Scientists developed nonsticking chewing gum
I know this is little too offtopic but I simply couldn’t resist to post such a milestone: Stepping in gum on the sidewalk won’t be such a sticky situation anymore — scientists have invented non-stick gum. Clean Gum, as it is called, supposedly can be easily removed from shoes and pavement (as well as from hair, skin, and clothes). So walk down the street without fear of ruining your favorite shoes. Results from preliminary tests, announced today at the annual BA Festival of Science held at the University of York in England, also indicate that the gum will degrade naturally in water.
“The advantage of our Clean Gum is that it has great taste, it is easy to remove and has the potential to be environmentally degradable,” said Terence Cosgrove of the University of Bristol in England and a scientist for the company, Revolymer, that created the gum.
Researchers pitted Clean Gum against commercial gums by sticking them both to the sidewalks on local streets and seeing which gums were easier to remove. The trick to decreasing the stickiness of the gum was to add a polymer that made it less adhesive to most of the surfaces that the chewy stuff tends to stick to. Revolymer plans to market Clean Gum commercially and launch the product in 2008.
Source: Fox, BBC
Comments(17)
who the hell pays for this? I mean honestly how do you go to to say “I have a great idea for making your shit not stink”.
This is still pretty great.
I mean, I remember at school where you cannot bring gum into class etc.
For the reason that it sticks to everything… And yeah I have looked down a few times and noticed gum glued to the side of my shoe…
Fight sticky gum! Join the revolution!
No but seriously this is pretty cool. Now I want paper that dissolves upon touching water. That would make this city a lot easier to clean up. Oh and I also want eatable cans, that way people don’t have to throw those into the bushes all the time either. I want them in banana flavor, strawberry flavor aaaaaand.. Uuuuhm. Lemon flavor. Can’t live without lemon flavored energy drink cans.
I hate people that throws away gum on the ground, samt with people sticking it under tables. Damn retards. I hate people that stick it under tables and on the busseats and stuff like that. What dont they understand? It sick and it aint fresh.
I think that if a cop sees u spitting out gum on the street or like cigarets, then u should get a ticket for like $50.
Bastards should learn what a trashcan is for.
non-sticking chewing gum? Not a big breakthrough…
by using E-*** stuff with the right combination…
I rather buy the original gum, stickyness is more useful sometimes.
But if it wasnt for gums stickiness MacGyver would have been dead dozens of times. LOL
What a waist of money!
Now we just need water dissolving bums, then we can clean the street easy!
Fuck it, no body wants this technology .. Only if the public puts it in the spotlight, but people dont care that much.. they care about stupid soldiers, playing war in the middle east – pfff.
Thank God, now I will be able to walk on pavements safely and without the horror of stepping on a chewing gum that a terrorist planted there.
LOL!
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Just to let you guys calling this a waste of money/time know that it is the polymer that these people have invented, and chewing gum is just one of the applications that this new polymer can be used for. I live in Bristol, and because this was a local invention our news covered the whole story and not just stick gum part. Basicly anything that was made from latex can be made using this new polymer from sergical gloves to condoms.
Cpt.
Self lubricating condoms :O…
That would be good you know.
This is great news, sticky gum sucks :’)
This should not be on rlslog.
non sticky gum eah? whats next??
sweet idea, now we can feed our dogs pet friendly gum without worrying about them getting in their fur.
Ok. So they developed non-sticking Gum. So?
When are they gonna develop non-sticking CUM? Because that stuff gets all over my hair and it sticks. I’m tellin you, it sticks!