Great Idea for Drying Out Your Wet Gadgets Back To Working Order.

[Big Papa]

This makes perfect sense and no doubt would probably work with any electronic object that you could fit into a container.

A Washington Post reporter who accidentally dropped his Blackberry in the toilet was able to retrieve it and dry it out to working order again: by leaving it turned off in a bowl of uncooked rice. Reader Chris writes in to say:

There's a grain of truth (punny, huh?) to this in that rice quickly sucks up the surrounding moisture. Make sure the environment is free from excess humidity, drop the wet device in a container of rice and let it sit. For a better desiccant, it'd be a good idea to store all those little silica gel packets that come in anything from shoe boxes to moisture-sensitive gadgets.

Other ideas at the web link:

MacGyver Tip: Dry out your soaked gadgets in rice - Lifehacker

 

[BB73]

There's a grain of truth (punny, huh?) to this in that rice quickly sucks up the surrounding moisture. Make sure the environment is free from excess humidity, drop the wet device in a container of rice and let it sit.

Sounds like a sticky situation.

 

[fourteenandoh]

I need to forward this to a friend of mine. He has lost three cell phones by dropping them into cups of water he was holding between his legs while driving.

 

[sandgk]

I need to forward this to a friend of mine. He has lost three cell phones by dropping them into cups of water he was holding between his legs while driving.

Your friend is a trifle slow to learn a lesson then :)

 

[Dryden]

Your friend is a trifle slow to learn a lesson then :)

... or hasn't figured out that whole "cup holder" thingy in the center console.

Either way, I'm guessing "slow" is the safe bet.

 

[iambrutus]

damn, there goes the idea of getting a new device becuase i dropped mine in the water :( - now i really do have to break it to get a new one