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Thread #139112 Message #3188798
Posted By: Donuel
16-Jul-11 - 11:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Check this out
Subject: RE: BS: Check this out
The material sciences are key to performing miracles.
For those with dry macular degeneration a scientist at Oxford made glasses that video one,s enviornment, sends the data to a smart phone that sends it back to glasses that display a meaningful lED version on the lens.
With advances in carbon strings, we might one day weave a rope of "fictionite so strong that we could run an elevator to space using centrifugal force to anchor it in space.
Perhaps we could one day choose a voice from a catalog. Would you like a Pavoratti today or a James Earl Jones? No thanks I think I'll go with a Julie Andrews. But sir! Just kidding, I'll take Paul Robson. Wise choice sir.