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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. well... by ironfroggy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...I really don't think this idea will fly with me.

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  2. Re:Bad Timing for Featherless Chickens by Delphix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's only one word for that.

    sick.

  3. Re:Could make for some interesting partnerships... by mindstrm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Feathers?

    KFC stopped being called "Kentucky Fried Chicken" sevearl years ago and just went with KFC. In fact you see KFC's in many countries, and nobody has nay idea what it means.

    The real reason is they had to stop claiming it was chicken... look at the menu sometime.

    "Kentiucky Fried Creature" is more accurate... if a featherless brainless blob of meat grown in a vat still qualifies as a 'creature'

  4. Re:chicken feathers by Kredal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What, People for the Eating of Tasty Animals?

    I'm already a member.

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  5. Re:Chickens? by macdaddy357 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    New from Maidenform, Silly Cones! As seen on Britney Spears!

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  6. Re:What? by mojogojo · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    keywords: Composite. Composite! Composite!

    Do you know the definition of that word? I think it would go a long way to explain the principle of this (sensationalized media drivle).

    And here is the only important sentence in the whole article:
    "...other alternatives may also exist. Wool said researchers have been trying to introduce "micro-bubbles" into silicon to achieve the same effect as his chicken feathers (COMPOSITE)."

    Read the article before posting a comment, ok?