Does this sticky part reminds you of something? It always reminds me of a chewing gum. People likes to stick it everywhere; from streets to cinema seats. As the result, millions of dollars have to be spent to remove this gum. Unlike Singapore, those 'kia su' people were smart enough to ban the chewing gum from the market. So their environment will looks clean and tidy. However, with this revolutionary event, will this non-sticky chewing gum settle the issue of not selling the chewing gum in market? I hope so.
Recently, there are companies who developed one kind of non-sticky chewing gum. They turned the hydrophobic (water hating) gum into hydrophilic (water loving) gum. The hydrophilic surface of the gum makes the water stick to the gum. So, there will always be a layer of water around the gum. This is what makes it easily removed. In certain cases, it does not stick at all. It is believed that the gum will be commercially produced in 2008. Yet, some cases like cotton and leather shoes, the problem with sticking gum still exist. How far will the researchers find out the solution to this? How usefulness is the non-sticky gum? Can we simply swallow the non-sticky chewing gum without any danger? This is yet to be discovered.
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