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Chicken-Feather Chips

Posted by timothy on from the barnyard-tech dept.

gtaylor writes "The Washington Post reports that University of Delaware chemical engineer proposes to replace silicon with chicken feather composites -- since the feathers apparently make the electrons fly. (Unlike turkeys.)"

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  1. What? by SpatchMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    April 1st was months back. What nonsense is this?

    The whole point of using silicon is it's semiconducting capabilities. You just don't get that from 'chicken feathers'.

    1. Re:What? by Moonshadow · · Score: 2, Funny
      how would they "dope" a chicken feather???

      Chickens on weed, man. Dope the chicken, and the feathers follow :)

  2. Opens up whole new marketing opportunities... by Smeg}{ead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would you like your Pentium in Original or Extra Crispy?

    1. Re:Opens up whole new marketing opportunities... by Nate+Fox · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess that puts a new twist on overclucking...

    2. Re:Opens up whole new marketing opportunities... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Omelette you get away with this once. You try it again, I'm going to personally chick your ass.

  3. Awesome by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you imagine what Chicken Run 2 will look like?

  4. Worst joke of the lot by linzeal · · Score: 1, Funny

    Thunderchicken (a new processor from AMD) 1700 million clucks per second !! yuck yuck yuck

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  5. In other news... by littleRedFriend · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mc Donalds recently replaced the chicken burger by an artificial silicon-based meat substitute.

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  6. Aw hell. by Havokmon · · Score: 3, Funny
    Now KFC will have to grow chickens WITH feathers..

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    1. Re:Aw hell. by uncoveror · · Score: 3, Funny

      Forget the Snopes story that says Chick'n isn't real. We investigated it at The Uncoveror, and found that it is real. Here is the original Chick'N story, and it's follow-up.

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  7. What a relief! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was just getting worried about this "The Earth will expire in 50 years" scare... So glad we've found a way to curtail the shortage of sand!

  8. This sucks.. by iONiUM · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet the price of chicken mcnuggets will go up because of this.

  9. Re:What about PETA by Tazzy531 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No. Basically this would spur on the "Animal Free" PC industry. However, the Animal Free PCs would be much hated and protested by environmental protection groups because of the harmful chemicals found within instead of biodegradable chicken feathers. Now the people that are both are going to be very confused.

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  10. Re:I hate to disappoint you, but... by Garion911 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Abosultly true. They take forever to take off though.. I had some in my front yard one day (I live in the country.), and watched one try to fly over the road. Took about 50 feet for it to finally get up..

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  11. Intel picked up the technology... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They said that the new 'Camilla' processor will be out in q4 of 2002.

    1. Re:Intel picked up the technology... by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

      "They said that the new 'Camilla' processor will be out in q4 of 2002."

      Oh man. Hehe. There's going to be like 3 people who get that joke. *snicker* At least Gonzo will finally get some work.

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  12. Re:Mod parent down by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You think actual people moderate this stuff? Formula to get +1 funny: Step 1) Post within 15 minutes of the story. Step 2) Topic is "XXXXX ...." Step 3) Compair story to popular culture Step 4) Step 5) Profit!

  13. Mod parent up pls... by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey dudes, I responded to this guy's post, but I'm the one who got modded up. I think the actual +1 Funny should go to him instead of me.

    Cheers

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  14. Re:I hate to disappoint you, but... by Andrewkov · · Score: 2, Funny
    Why didn't you finish the story?

    Took about 50 feet for it to finally get up before I picked him off with my 12 gauge.

    That's much more entertaining and therefore likely to earn you some karma! ;-)