint on the operating room walls is actually breeding toxins…), and 2) is there something disturbingly wrong about the amount of work we simply aren’t willing to do...or is it just me? Seems like cleaning walks, rebuilding staircases after a devastating fire, and touching up paint are perfectly good jobs to keep our own lazy hands doing.
By Monya Baker
Wired
12/2005
Paint that does stuff, like absorb bioterror pathogens (e.g.: anthrax) and crunches them into little bits (as long as they fall on the item/wall covered in the special paint), or sterilizes itself, or heals metal by sensing nicks in the paint and fixing them (no touch up required), or remain cool in super hot temperatures, or simply won’t burn (thereby protecting things like wooden staircases from house fires).
Two thoughts – 1) how will we know if something goes terribly wrong? (read: the sterilized paint on the operating room walls is actually breeding toxins…), and 2) is there something disturbingly wrong about the amount of work we simply aren’t willing to do...or is it just me? Seems like cleaning walks, rebuilding staircases after a devastating fire, and touching up paint are perfectly good jobs to keep our own lazy hands doing.
posted by A at 8:16 AM
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