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Cleaning Up Japan's Radioactive Mess With Blue Goo

Posted by timothy on from the if-only-it-could-also-bounce dept.

InfiniteZero writes "A clever technology is helping hazmat crews in Japan contain and clean up the contamination caused by the ongoing nuclear disaster there: a blue liquid that hardens into a gel that peels off of surfaces, taking microscopic particles like radiation and other contaminants with it. Known as DeconGel, Japanese authorities are using it inside and outside the exclusion zone on everything from pavement to buildings."

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  1. Wait, what? by DWMorse · · Score: 5, Funny

    What? How will Repulsion Gel help us clean up Japan? It hardly worked at ALL for Aperture Labs.

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    1. Re:Wait, what? by Burdell · · Score: 5, Funny

      I would sure hate to be the test case here. Poor guy got a bucket of blue paint; now he glows in the dark. Never has a problem finding his keys though.

  2. hmm... by DSS11Q13 · · Score: 3, Funny

    there's a Japanese pornography joke in there somewhere...

  3. Silly Putty by Mathinker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this kind of like Silly Putty but the pictures glow in the dark?

  4. Happy Fun Ball by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This sounds ominously like the stuff the Happy Fun Ball is made of.

            Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.
            Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
            Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
            Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
            Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:
                    itching
                    vertigo
                    dizziness
                    tingling in extremities
                    loss of balance or coordination
                    slurred speech
                    temporary blindness
                    profuse sweating
                    heart palpitations
            If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
            Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.
            When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.
            Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
            Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
            Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
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