Posted on 05/21/2006 7:17:16 PM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou
Ben Wa balls for beneficial bacteria?
I think it has been done, but it's all nuclear physics at that point. I saw something about changing mercury to gold in the presence of a certain radio-isotope, but I can't remember the details.
Not "Shengshapes" but rather
Shenogains (ducks and runs)
(( ping )) for the science list
This could really be interesting, we know that the great
ability of ferris metalurgy lies in the entrapment of carbon atoms, a lot of promise here.
This may imply MORE uses for gold hence a jump in demand
and well, we know what that means.
How about testaora, or testaura?
"buckyballs"
“ Our brains deal exclusively with special-case experiences. Only our minds are able to discover the generalized principles operating without exception in each and every special-experience case which if detected and mastered will give knowledgeable advantage in all instances.”
- from Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963
Others have seen so much more standing on this mans sholders.
R. Buckminster Fuller was way before his time. I wish articles like this would at least mention him beyond "buckyballs" and "fullerenes".
If you haven't read his Ops manual for Spaceship Earth - do so - even now in 2006 it will still blow your mind to new heights.
I actually had the privledge of meeting this man and shaking his hand twice - once in Switzerland at a physics conference in the early 70's and again in San Diego at a Shriners Temple where he was lecturing shortly before his passing in 1983.
We are blessed with one of his Geodesic Domes here in Oakland CA at Lakeside Park and if memory serves me it predates the one in Canada.
http://www.bfi.org/
Nice place to visit for more info on this Great Thinker and Doer.
Glenn Seaborg did it in 1980-something. But that's easy. Some of our brightest (al)chemists are working on a way to do the same thing using only chemical means, plus a few choice spells and a prayer to Termagent.
And yet we can't develop a more workable way to create energy without burning gas or oil. Boy, those oil companies must be pretty powerfult to suppress smart guys like these dudes who are working on fullerenes. (/sarcasm)
Pretty close to being the non-metallic/ormus version of the metal.
Yup, I'll ping this one too, but I'm travelling on business & won't be back home until later tonight or sometime tomorrow, so I won't have my list handy until then.
Does one dopants to a do?
A gold cage would be kind of heavy, but it would be chemically nearly inert. Somewhere in there are materials characteristics that might find useful application.
I dub thee "Gitmonium"...
PNAS abstract
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0600637103v1
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Well if you put your hard drive in one it should be safe from a EM Pulse
"Hmmm, quite interesting, but it all begs the question "What will these little gold cages actually do?"."
Well, to be fair, it's impossible to say at this point. However, buckyballs have been around for a long time, and they are manufactured and sold. They do have some uses---the problem being that they are incredibly expensive---which makes their applications extremely limited.
Offhand, it seems like a gold version would be more expensive but I'm not sure how much more. I have a feeling the labor will be the main expense.
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