water two simple hydrogen atoms merged with a single oxygen one to create the
harbinger of all life in the universe it is Earth's most precious resource but
it's also the substance most responsible for ruining our favorite outfits
electronics and parades since the very beginning of time and that is why
waterproofing techniques have been on the Forefront of technological advances
since well technology was invented and
although nature provided us with rudimentary water protection in the form
of tree branches and caves it quickly became apparent that we needed to
protect our warm-blooded selves and tribemates from the harsh thermal
robbing effects of constant drenching
these evolving forms of water protection came to be measured by their ability to
resist humid and damp conditions known as damp proofing or their ability to
resist water infiltration known as
waterproofing now water and dampness resisting techniques usually involve
covering an object with something that will help it to repel liquids the
original Scotch Guard treatment from 3M is a great example it was used on
furniture and clothing inherently porous materials to resist water penetration
and prevent stains from spills but modern science has taught us that just
because we can doesn't mean that we should and the fluorocarbons used in the
original formulation of this product were capable of causing liver failure
and birth defects so new techniques needed to be developed both to overcome
those downsides and in response to new demands like that uh PE repelling wall
paint that causes public urinators to accidentally soak their pants and shoes
or bringing it back somewhat more on topic the developments in the protection
of electronics where they originally turned to cumbersome physical barriers
that either prevented or impeded their use but have thanks to Modern
Technologies like the 2013 development of nanomaterial coating 1,000th as thick
as a human and hair are now able to protect Electronics by just covering
them with this tiny layer that forces liquid molecules to bead and roll off of
surfaces without penetrating them allowing for things like the new
waterproof mobile devices that we've seen with some relying on rubber
barriers for Extra Protection but others leaving exposed their headphone and
power Jacks they're going be back but these methods also aren't the Beall and
end all of waterproofing techniques and whatever a manufact urer may claim the
best way to prevent water damage is still to keep your stuff from getting in
contact with water which is why waterproof headphone Jacks often still
have a little Rubber seal at their base and serious waterproof items like
Pelican hard cases usually follow the old steadfast method of encasing an item
in something durable and then tightly sealing it in which carries the added
benefit of decreasing an object's vulnerability to higher water or
atmospheric pressure often measured in numbers atmosphere with each digit
representing 10 m of depth with the only
disadvantage to this technique being that it also restricts access to a
container's contents and anyway unless total submersion is the plan more often
than not water resisting techniques combined with our final waterproofing
strategy controlling and routing fluids
around is amply effective you'll see
this method used in the over flow port on your bathtub on your house in the
form of a waterproof roof and gutters to keep liquid from pooling and penetrating
and even in lenovo's water rerouting ThinkPad keyboard which can survive a
direct spill on top of it but that's the
key to all of this I guess a spill just
because an item is rated for a general type of water protection and you can
learn more about these standardized ratings up here that does not mean that
it will stand up to prolonged or extreme exposure cases like rugged water sports
or adventures in the salty blue sea there's a big difference between
long-term Solutions and protective measures so just because that new phone
is rated at safe to however many meters or whatever that is not an invitation to
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