Cool breakthrough!

[Orrex]

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Pittsburgh University's Advanced Materials Research Group has created the world's first perfect, frictionless surface. Team leader Dr. Glenn Elschat announced the breakthrough at a press conference yesterday and predicted that the discovery would revolutionize the manufacturing industry and would see wide use in construction, transportation, and entertainment. Elschat has tentatively dubbed the remarkable substance "Gleit" from the German word for "slide."

"It's a stunning demonstration of Newton's laws," said Elschat. "An object pushed on a frictionless surface will glide until air resistance slows it down or it bumps into something."

Other possible applications include car engines that require no lubricant, motionless conveyor belts, and high efficiency windows and doors. Gleit can be formed into a wide range of shapes, from sheets to rods to cylinders.

The first real-world test of Gleit was successfully completed on Monday morning, with two cylinders affixed to the rear axle of a 1998 Ford Contour. "I hardly noticed a difference," said the car's owner, known only as Orrex. "If anything, I had better traction than I'd had with the shitty tires I was using before."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/08/01/smooth.tires/index.html

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''The first real-world test of Gleit was successfully completed on Monday morning. Two cylinders were affixed to the rear axle of a 1998 Ford Contour. "I hardly noticed a difference," said the car's owner, known only as Orrex. "If anything, I had better traction than I'd had with the shitty tires I was using before."

shitty?!?!

[Orrex]

2. ...

Um...

[xchrom]

3. um...

[miss_american_pie]

4. OMG!

:rofl:

[Orrex]

5. Luv ya!

:hug:

[NMMNG]

6. LOL

Suddenly every highway becomes an ice rink and every car a "bumper car". :rofl:

[Jamastiene]

7. LOL. Good one.

:rofl:

[Random_Australian]

8. BWAHAHAHAHA!! Nice one there Orrex!