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Nanoglue Could Be Used To Make Spiderman Web-Shooters
Stony Stevenson writes "A team of US researchers is using the super-adhesive properties of nanoglue to create a super-sticky web-shooting device much like the comic-book hero Spiderman's. The nanoglue is also being trialed in the production of computer chip circuitry and is expected to miniaturize the process, meaning faster and more powerful chips. From the article: '"If we can find a way to create threads and/or intertwined bundles using the molecules in a scalable fashion, while retaining the adhesive properties, then creating web-shooters similar to Spiderman's is a real possibility," Ramanath said. "There are ways in which molecular threads/bundles can be created in large quantities. The challenge will be, however, to simultaneously engineer adhesion on certain surfaces (and not others, since we want the suit only to form on the desired surface) and also with each other during the thread formation."'"
Well, glad *that's* finally solved. Now, on to cancer...
ZuluPad, the wiki notepad on crack
Don't underestimate the importance of being able to suddenly swing into different places.
Reading code is like reading the dictionary - you have to read half of it before you can go back and understand it.
And mall security thought silly string wars were a mess...
- I voted for Nintendo and against Bush
So, despite the fact that this could ultimately mean "faster and more powerful chips," the scientists seem far more concerned about whether or not they get to dress up in their spidey suits and swing from building to building. At least they have their priorities
xkcd anyone?
Silence is golden... and duct tape is silver.
"how do i shot web"
It's called a dick, people. Prior art.
Table-ized A.I.
I don't think there is any way to get hundreds of feet of rope inside of a container a few inches around.
Store the liquid in a big codpeice with a hose to the arm. Maybe inside phoney pectorials also. And, it'll help spidey get laid.
Table-ized A.I.
At first the term "Spiderman" suggested some strange type of monstrous insect, but fortunately the submitter indicated that this is in fact the name of a character from a children's "comics book." This type of reminder is always welcome on a site like Slashdot, where a large portion of the readership has little familiarity with such works of fiction, or indeed with the so-called "science fiction" in general.
Things Essential For The Survival Of Humanity:
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1. Spider-Man web shooters.
2. A More Efficient beer bong.
3. Penis enlarging pills.
4. Larger breast implants.
5. Better tasting malt liquor.
6. A better, more gripping "Reality TV" show.
7. More comfortable prisons, because doing Hard Time is just -oh so- hard.
8. Protesting for the sake of protesting.
9. Spending billions of tax dollars to build a bridge to nowhere.
10. American Idol.
11. Beauty pageants.
12. Porn, porn, and more porn.
13. Making porn more readily available.
14. Viagra.
15. Rogaine.
16. Giving Illegal Immigrants a free pass into the United States.
17. Paris Hilton.
18. Trying to get you IPod "Just Right" instead of finishing your essay on the importance of education.
19. Second Life and World of Warcraft.
20. Developing a cheaper, low carb beer that tastes great and is less filling.
21. Making better videos for YouTube.
22. Devloping technology that allows you to drive faster and safer through traffic while talking on your cell phone, checking your email on your Blackberry, and catch the lastest and hottest music videos on your dash mounted LCD screen.
23. Perfecting the "Keg Stand".
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1,995,263. More efficient engines.
1,995,264. An inexpensive, efficient fusion reactor.
1,995,265. Manned exploration of the solar system.
1,995,266. College curriculums that contain field-relevent studies, rather than including irrelevent ones.
1,995,267. Colonization of the moon.
1,995,268. Colonization of suitable planets.
1,995,269. Manned exploration of space.
1,995,270. Social attitudes that create the desire to learn more, rather than to smoke pot, inhale potato chips, and play video games all day.
1,995,271. Taking technology out of video games and putting it into things that actually matter.
1,995,272. More efficient treatments for cancer.
1,995,273. A cure for AIDS.
1,995,274. Practical solutions to counter global warming.
1,995,275. Understanding the importance of farmers and agriculture to human society, rather than ignoring them as "redneck idiots".
1,995,276. Explore the secrets of the Universe.
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Wow. I gues I really have my priorities out of order.
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
...that means you got the apartment!