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- MikeFromAmerica, on 12/11/2007, -6/+190Fails to mention how MUCH light it produces. The picture makes it look like those OLED nightlights. That's not going to replace a reading lamp anytime soon. Also, it's green. I'm sure it'll have some great applications but don't pretend this is going to change the world by replacing all incandescent lights.
- Himself, on 12/11/2007, -3/+138perfect for your bat cave, dungeon, or ecorave party
- yogurtslinger, on 12/11/2007, -6/+128Now this is good.
"The light source is inexpensive, "non-toxic", and will stay on for 12+ years"
then we have,
"It’s not the most harmful radioactive thing, but yes there have been some incidences in the past where the workers were poisoned who dealt with it." - zeptobyte, on 12/11/2007, -6/+113Non-toxic, but radioactive..
- JLecker, on 12/11/2007, -5/+92So... it's a radioactive glowstick. FTA: "...this material is radioactive and uses radioactive TRITIUM to glow."
Tritium? Better keep this stuff away from Doc Ock. - Biohazzard, on 12/11/2007, -3/+72i wonder how long till the Chinese start putting this in their toys
- DeviantDragon, on 12/11/2007, -3/+59That's the light emitted from you monitor. There is a lighting device within it.
- inactive, on 12/11/2007, -4/+42"Goes for 12 years without electricity! Wow! Is there any downside to this wonder-product!"
"Well, Timmy. It gives you nine kinds of cancer and in some cases HIV, but that's a small price to pay for this kind of evolution in technology!" - Slicebox, on 12/11/2007, -12/+48I heard these got "glowing" reviews.
Seriously though, how long before GE or another company buys them out and sits on the patent. - willemmulder, on 12/11/2007, -2/+35"One back drop to reckon with is that this material is radioactive and uses radioactive TRITIUM to glow."
so yeah... - Lanefair, on 12/11/2007, -0/+32At last an excuse to make a Tron costume.
- Spamcan, on 12/11/2007, -2/+30Put it on a plastic strip with adhesive backing and I'd be sticking them everywhere. Inside the fusebox, under the cabinets, the bathroom, car's glovebox.. There are lots of places you need a little bit of light that this would be the perfect solution for.
- LordStryker, on 12/11/2007, -0/+26Goodnight honey. Oh wait.... *****, how do you turn it off?
- ErrorS, on 12/11/2007, -3/+25Not a great article.. workers were poisoned? how? Were they eating the lights?
People get poisoned by all kinds of stupid stuff, it doesn't mean it's dangerous.. but if the gas is dangerous I'd rather know before I buy it..
Still, it's pretty cool.. I guess.. would make for some awesome permanent glow-sticks. I'd love to have one on the tip of my fishing pole for night fishing, or backing inside my computer case for cool effects. Small pieces to permanently back-light my watch or some small LCDs. It definitely has a ***** of uses, this product needs to come to market. - TripcodeMel, on 12/11/2007, -2/+22You wish. Three Mile Island and Chernobyl ruined nuclear energy for the Western world. (Despite the former's nearby residents being showered with only an x-ray's worth of radiation, and the latter an example of what happens when second-rate Soviet engineers in a third-rate nuclear plant disregard all safety protocol.)
- doyoulikeworms, on 12/11/2007, -0/+20So that's where Mr. Burns gets his healthy green glow.
- RobotGigante, on 12/11/2007, -0/+18That means it's the good kind of radioactivity. You know, the one that gives you superpowers.
- a3r0, on 12/11/2007, -1/+18Haven't there been key chains that work the same way for a long time now? This is just making it into plastic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-powered_lighting - archer104, on 12/11/2007, -0/+16Duct tape her mouth.
- quakenul, on 12/11/2007, -2/+18No, it probably won't make a reading light but I only if you think about how this could be used, well, for about any type of sign, maybe as permanent markers inside buildings for improved orrientation during power failures -- i think just that is already quite an area to be covered.
But, hey, it's radioactive and let's face it, no matter how harmless it is (I'm not claiming it is, I don't know) people will not accept it. - Spuy767, on 12/11/2007, -1/+16The glowing hands on my rolex have been going for about six years now, and my tritium night sights on my Sig are at least three years old and glowing strong. This is just another application of the radioactive decay of tritium as the poster SAYS that the half life of the product is 12 years. The brits have been using this ***** for years and years for night lights and keychains. This is not a revolution.
