DryBox: DryBox looks to make a splash, drying out wet smartphones

No matter how advanced smartphones become, one simple truth remains constant: Water and high-tech electronics generally don’t mix. But should your phone ever take an unexpected plunge into a pool, bathtub, or—heaven forfend—a toilet, a company named DryBox thinks it can make bringing your mobile device back to life as convenient as renting a DVD from Redbox.DryBox makes the DryBox Rescue Station, a box that promises to dry up every last water molecule threatening to wreak havoc on the inside of your phone. The service isn’t foolproof, but it does claim a pretty impressive success rate: Get your wet phone to a DryBox service station within 36 hours of its watery mishap, and 75 to 80 percent of the time, you’ll walk away with a functioning device after it spends half-an-hour drying out inside a DryBox.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here