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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/14/09

In reply to Who Needs Electricity When You Can Power Things With Light Alone?
"a combination of attractive and repulsive lights"

When I read this, all I could think was "disco ball".
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Edited by Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. at 07/14/09 9:30 PM

alphanumeric1971
07/15/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I was gonna say something about that too,

but it's too early in the morning to go there just yet.
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Anekanta - Go Play!
07/14/09

In reply to Who Needs Electricity When You Can Power Things With Light Alone?
Word Nerd here: watch out for silicon vs. silicone. Silicon is the element semiconductor chips are made out of. Silicone is a caulking-like synthetic polymer material used to seal fishtanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone
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Edited by Anekanta - Go Play! at 07/14/09 9:30 PM

alphanumeric1971
07/15/09

@Anekanta: or inflate a starlet's chest line.
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Truthseeker_Young
07/14/09

In reply to Who Needs Electricity When You Can Power Things With Light Alone?
um, wait, are they generating the split-infrared beam without electricity, too?

Because right now, it sounds like they're saying

"SEE?!? With only this piece of TWINE (coughgarble)tiedtothiselectricwinch(/coughgarble), we're turning these spindle-thingies round & round, with NO ELECTRICITY :D

unless I've missed something important (which is highly likely)...
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Edited by Truthseeker_Young at 07/14/09 6:22 PM Truthseeker_Young was starred

delRock
07/14/09

@Truthseeker_Young: No I think your right. Most energy tech is one piece of the puzzle at a time. Hopefully we'll split beams with out energy before we move twine by it's self.

also:

"This nano-stuff is confusing"

Nice contribution star commenters.

Urgh....This new comment system....
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92BuickLeSabre
07/14/09

@delRock: *cough* Reference *cough*
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92BuickLeSabre
07/14/09

In reply to Who Needs Electricity When You Can Power Things With Light Alone?
This nano-stuff is so confusing.

If only there were some kind of video to help explain it to me.
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Ruthless, If you let me
07/14/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Sounds like a request for Bill Nye!
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