- DoscoJones, on 12/11/2007, -10/+24Not the same as nuclear plants. Like static electricity as compared to a lightening bolt. FAIL.
- Zortrium, on 12/11/2007, -2/+16I did some research into tritium a while back for an idea I had. As it says, tritium is an emitter of beta radiation that is so weak that it cant escape its encapsulation. What they don't mention is that the constant beta bombardment causes the encapsulation to occasionally emit X rays, which ARE bad. Also, don't expect this to show up in the US any time soon. While you can purchase tritium in the UK, the Nuclear regulatory commission doesn't want you to get your hands on it here in the US. You goddamn terrorist.
- brufleth, on 12/11/2007, -1/+13Because they ingested it. Otherwise it doesn't even penetrate skin or in this case, the sphere it is in.
- CrazyDave303, on 12/11/2007, -0/+12Close but that was Radium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls - Tralobyte, on 12/11/2007, -0/+11Diggvertising?
- joot2112, on 12/11/2007, -1/+12They were not too bright ... until then, right? heh heh, heh heh
- stevedclarke, on 12/11/2007, -0/+11Yes. And I want it now. NOW!!!!
- sporg, on 12/11/2007, -0/+10This technology has been around this is just the same old stuff encapsulated in plastic. They have been using tritium to light military compasses for a very long time.
- inactive, on 12/11/2007, -1/+11Glow in the dark boxer shorts? Considering it's radioactive, I'd say that male birth control has finally arrived.
- inactive, on 12/11/2007, -1/+11Are you telling me that this sucker is NUCLEAR?
- Flagg3, on 12/11/2007, -1/+11I would guess about 30 seconds after this hit the front page...
- sangjmoon, on 12/11/2007, -1/+11Hope the company has a lot of insurance. They will be sued by somebody claiming they caused cancer in the future.
- CeeJayDK, on 12/11/2007, -1/+11@stevedclarke : Try Duct tape.
- bitcloud, on 12/11/2007, -10/+19The ecofascists? sounds like you've been smoking too much of the herb man....
- m0d0, on 12/11/2007, -3/+12A nice green resource... Literally. What about white light, for offices and homes, is that a simple modification of the chemical blah blah.
It Looks like a solid version of the stuff the Turtles were exposed too. - warriorscot, on 12/11/2007, -1/+10It wont change the world because its old seriously old this is how they made pilots instruments glow in the dark in the second world war.
- kyouteki, on 12/11/2007, -0/+9No, they are not at all the same. Glowsticks are chemoluminescent (relying on a chemical reaction between peroxide and something else that escapes me at the moment), while these are betaluminescent (relying on a radioactive decomposition, a by-product of which is beta radiation)
- teddyrux, on 12/11/2007, -2/+11My monitor's really bright though...It must be extremely radioactive.
- jayemee, on 12/11/2007, -0/+9As someone said up there, tritium is already heavily in use. It's pretty safe as well, considering. It's only a low energy beta emitter - it wont even get through skin. It's only a problem when taken on the inside, so just don't eat your glowballs :)
Although this of course wasn't known to the poor people who used to paint it on to watch faces, and now they all have hideous cancers from licking their brushes... - cr1t, on 12/11/2007, -2/+11Wonder if I can get some to stick under my car, it's the only place I can think of that I need a green light shining from.
- inactive, on 12/11/2007, -2/+11And, tritium is *absolutely* toxic.
- Shaman760, on 12/11/2007, -1/+9Now kids don't even have to eat lead paint.
- Himself, on 12/11/2007, -5/+13non-blogspam URL: http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/pages/view/e ... 7dayolddigg: http://digg.com/general_sciences/New_Light_Source_ ...
- CryptiniteDemon, on 12/11/2007, -0/+8Probably until the sun burns out by my guess.
- bitcloud, on 12/11/2007, -0/+8No better idea?
Solar anyone? - evanfrey, on 12/11/2007, -1/+9** yes there have been some incidences in the past where the workers were poisoned who dealt with it. **
wtf? - Dylan16807, on 12/11/2007, -0/+7Maybe the press release was written by someone at verizon.
- graphex, on 12/11/2007, -0/+7This would be awesome for glow-in-the-dark boxer shorts.
I wonder if it is dishwasher safe. How cool would it be to have a glowing juice cup for the kids? - muckb777, on 12/11/2007, -0/+7looks like the plutonium rod Homer drops in the opening sequence to The Simpsons...
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