Bacteria Power

[tobias]

Simply fascinating. And just imagine the potential applications.

Micro-Motor runs on Bacteria Power (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14560502/from/RS.2/)

[BRR]

sounds pretty fucking useless to me.

[Spork!!!]

Nanotechnology scares me with self-replicating machines. Now they are talking nanobiotechnology, little robots with germs. Great.
Can't see us running cars on them, but the medical implications could be great for microscopic motorised medication delivery, "internal" surgery etc., if it all stays under "our" control...

[DnD]

cheesewheels :P

[tobias]

sounds pretty fucking useless to me.

An electric motor that can operate underwater and uses sugar for its fuel source
sounds useless? Did you even read the article?

[BRR]

yes it does, yes i did.

[Seabiscuit]

sounds useful to me

[tobias]

yes it does, yes i did.

Well. Then picture this...
You're sitting in your jacuzzi relaxing...



























...and, WHAM!!, blood blister on your big toe from a nano-torpedo!
Take that. :tongue:

[BRR]

sounds useful to me

lol. this is what it does (http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=TinyDriver)..

and you're impressed? -i'm not surprised

click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcVOcgtSw6Q) for more amazing bacterial spinners, and these are actually useful, blows your fuckin mind eh?

[DnD]

lol. this is what it does (http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=TinyDriver)..

and you're impressed? -i'm not surprised

click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcVOcgtSw6Q) for more amazing bacterial spinners, and these are actually useful, blows your fuckin mind eh?

its only a start though; when computers were first invented with vacum tubes they couldnt really do fuck all that i cant do with an abacus.

[hoos]

its only a start though; when computers were first invented with vacum tubes they couldnt really do fuck all that i cant do with an abacus.

do you know HOW to use an abacus? :-#

anyways, I'm impressed, but also not impressed at the same time. 1.6 revs can't really power much. When they get in the 3-4 digits, then I'll be a little more impressed. But I am impressed by the idea.

[tobias]

Nanotechnology scares me...

From WIRED magazine:

Nanobomb
By manipulating the properties of metals on the nanoscale, Defense and Energy Department scientists are figuring out how to make faster and more energetic explosions. The goal? Compact weapons that pack several times the detonative force of even the MOAB (mother of all bombs). Next up: a briefcase nanonuke.

[tca]

am i the only one slightly bothered by a nano nuke?

[DnD]

am i the only one slightly bothered by a nano nuke?

it doesnt bother me in the slightest. theres allready so many ways to kill tons of people, one more just seems like a drop in the bucket to me....

[tca]

k

keep that in mind when your enemies get their hands on this shit and can wipe out major cities ;)

[DnD]

k

keep that in mind when your enemies get their hands on this shit and can wipe out major cities ;)

i bet you a regular nuke would be cheaper anyway.

[tca]

lol just rock down to the second hand store, uhh yeah i'll take this shirt, some glasses a nuke and hell, while your at it, throw in a few AK's ;)