Comments on: Another radioactive Boy Scout http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 01:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1212065 Lobster Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1212065 I'm not too worried.  He's using Americium, the most patriotic of the radioactive elements! I’m not too worried.  He’s using Americium, the most patriotic of the radioactive elements!

]]> By: Khachatur Gharibyan http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1212063 Khachatur Gharibyan Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1212063 And where is the mutants. Not good! And where is the mutants. Not good!

]]> By: jhertzli http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211863 jhertzli Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211863 The spirit of the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=RHzoMeU2bxsC&pg=PA105&dq=%22Nobody+builds+reactors+for+fun+anymore%22&hl=en&ei=ZWs7TsfHGZCSgQfh1IzPBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">little red schoolhouse</a> is back! The spirit of the little red schoolhouse is back!

]]> By: John Aspinall http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211403 John Aspinall Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211403 If he's collecting americium, thorium, radium, and uranium, his interests don't only lie with fusion. If he’s collecting americium, thorium, radium, and uranium, his interests don’t only lie with fusion.

]]> By: Brent Kirkham http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211355 Brent Kirkham Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211355 Give that kid a Nobel Prize, and a DeLorean car. Now! Dammit! Give that kid a Nobel Prize, and a DeLorean car. Now! Dammit!

]]> By: Teirhan http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211331 Teirhan Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211331 This is a pretty cool article.  Makes me wish i had a subscription to mental_floss so i could read the whole thing.  This is a pretty cool article.  Makes me wish i had a subscription to mental_floss so i could read the whole thing. 

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211320 bcsizemo Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211320 I don't think my wife should read this...  She'd skin him alive if he damaged pre-1944 vintage red Fiestaware.... I don’t think my wife should read this…  She’d skin him alive if he damaged pre-1944 vintage red Fiestaware….

]]> By: Jim Nelson http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211301 Jim Nelson Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211301 Damn - I wonder if he's going to be at the Teslathon in October put on by another fusor.net member here in Richmond, VA. That neutron detector is actually pretty awesome - He3 detectors have become rarer than hen's teeth (and priced similarly), and to have a cheap neutron detector, made out of commonly available components, invented and patented by a teenager, is one of the greatest science success stories I've ever heard of. Hats off to Mr. Wilson! Damn – I wonder if he’s going to be at the Teslathon in October put on by another fusor.net member here in Richmond, VA.

That neutron detector is actually pretty awesome – He3 detectors have become rarer than hen’s teeth (and priced similarly), and to have a cheap neutron detector, made out of commonly available components, invented and patented by a teenager, is one of the greatest science success stories I’ve ever heard of. Hats off to Mr. Wilson!

]]> By: Vadym Zakrevskyy http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211272 Vadym Zakrevskyy Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211272 My. Hero. My. Hero.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211248 Lobster Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211248 To be fair, Hahn was kind of dumb about it.  He took no precautions whatsoever (which is why he ended up with those nice radiation burns). To be fair, Hahn was kind of dumb about it.  He took no precautions whatsoever (which is why he ended up with those nice radiation burns).

]]> By: Matthew Elmslie http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/another-radioactive-boyscout.html#comment-1211246 Matthew Elmslie Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117313#comment-1211246 This is the kid from that book <i>Science Fair Season</i>, right? That's a good book; people here should like that book. This is the kid from that book Science Fair Season, right? That’s a good book; people here should like that book.

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