納米防水塗層技術 讓手機實現水下通話

A preview for next year's CES technology conference in Las Vegas showed off a new “nanotech” coating for smartphones which lets you dunk it entirely underwater, and it still takes calls.

The CEO of the company HZO, which makes the coating, made a call to the Galaxy S, and it rang underwater.

If it takes off it will be a huge relief to owners of the pricey handsets - 52 per cent of British users who water-damage their handsets by dropping them down the toilet, and up to a million phones are water-damaged every year worldwide.

The coating could spell an end to a huge number of insurance claims.

The technology works by spraying an ultra-thin coat over the exterior and ports of gadgets, preventing water damage.

The coating “seeps” into every crevice, including ports such as the headphone port, protecting individual components.

The touchscreens still work - as do the ports the hi-tech spray is applied to.

“HzO uses a unique coating processes to shield almost anything from water and corrosion damage,” says the company. “Unlike other water damage solutions, with HzO technology a device is not sealed, water is able to enter.”

“Instead, the electronic components inside the device are coated to provide protection, leaving the device unencumbered and always guarded against unexpected accidents.”

Part of the company, Zagg, is to incorporate the HZO coating into iPhones next year, and offer pre-treated phones for sale.據英國《每日郵報》11月17日報道，一項手機新技術將在明年的拉斯維加斯消費電子技術研討會上展出。該技術爲智能手機塗上了一種新型的“納米塗料”，能使手機即便是完全被浸泡在水中也能正常通話。

HZD公司（該防水塗層的研發商）的執行總裁，撥打了一隻浸泡在水中型號爲Galaxy S的三星手機號碼，隨後這隻手機便在水下響起了來電鈴聲。

如果該塗料能被手機市場廣泛應用，將是衆多高價手機使用者的福音。據調查英國有52%的手機用戶不慎將手機掉入廁所中，而導致手機無法使用。而全球每年有多達一百萬部的手機因爲進水而無法使用。

這種塗料可以終止鉅額的手機保險理賠。

該技術是給手機外層以及端口噴上一種超薄型防水塗層。

該塗層能滲入每一處縫隙——包括耳機插口在內的手機端口，以保護獨立的手機組件。

和手機端口一樣，這種高科技塗料也能應用於手機觸屏而不會影響其正常使用。

該公司稱：“HzO使用一種獨特的塗層工藝能保護手機的所有配件不受水和腐蝕損害。和其他解決手機進水損壞的方法不同，HzO的技術不會讓設備變成全封閉式的，水是能夠進入的。”

“相反的，電子設備內部的元件都被噴上了防水塗料以提供保護，使得設備沒有使用阻礙並且能預防任何意外事故。”

該公司的分公司Zagg，將於明年爲iPhone手機採用HzO塗層工藝，並出售已預先加工過的手機。