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Using Microwaves to Drill Through Glass

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hot-stuff dept.

Linux_ho writes "UPI is reporting that Israeli researchers have developed a drill that can melt a small hole in glass, ceramics, or concrete with no dust or noise. Nature.com reports that it doesn't work very well with good heat conductors or materials with very high melting points, but the researchers envision a wide variety of manufacturing applications, and possibly some medical uses as well."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. Re:First moral post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Who modded the parent post down?!

    He maybe offtopic but definitely not a troll! Promiscuity and sexual deviancy are the reasons why our Western culture is dying and being replaced by the morally strong Islamic way of thinking.

  3. Holes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are full of trolls

  4. How Bout' Those Brooklin Dodgers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    maybe it can be used to drill a hole in Steve Ballmers head to let some hot air out and reality in...

  5. First Bozzio Levin Stevens post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's hear it for three genuine musicians! Yeah, that's the stuff!

  6. Totally off topic. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is off topic to say the least, but submitting stories can take days.
    Go check out www.newscientist.com They have a great frontpage of news.

    And for all u people who were pissed they kept posting about the chess match, its tied at 3.5 points a piece.
    http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp? id=ns999 92941

  7. Gourmet Microwave Cooking by malus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sure the IDF will not hesitate to cook a few of their Arab friends.

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

    Palestinian researchers have developed two new methods for suicide bombings.