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    Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life

    Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier

    Woody Allen's Dream Of Giant Vegetables Comes True — Thanks To Nanotech?

    Nanotech And Lasers Team Up To Cure Cancer

    Two Physics Breakthroughs That Will One Day Lead to Superarmor

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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    The 'nanoboxes' are just screaming to be weaponised.
    Inert nanoparticles that can be dispersed throughout the environment, with no ill effect.
    But paint the selected 'target' with a laser, and they release precisely what you want, only where you want it.
    Instant unconciousness, blindness, psychosis, suggestibility, death etc. etc. to whoever you want, whenever you want.

    Nice. #nanotech
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    Image of ltwass ltwass
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I like the way you think, son. #nanotech
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Way to go NSA. #nanotech
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    I wabnt my immortality treatment or at least extend my old life #nanotech
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Cool! But I'm still holding out for my wired reflexes... #nanotech
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    {bleep bleep bleep}
    Almost there.....

    [www.youtube.com] #nanotech
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/10/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    WMDs are used solely as deterrants now a days the real killing comes from conventional weapons. besides, when terrorists can't even cobble together tech we've had since the 40s then i'm not worried about them using nano-weapons. shit the people who made our nuclear program were only a few decades away from riding fucking horses to work.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    I almost skipped the comments on this one b/c I thought "eh".

    Glad I clicked (with my grizzled keyboard).
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Quoting Scotty, "and if my grandmother had wheels, she would be a wagon."

    Sure, in theory, nanotech nuclear devices powered by lasers are possible. And they will likely be made in practice as well, but not any time soon and not without a lot more research. We are not there yet, not by a long shot.

    I hate when people blow things out of proportion.
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Scared? No. They just replaced the infamous planet-cracker with a safer variant.
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    NANOTECH: COULD IT MAKE JESUS SMALLER? STAY TUNED AT 11.

    um, duh, nanotech can make tech smaller. Kinda QED.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: But could we weaponize this so-called "Tiny Jesus"? Let's get the boys in R&D on this, ASAP.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: Misinterpretation of Tiny Jesus could lead to a teensy crusade against the Minimoors.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Sadly, I spent the last of the internets I had on a Kit-Kat bar from the vending machine, so IOU +1.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: It could bring new meaning to having Jesus inside of you.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: A cookie covered in chocolate? Totally understandable.
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    Image of Demosthenes7898 Demosthenes7898
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    With almost every advancement in technology comes an extremely ingenious way of abusing the fuck out of it.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/09/09

    @Demosthenes7898: Welcome to the human race.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @Demosthenes7898:
    This is why we humans can't have nice things.
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    I once heard a rumor that they were working on a nuclear bomb the size of a grain of sand.

    I haven't been to the beach in quite some time.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @cljohnston108: Like walking in a nuclear minefield.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Note to Janes:
    Maybe you should investigate how the concept of critical MASS and nukular weaponry go together before freaking out about something the Great Gazoo invented.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Nah, we can create energy out of nothing. We can violate the fundamental laws of physical whenever.

    I'm sure it's more complicated than that, but I'm going for snark, here.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @crashedpc - unrein:
    Only the Great Gazoo can, not us dum-dums.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Gazoo... or COOLIO?
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    Image of Demosthenes7898 Demosthenes7898
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: This little exchange made my day, thank you both.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    ...
    On a positive note, if these weapons are the future tools of terrorism, the enemies should be a whole lot easier to spot. After all, they'll have to move their bases from the caves and mystrious warehouses they use now to volcanoes and glaciers and large undersea fortresses that sort of resemble Darth Vader's head. And that seriously cuts down on the locations we need to send our spies and elite military forces to scout.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: Slap on a "COUNTY FAIR" sign and no one will pay any attention to it.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy:
    Darth Stewie Gilliigan Griffin?
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Jane's 42620 b.c.e. also reported that fire could be used to burn the fingers of an entire enemy tribe, making them unable to wield spears.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Don't forget Archimedes and his happy fun time ship burning mirrors!
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: Pssst... Can I interest you fine fellows in a slightly used De Vinci scythe chariot?
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

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    @crashedpc - unrein: This would be that chariot.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: Oh man, oh man, I've been looking for one of these!!!

    Wait, DE Vinci? Is this a Chinese knockoff brand?
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: No, man - this is the real deal. It's...it's just a misprinted label, that's how I can get them on the cheap. "Tough economic times" and what not... Cash only, by the way.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: Sure. I have a suitcase full of cash. Never mind that it's an OOACH brand suitcase. Don't bother rifling through the stacks of cash; they're all real bills. 100% real. The new 50 has blue and yellow ink, you know.
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    10/09/09

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    @crashedpc - unrein: Hmmm. Seems legit to me. Deal!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: Any more of any of these conversations and my mind is going to explode. I'd hand you the intertubes but the Pope down there has it locked down for today.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: Agreed.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy:
    We're gonna Spend and Buy all night and Save into the day!
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Yeah, the conceptual micro-nukes they're talking about are fusion based. You've heard of the whole "triggering fusion by bombarding a fuel pellet with lasers" thing? Well, this would basically be a tiny laser and fuel pellet designed for one-time use. It would finally make good on the concept of a 'tactical nuke'. Imagine something like eventually getting to a shoulder-launched, 100mm warhead (think like a Stinger missile from the movies, or maybe even one of those LAW infantry rocket launchers) with an explosive power equal to about 200 pounds of TNT. Good for quickly leveling a building, popping a reinforced bunker, or decapitating a tank column, all in a convenient man-portable size. Heck, you might even be able to put multiple detonators in parallel within the device, allowing you to dial-a-yield, from 200 tons to a full kiloton. This idea has been getting kicked around for a while, and its kind of crazy buy also kind of cool (as much as any weapon that's ultimately for killing people can be, I suppose).

    And yeah, you think that infantry is important now, what with all that urban warfare? Just wait until your tank battalion can be taken out by some punk hiding in the brush a hundred or two hundred yards away underneath an active camo tarp with a fusion bazooka.
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    10/09/09

    @I Think We're Property: I see your point, but to some degree I don't know if that's where we're headed. If you can use a fusion weapon, you've got billions of dollars to spend, and if you have that and the willingness to level a city block to take out some tanks, why not just use conventional weaponry launched in a cruise missile or dropped from a bomber? What "punk" is going to have access to this kind of weapon?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @kagekiri: The same kind of punks who can gain access to AKs and RPGs in a war torn country... via the black market.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: Ah yes, the black market. Terrorism's eBay.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/09/09

    @kagekiri: Well, by "punk", I was just talking from the perspective of a bitter tank commander. I just meant one or a small group of infantry boys.

    And yes, you're right in that things like air superiority are already making conventional units (i.e, a column of tanks driving across open terrain) obsolete. But its also true that there are some times when heavy fire support (artillery, air strikes, offshore cruise missiles) are either not yet available (say, because you're Marine Recon and air superiority hasn't been established yet) or would simply take too long to get fire on target. That's why they made LAW rockets for infantry- to give them at least a fighting chance (if not a good one) against enemy armor while proper anti-armor forces can be applied, you know?

    Also, while a 200 lbs TNT equivalent fusion device would likely kill a tank (especially if it made direct contact before detonating- the flash from the point source explosion would probably melt a hole in the armor), it probably wouldn't level a city block. Probably take out the buildings on either side of the street, though.
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