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Wookie1972
10/30/09

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I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology
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Arryma
10/30/09

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Very interesting. I suppose that if these fibers will migrate to the mesothelium, then they are good candidates to cause mesothelioma. The mechanism for the initiation of meso is poorly understood - it seems strange that inert substances such as silica and carbon could induce cancerous mutations, but somehow that is exactly what happens. #nanotechnology
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Klebert L. Hall
10/30/09

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Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech.
-Kle. #nanotechnology
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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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Klebert L. Hall
10/31/09

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

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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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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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Pope John Peeps II
10/30/09

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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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Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
10/29/09

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didn't find the "carbon nanotube" in the iphone app store. #nanotechnology
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senatormayer
10/29/09

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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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Bigdamnhero
10/30/09

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

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A bunch of factory workers getting cancer is worse than the planet being consumed by nanobots?

I respectfully disagree.
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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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Aidan_
10/29/09

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

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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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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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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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