Ever dropped your phone in water?
 

Well for 50-75 buck you wouldn't have to worry about your computer or phone ever again... Sign me up when they are ready with it. Make sure you watch the video.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/g...water-reality/

what about tar?

my friend dropped his phone in a bucket of tar.

this won't work with computers.

Considering the number of components that get placed inside the box... it would be impossible to use this method on a n already built computer... nor do I see it possible to apply this method to all of the components before building... just too many connections between components that I wouldn't feel safe submerging the box in water...

Now, if this is possible, somehow, to use with a computer... it would take water cooling to a whole new level

I did but it was allready water-proof.

tipped a canoe over, sim cards are great, just buy a used phone if its broke

it does look cool, i just dont ever recall my computer getting wet, it would be pretty cool for walkie talkies if ur out in the woods

I don't see any reason this cannot be applied to a computer. They can simply coat each componant (or buy pre-coated). Once coated you can submerge any electric componant underwater.

Or you can just submerge a computer in an oil based substance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

I'm more worried about the connections between components in a computer.

Water will seep in wherever it can. Each piece would have to be coated in such a way they they make a perfect seal around their connections to the other system components.

perhaps a series of well placed rubber grommets, silicon seals, or something of that sort, along with the process mentioned above would result in a water tight connection...

but i sure as hell wouldn't be tossing my computer in the water to test...

It'd be cool as hell having a water tight box and being able to fill it with water and have some sort of pump and cooling unit to circulate the water and cool it.

Seems to me like since it is done in a vacuum it would go everywhere that air goes in a computer. On teckzilla when they talked about it more they mentioned about water cooling going to a whole new level.

Then what happens if you switch a stick of ram or something? Then you have to send it out to get coated again? Either that or use a system of seals and grommets like scapegoat suggested.

the issue here is... what happens when you want to upgrade something? Or there is a component failure and you need to replace it...

vacuum sealing a computer box with everything inside just doesn't seem very practical

That would be nuts.

I am just about to watch that episode, but I got the same feeling about the vacuum. They don't just spray this stuff on, it is vacuum sealed on.

I would LOVE to have a water tight tank that has all of the mounting hardware for a computer so that i can build my computer in it and then fill it with water wetter!

You could just use distilled water, it doesn't conduct electricity. Well, so little if remained pure that it technically doesn't.

But then again it would take particulates off of the board and eventually it would start...

Well water wetter dissipates heat better than water. Thats the only reason for it.

yeah but water would work just as good as water wetter, unless ur computer reaches 180 degrees, im sure ull be fine

They were talking about mineral water cooling systems that are around right now i dunno either way all of this is pretty damn cool.

I'd buy it. :) imagine that for a camera? AWESOME!!!!

Too bad water sitting on your sensor probably wouldn't look too good.