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Nanotechnology Harnesses the Power of Light

madirish2600 writes "There's a Washington Post story running about some German scientists who have used light to create a nanotechnology spring. 'Scientists have for the first time used the power of light to create mechanical energy for a microdevice, making a single molecule of plastic drive a tiny machine.'"

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  1. am I? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Am I the first?

    w00t!

  2. Finally... Stuff that matters. by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the first non-fluff story I think I've seen today.

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  3. first foreign post by stallo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fy faen, frossent piss.

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    1. Re:first foreign post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Du mener ligesom dette frosne pis?

  4. well, and by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can I use it to drive this tiny machine?

  5. Why the `` quotes by PhilHibbs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can someone explain to me why someone would use use two backwards apostraphes at the beginning, and two double-quotes at the end of a quotation ``like this""?

    1. Re:Why the `` quotes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      He's quoting someone quoting. Don't you have something better to do then bitch about something like this? Jesus

    2. Re:Why the `` quotes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'm not bitching

      Shut up, bitch!

    3. Re:Why the `` quotes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      why is this redundant? the dude was answering the guy's question.

    4. Re:Why the `` quotes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well, it looks like a fucking pile. It looks like someone couldn't figure out how quotation marks work.

  6. can they be hacked? by RealisticWeb.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great, now lets just hope what ever os they use is secure, I wouldn't want little nano robots being controled by some 12 year old script kitty. Or maybe these could be implanted into digital media to disable your computer if you pirated any software?

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    1. Re:can they be hacked? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'd be worried about letting cats control these things too :)

    2. Re:can they be hacked? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Shit, there's fucking blood everywhere! I'm getting blood on the fucking ceiling! Oh man!!

    3. Re:can they be hacked? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'd like to have a 16-year old script kitty

  7. CmdrTaco is a flag desecrator and Anti-Delawarian! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As noted on the Smithsonian Institution's site, the first official American flag had thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, each representing one of the thirteen original states.

    The flag icon for Slashdot's 'United States' section is missing its first stripe - the stripe that represents Delaware, the first state admitted to the Union. While a simple oversight could be forgiven, it should be known from here on out that Slashdot is in fact aware of the missing stripe, and even worse, refuses to do anything about it!

    This vulgar flag desecration and rabid anti-Delawarism must be put to a stop. Let the Slashdot crew know that we will not accept a knowingly mutilated flag or the insinuation that Delawarians deserve to be cut out of the union. I ask you, what has Delaware done to deserve this insolence, this wanton disregard, this bigotry?

    This intentional disregard of a vital national symbol is unpatriotic. Why, the flippant remarks CmdrTaco made about our flag border on terrorism! I urge you to join the protest in each 'United States' story. Sacrifice your karma for your country by pointing out this injustice. Let's all work together to get our flag back. Can you give your country any less?

  8. FUCK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just cut the vein on my cock! Theres blood everywhere!

  9. Can you imagine.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A Beowulf cluster of these things?

  10. HELP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  11. Re:CmdrTaco is a flag desecrator and Anti-Delawari by micromoog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's pretty funny. I'd kinda forgotten Delaware existed, and I guess CmdrTaco did too.

  12. Re:kinky! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh fuck, I think I'm going to faint...

  13. Re:The logical conclusion...IS RecipeTrolls S'MORE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Got a good recipe for chicken cordon bleu?

  14. Re:kinky! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you still losing blood?

  15. Re:The logical conclusion...IS RecipeTrolls S'MORE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks recipe troll.

    That recipe sounds yummy, I'd like to try it.
    But, my guests would be put off by the blodd all over the place right now, so I'll have to try this some other time.
    I'm not feeling too good right now, I think I'll sit down for a moment.