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Clothes That Kill
StriderA writes "Robert Engel, of Queens College at The City University of New York, and colleagues have developed a new defence against bacteria and fungi. It seems that they have created tiny molecular daggers that actually seek and destroy the fatty bacteria. Applications to include battling athletes foot to military uniforms that kill anthrax."
Could I wear these and lose weight?
Still in my pyro...still in the mines! {POF}LrdDragoon
I've got a T-shirt and I'm not afraid to use it!
My other Slashdot ID is much lower.
Rejoice Geeks!
You may never have to shower again!
(Not that you do now.)
In other news, the "killer clothes" also absorb Dorito dust and Mountaion Dew, turning these compounds into comparitively harmless carbon monoxide.
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I think some people are already wearing a variant of this that can kill at a distance. I was down at the local university the other day and I saw this ungodly sexy girl. Man, my heart started being so hard and fast I thought I was gonna have a heart attack! You can laugh, but if you had seen what she was wearing you probably would've dropped to your knees clutching your chest and gasping for breath, too!
GMD
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Tell that to the silicon-based bacteria found inside volcanoes.
Or was that just in "Tremors, the series"?
I KNEW there was a good thing about growing up in a filthy house like I did! I always thought we were just slobs.