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Post by hobie16 » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:37 pm

Scotch Tape generates x-rays? It's true!!

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la- ... 5787.story


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Post by Whazzup » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:03 pm

That was very interesting. How do they discover this stuff?



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Post by hobie16 » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:19 am

The Law Of Unintended Results strikes again.


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Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:46 am

ITs interesting to read about it. since one of my undergraduate degress and my graduate degree is in the physical sciences realm. The idea to un-spool tape in vacuume to create the x-ray must have been after a looooong night of students discussion of physics and applications (and RUM...or beer!!)

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Post by Main Streeter » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:35 am

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:The idea to un-spool tape in vacuume to create the x-ray must have been after a looooong night of students discussion of physics and applications (and RUM...or beer!!)
Think you nailed it G P. :) Sounds like a long beer night at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.



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Post by hobie16 » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:21 am

Main Streeter wrote:Think you nailed it G P. :) Sounds like a long beer night at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Six Buds + crackpot idea X Scotch Tape = Millions in patent license fees


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Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:18 pm

hobie16 wrote:Six Buds + crackpot idea X Scotch Tape = Millions in patent license fees
You can tell it's Cal-Poly, if it had been any other school, it would have been duct tape!!!!

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Post by Christine43 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:02 am

My son is a science freak, he'll love this so thanks!



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Post by hobie16 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:43 am

Christine43 wrote:My son is a science freak, he'll love this so thanks!
Good for him. It's the "freaks" that come up with stuff like Oracle, Microsoft, Apple,...

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