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Detoxing With Magnets for Fun and Profit
Ridgelift writes "Wired has an article on a new way to remove toxins from the bloodstream. The Argonne National Laboratory have designed nanoparticles which 'identify, and then latch onto, target molecules. The nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream, where they circulate through the body, picking up their target toxins as they go. Once they have made their rounds, all that's needed to remove the particles from the body are a magnet housed in a handheld unit and a small, dual-channel shunt inserted into an arm or leg artery.'"
need is a car mounted version so I can plug in saturday night after a round at the bars. hmm mabee they could shunt the removed "products" directly to my carborator.. Profit !
"It's so convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal" - A. Hitler
Something to do with all these spare small, dual-channel arterial shunts I have lying around...
All's true that is mistrusted
Finally, an actual medical benefit from magnets!
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
Now those people selling the magnetic bracelets and insoles are going to be using this as 'proof' that their useless peices of crap really work.
Technoli
I wonder if there is enough concentration that this would set off airport metal detectors... :security guy bob: Sir, please step through the metal detector again :security guy joe: I don't understand it, he's completely naked and we've done a cavity search!
really then, what's the point?
I'd rather pay for a cab then jam an arterial shunt into my leg that could bleed me dry in under an hour. Couple that with the fact that I would be drunk whilst doing said leg jamming, and I'd choose to have my address and a cab company's dispatch number tatooed to my forearm.
But you go spend your money to get not drunk. I'll be the one in the back of the cab with the ugly girl who's going to get lucky, puking my guts out.. You have your fun... Uhh,
How much does this procedure cost?
The problem with nanostrippers is that you need a very high-power microscope to see them grinding on their carbon nanotube pole.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"