The Cheese Slicing Laser

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 13, 2004 @03:50AM from the sign-me-up dept.

purduephotog writes "Xiaochun Li of The University of Wisconsin-Madison has come up with the ultimate gift for those high-tech wine and cheese connoisseurs: A cheese slicing laser. More detailed information is available at Optics.Org."

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Well darn by DarkHand · 2004-01-13 03:51 · Score: 4, Funny

"Basically, the cutting process is cold laser ablation, like that in laser eye surgery," said Li. "At 266 nm it gives a very good clean cut, although going deeper than 10 mm is difficult."
Now how am I supposed to cut my 10 pound wheels into Valentines decorations?
1. Re:Well darn by roseblood · 2004-01-13 04:01 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If you put it on the head of a shark you can go 20cm deep, 10 cm from each side. And to think that people said that sharks with frigging laserbeams on their frigging heads would never see any practical application!
  
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Who Cut the Cheese... by mcasson · 2004-01-13 03:52 · Score: 5, Funny

I can see the advertisement now...it's how the civilized cut the cheese.

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1. Re:Who Cut the Cheese... by AndroidCat · 2004-01-13 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  This is the weapon of a Jedi Caterer...an elegant utensil for a more civilized day. For over a thousand generations the Jedi Caterers were the servers of hor'dorves and snacks in the Republic. Before the dark times, before the Kraft Empire...
  
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Bets by saden1 · 2004-01-13 03:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Someone is going to lose a finger within the first week it is out on the market.

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Yeah that's great..... by whiteranger99x · 2004-01-13 03:53 · Score: 5, Funny

we just need to get some frickin sharks to put the frickin lasers on their frickin heads!!

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Did anyone else read ..... by MajorDick · 2004-01-13 03:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Maybe it was just my eyes jumping around but did anyone else read "Chinese slicing laser"
I think it was Xiaochun Li and Cheese slicing laser ....had me worried there for a second
Somewhere, a George Carlin sketch is referenced... by whiteranger99x · 2004-01-13 03:57 · Score: 5, Funny

"In a country where you can buy cinnamon dental floss, cheese in a spray can, and edible womens panties, are people really breaking their balls to save nine cents on a fucking phone call?!"

Well, now we can add cheese cutting lasers to that list.

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Invented by Dr. Evil? by doc_traig · 2004-01-13 04:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I have created this giant "laser" to threaten the "Earth" with "snacks."

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Warning! by cperciva · 2004-01-13 04:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Do not look at cheese slicer with remaining eye!

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We had to get here eventually... by sczimme · 2004-01-13 07:30 · Score: 4, Funny

It was a feta-compli.

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