Ice Build-up on Surfaces such as Airplane Wings

This article, which appeared on MIT's homepage today, is a summary of extremely interesting research being conducted by Prof. Kripa K. Varanasi:

Frost-free planes: back to the drawing board

The APL article:

Frost formation and ice adhesion on superhydrophobic surfaces

This is more information:

MIT Lab for Nanoengineered Surfaces, Interfaces, & Coatings

I see many applications in industry. This technology is potentially revolutionary.