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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    10/30/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/30/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech.
    -Kle. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    10/30/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: But nanotech is made out of nanomaterials.

    I've read of research into coating the nanotubes with other materials that neutralize the harmful effects though. Better to come up with good solutions before mass-production begins. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/31/09

    @Lightice: Yep; I'm really just being pedantic.
    -Kle. #nanotechnology
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    Image of lazyeight lazyeight
    10/30/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    I do have a question - Is that actually a photo of a nanotube? Correct me, but it appears to be a twisted bunch of fibers. Are the individual 'fibers' the tubes in question? Inquiring minds and all that... #nanotechnology
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    Image of Tim Barribeau Tim Barribeau
    10/30/09

    @lazyeight: Actually, it's a fiber made of carbon nanotubes. It sure is cool looking, though. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/30/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    I remember my grandfather passing away from carbon nanotube lung. He'd go down all day into the carbon nanotube mines, chipping away with those tiny, tiny pickaxes, and then coming home to lay awake all night, coughing in a high-tech kinda way. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/29/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    didn't find the "carbon nanotube" in the iphone app store. #nanotechnology
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    10/29/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    Oh great. So what your telling me is I've got to expect some new annoying commercials extolling the dangers of carbon nanotubes and mesothelioma? That's fantastic. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/30/09

    @senatormayer: Larry H. Parker's already fighting for you. #nanotechnology
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    Image of johnconnorjudgementday johnconnorjudgementday
    10/29/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    A bunch of factory workers getting cancer is worse than the planet being consumed by nanobots?

    I respectfully disagree.
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    Image of MissingPieces MissingPieces
    10/29/09

    @johnconnorjudgementday: No worries! By then we will all be nanobot controlled zombies anyway. You think the H1N1 vaccine is for the flu? It's really a nanobot delivery system! We're all doomed! #nanotechnology
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    10/29/09

    @johnconnorjudgementday: I don't think it's worse so much as more plausible. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    10/29/09

    In reply to Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
    This seems like one of the few times in the history that we've known about the health consequences of a new technology before it became widely implemented.

    Hopefully this will lead to some new development that gives us the benefit of carbon nanotubes without the health and environmental risks. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/29/09

    @Anekanta: Thankfully it's such a specific and small thing that the kind of exposure that leads to mesothelioma in this instance would be pretty rare.

    Of course that would not be the case if they started making insulation out of carbon nanotubes, so let's hope they go another route in future insulation tech. #nanotechnology
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/30/09

    @Makidian: Carbon nanotubes are not exactly specific, they're being tested for pretty much everything, it may sound unreal, but "from space elevators to synthetic muscles to sports equipment" is kind of an understatement, since those applications only use their mechanical properties, but they also have potential to revolutionize electronics, power storage, medicine, thermal insulation, optics, thermic dissipation, medicine... if all the research that's being done right now on them were fruitful, everything we use day to day, except for food could be made with them.

    Yeah, I know, all the research is not going to have results, and not all the ones which do are not going to be cost-effective, but they have potential to be more ubiquitous than plastic. #nanotechnology
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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    10/28/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I love that I live in a world with naked mole rats. I love being able to say that I really live in a world with naked mole rats. Mostly I love typing "naked mole rats". #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    Wow, this was in my morning ASCO briefing. It's kinda wierd when my professional life intersects this closely with io9. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    All this time we feared the moleman. Little did we know we would become the moleman. Or you know . . . molewoman as the case may be. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Eridani Eridani
    10/27/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I, for one, welcome our moleperson overlords. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    10/28/09

    @Eridani: And I, for one, plan on being your moleperson overlord.

    Muwahaha! #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I have always wonder how the scientists react when finding out something they have been studying for years. Do they look at there partners and say "Look I found it".. Or do they party hard? #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/27/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: they party sensibly with girly cocktails and awkward jokes that have no punchline. sometimes they go hog wild and put up streamers in the lab #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/27/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: Is this a proven fact? #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I think it's creepy to have naked researchers molesting a rat. Oh, wait. I read it wrong. It's the rat that's naked. Even worse...

    Nonetheless, I find it difficult to believe that any animal is impervious to pain. Pain is a natural defense mechanism. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/27/09

    @Roklimber: there are some people who have malfunctioning pain receptors as well. i bet some of our more scientifically inclined io9ers could elaborate on that #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/27/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: Malfunctioning, yes, but I'm pretty sure that any animal which does not feel pain would not survive long enough to pass its "ability" to its progeny. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/27/09

    @Roklimber: yeah it is an odd trait to have developed, and makes me curious as to what external factor could have lead them to develop it in the first place... #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/27/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: A quick search revealed that they seem to be impervious to *specific* kinds of pain, namely, the burning sensation that certain mild acids and certain alkaloids (like chili pepper) produce on the skin. That's more reasonable. From the article here, it seemed that they're impervious to all kinds of pain, which I could not believe. The truth is, as I expected, that they're not.

    [www.livescience.com]
    [news.nationalgeographic.com]
    [www.mdc-berlin.de]

    "makes me curious as to what external factor could have lead them to develop it in the first place"

    The last article above provides some clues to that question. The article is in English, despite being from a German site.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: I thought maybe being a group mind thing, that the Queen was constantly going 'ouch', 'ouch', as she ate her Mole Rat bonbons back in the Mole Rate Palace throne room, and her minions ran into the walls of their burrows, just to piss her off. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: most excellent! you sir, get the gold medal in research, and the silver medal in breakin' my heart! ....wait... #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    The picture book Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, by Mo Willems, is one of the best non-classic picture books I've ever read. If anyone's looking for a gift for a three-year-old... #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    They feel no pain. They have a hive mind. They are immune to cancer. So basically they are in the same family tree that leads to the Borg. #nakedmolerat
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