Comments on: Microbattery built by viruses http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: querent http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264468 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264468 's pretty cool. i want em wired into my cns so i can increase firing frequency in different sectors. then i wouldn't need drugs! oh, but wait...then with the mind control. i'll be fucked. ‘s pretty cool. i want em wired into my cns so i can increase firing frequency in different sectors. then i wouldn’t need drugs!

oh, but wait…then with the mind control. i’ll be fucked.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264739 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264739 Yeah, didn't I am legend start like this. That said, I wand some bionic hearind and a hud projected into my eyeballs whenever they get done designing this stuff. Yeah, didn’t I am legend start like this.

That said, I wand some bionic hearind and a hud projected into my eyeballs whenever they get done designing this stuff.

]]> By: Chevan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-265763 Chevan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-265763 >Now we're giving viruses the capacity to generate their own portable electricity sources. Not really. The most important parts of the batteries created were all of human origin. >Now we’re giving viruses the capacity to generate their own portable electricity sources.

Not really. The most important parts of the batteries created were all of human origin.

]]> By: Peaceflag2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264765 Peaceflag2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264765 Next: viruses that build little axes and pitchforks and attack disease. Next: viruses that build little axes and pitchforks and attack disease.

]]> By: sarsface http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264796 sarsface Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264796 We can alter a virus to create a battery but we can't cure AIDs... We can alter a virus to create a battery but we can’t cure AIDs…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-266343 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-266343 Weird redundancy: "There are one million micrometers in a meter." ...while the more useful and much less obvious comment "There are 5280 feet in a mile" is never seen. Weird redundancy: “There are one million micrometers in a meter.”

…while the more useful and much less obvious comment “There are 5280 feet in a mile” is never seen.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264810 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264810 for many good and complex reasons. for many good and complex reasons.

]]> By: w000t http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264601 w000t Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264601 And to think people were worried about bird flu. Wait'll they get a load of robot flu... And to think people were worried about bird flu. Wait’ll they get a load of robot flu…

]]> By: MichaelRN http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264648 MichaelRN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264648 If they can get viruses to do simple, mundane tasks such as building batteries, how much more work would it take to train those same viruses to act as TSA screeners? What about other tasks? No need to outsource the helpdesk to Bangalore when a nice local virus can be hosted in the back of the break-room fridge... If they can get viruses to do simple, mundane tasks such as building batteries, how much more work would it take to train those same viruses to act as TSA screeners?

What about other tasks? No need to outsource the helpdesk to Bangalore when a nice local virus can be hosted in the back of the break-room fridge…

]]> By: El_Cid http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264402 El_Cid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264402 Great. Now we're giving viruses the capacity to generate their own portable electricity sources. When the virus-based cyber-droids come to hunt us down, don't blame me. Great. Now we’re giving viruses the capacity to generate their own portable electricity sources. When the virus-based cyber-droids come to hunt us down, don’t blame me.

]]> By: toxonix http://boingboing.net/2008/08/20/microbattery-built-b.html#comment-264669 toxonix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-264669 My human has cells of various sizes. These devices are half the size of which human cell? My human has cells of various sizes. These devices are half the size of which human cell?

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