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I think R2D2 had one of these...

2006-02-27, 9:47 AM #1

kyle90

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http://www.newscientist.com/channel/mech-tech/dn8778.html

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2006-02-27, 9:49 AM #2

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I hope they don't use that for huge advertising... :mad:

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2006-02-27, 9:55 AM #3

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Yet another invention with many wonderful applications that we'll never ever ever swee again. God that pisses me off. It's like every single cool invention that you see on the internet is just a hoax or something, cause I haven't seen any of it

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2006-02-27, 10:04 AM #4

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Originally posted by Lord_Grismath:

I hope they don't use that for huge advertising... :mad:

What better use could there be for really cool, very useful technology?
use it to sell worthless crap to billions who can't tell the difference.

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2006-02-27, 10:07 AM #5

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How long do you suppose it takes before someone burns themself on one of those waving their hand through it?

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2006-02-27, 10:11 AM #6

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Japanese people always invent the cool stuff. What cool thing have Americans invented? The only thing I can think of which is only cool because it's really weird and I think it's disgusting is deep-fried cheese.

2006-02-27, 10:27 AM #7

Freelancer

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Originally posted by Uberslug:

What cool thing have Americans invented?

Uh... automobiles, aircraft, television, the telephone, the electric light, the digital computer, fission reactors, to name a few?

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2006-02-27, 10:43 AM #8

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Originally posted by Freelancer:

Uh... automobiles, aircraft, television, the telephone, the electric light, the digital computer, fission reactors, to name a few?

ouch that was a burn, shows how unamerican you are ahaha :p

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2006-02-27, 10:49 AM #9

Brian

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Originally posted by Uberslug:

What cool thing have Americans invented?

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2006-02-27, 11:54 AM #10

Roach

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Originally posted by Freelancer:

Uh... automobiles, aircraft, television, the telephone, the electric light, the digital computer, fission reactors, to name a few?

I was pretty sure the europeans can claim the automobile. And a canadian invented the electric light.

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2006-02-27, 12:11 PM #11

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Originally posted by Roach:

I was pretty sure the europeans can claim the automobile. And a canadian invented the electric light.

Ok well we Yanks brought the world the assembly line and mass production.

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2006-02-27, 12:11 PM #12

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fine, "incandescent lamp" or whatever. :rolleyes:

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2006-02-27, 12:19 PM #13

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Originally posted by djwguitarman:

What better use could there be for really cool, very useful technology?
use it to sell worthless crap to billions who can't tell the difference.

Ever seen this trilogy? It's called "Star Wars". :rolleyes:

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2006-02-27, 12:21 PM #14

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If it didn't have the popping noise, that could be really cool. 3D Death Star tactical maps, anyone? :p

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2006-02-27, 12:26 PM #15

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we also invented the first flag that was ever placed on the moon...

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2006-02-27, 12:35 PM #16

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then a solar flare burnt the flag, and we all went YAY.

This invention looks cool, if not a heath hazard tho.

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2006-02-27, 12:37 PM #17

Rob

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I invented you, VIA your mom.

2006-02-27, 12:38 PM #18

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my mom? ewww, jokes on you dude.

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2006-02-27, 12:40 PM #19

Rob

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HEY.

Don't you sass me.

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2006-02-27, 12:41 PM #20

Matterialize

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Hey, you know what? You could project an image of an axe or something swinging at someone. They wouldn't duck because it's a hologram, but it'd actually hurt them.

...

> : D

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2006-02-27, 12:52 PM #21

Rob

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Or I could surround someone in a cage of light that slowly gets smaller and smaller untill it burns them to a crisp.

2006-02-27, 1:11 PM #22

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Good times, gooooooood times.

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2006-02-27, 1:13 PM #23

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Originally posted by Roach:

I was pretty sure the europeans can claim the automobile. And a canadian invented the electric light.

Germans invented the automobile.

Both the phone and the television were created by Brits.

nope.

2006-02-27, 1:13 PM #24

kyle90

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Or, have all the dots projected in a line.... glowing line of plasma, projected out of a device... does this sound like a lightsaber to anyone else?

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2006-02-27, 1:15 PM #25

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Wow. They finally invented it. Too bad it crackles, but still very neat.

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2006-02-27, 1:15 PM #26

kyle90

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Originally posted by Baconfish:

Germans invented the automobile.

Both the phone and the television were created by Brits.

What? The television was an American invention: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth

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2006-02-27, 1:17 PM #27

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird

nope.

2006-02-27, 1:23 PM #28

Rob

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Originally posted by Baconfish:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird

Electromechanical television.

2006-02-27, 1:33 PM #29

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Farnsworth was cooler because he also invented a fusion reactor.

And he has a Futurama character named after him.

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2006-02-27, 1:34 PM #30

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it looks like a special effect from some cheezy movie.

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2006-02-27, 1:36 PM #31

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Originally posted by wiki:

Baird made many other contributions to the field of television before and after his mechanical system fell into disfavor. In 1928 he demonstrated the first colour television and true stereoscopic television. In 1932 he was the first to demonstrate ultra-short wave transmission. In 1941 he demonstrated a 600 line HDTV colour system

Baird wins.

nope.

2006-02-27, 1:44 PM #32

kyle90

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So what, 600-lines of resolution on a TV is now better than a freaking FUSION REACTOR? Pssh. What would you rather have?

600 lines isn't even true HD anyways. That's like that stupid "enhanced definition" stuff.

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2006-02-27, 1:45 PM #33

Baconfish

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In the 1940s twas fairly impressive.

Plus, I was meaning more, the whole colour thing.

nope.

2006-02-27, 1:45 PM #34

Avp2MattJa

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Originally posted by kyle90:

Or, have all the dots projected in a line.... glowing line of plasma, projected out of a device... does this sound like a lightsaber to anyone else?

that would be badass, have the lazers fire like really fast (1000 times a sec) to get some better noise effect going or something like that

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2006-02-27, 2:10 PM #35

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Originally posted by Ford:

P.S. - Lightsabers crackle. they hum and crackle.

yeah, i was thinking this. how hard would it be to have it emit a big tube of those lights? and the fact that it would actually burn people would kick ***.

2006-02-27, 2:32 PM #36

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Originally posted by Freelancer:

I know what you mean, I hate that

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2006-02-27, 2:41 PM #37

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I'm getting the idea that the idea of a lightsaber probably wouldn't be that effective. It'd be like that Venture Bros. cartoon where it just goes through them.... the most that it would do is probably hurt like a sunburn or something. They'd be all "ow, that sort of hurt!" I could be wrong though.

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2006-02-27, 2:46 PM #38

kyle90

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Well, it wouldn't cut things, or even burn them particularily well (maybe you could light a candle with it)... but it would look damned cool.

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2006-02-27, 3:23 PM #39

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Don't forget that it was the Americans that invented the Esculator, which is ironic considering how fat and lazy some americans are.

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2006-02-27, 3:28 PM #40

kyle90

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Americans also invented war and the atomic bomb, which is ironic considering how some of them voted for Bush.

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