The future of anti-fouling?

[Radioactive]

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-slippery-liquid-surfaces-mussels.html "Ultra slippery surfaces".

Clearly this is at the "WoW! Cool!" stage, but it seems that this could very well become the path to clean bottoms.

 

[Anchor Management]

I have worked with both Harvard on their slip agent as well as MIT on theirs. It's interesting technology and has a lot of potential. There are others out there as well but none have yet proven to solve compatibility issues as well as longevity. MIT made a big splash and got a lot of press when they demonstrated its effectiveness with ketchup but it went south over a short time period. I have no doubt eventually it will be resolved but I wouldn't throw out my bottom paint yet.