On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:16:41 GMT, "Callistus Valerius"
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>However, before the new condom can be sold in shops, the firm must ensure
>that the latex is evenly spread when sprayed, as well as optimise the
>vulcanisation process.
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>http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1780172006
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> If they can make a spray-on condom,
I'm hardly convinced that such is, in fact, the case; the implication
that I got from the scant information is that the application process
would be lengthy, in particular by comparison to the predictable
urgency of need. I kept getting the feeling that this was a news
announcement that was horribly mistimed; somehow, I think it would
have been far more credible if disseminated very late at night on
March 31.
>why not a spray on patch for tubes?
They could, I suspect, but my expectation is that the associated kit
would not be as light a regular patch kit by a considerable amount,
and the patch itself would hardly be as cheap as a regular patch, as
immediately useful as a regular patch, as reliable as a regular patch,
or as easy to use as a regular patch.
>Where is the innovation in cycling?
In the stuff that matters to the people who spend the biggest bucks;
where it will make swift riders able to go just a teensy bit faster.
>In all other areas of adventure sports
>you see really new innovative products, but in cycling there is an attitude
>that it's all been done, it's just repackaging the same ol' things.
Much of the alleged "innovation" in cycling (both competition-oriented
and otherwise) turns out to be snake oil. Of course, that's true in
other sports as well.
Still, ignoring the genuine but failed stuff like ISIS and Octalink,
there's HollowtechII, carbon fiber frames and other components,
30-speed der systems, Ergo shifters (and imitative but not superior
competitors), seats with shapes and hollows that didn't exist a few
years ago, and the ability to build a ridable 15-lb bike (if you want
to spend the money); that doesn't count, eh?
Cycling may seem to have a shallow innovation curve today, but that's
because it had a steep one a century ago... and innovation *is* still
taking place. Maybe not where you're paying attention, but it's out
there.
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