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Did You Know...

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:37 pm
by hobie16
Scotch Tape generates x-rays? It's true!!

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

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:03 pm
by Whazzup
That was very interesting. How do they discover this stuff?

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:19 am
by hobie16
The Law Of Unintended Results strikes again.

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:46 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
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!!)

hehehehehe

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:35 am
by Main Streeter
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.

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:21 am
by hobie16
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

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:18 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
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!!!!

hehehehehehe

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:02 am
by Christine43
My son is a science freak, he'll love this so thanks!

Re: Did You Know...

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:43 am
by hobie16
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,...

...SILICON VALLEY!!!