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- legalskeptic, on 11/10/2009, -0/+53So when can we buy a carbon nanotube Shamwow?
- jerryjamesstone, on 11/11/2009, -1/+24You know, I wish Billy Mays was around to sell these to me on TV.
- THMike, on 11/10/2009, -0/+17Only $9,999!
Probably will take a bit more time before carbon nanotubes are mass produced very cheaply, but since they're just made out of ordinary carbon, that day will no doubt come. - PhilliesBlunt, on 11/11/2009, -1/+14Can it live in a Pineapple under the sea?
- THMike, on 11/11/2009, -0/+10Hmm, what kind of fluids do you want to clean up?
Oh, nevermind. I don't want to know. - ParaSwarm, on 11/10/2009, -1/+10I'd like one of these sponges for my computer desk area, please. It's a damn biohazard. (Not proud of it either!)
- Paranor01, on 11/11/2009, -0/+9definitely need a citation for that one
- dabomb00, on 11/11/2009, -0/+8^ a b Kolosnjaj J, Szwarc H, Moussa F (2007). "Toxicity studies of carbon nanotubes". Adv Exp Med Biol. 620: 181–204. PMID 18217344.
^ a b Porter, Alexandra (2007). "Direct imaging of single-walled carbon nanotubes in cells". Nature Nanotechnology 2: 713. doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.347.
^ Zumwalde, Ralph and Laura Hodson (March 2009). "Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: Managing the Health and Safety Concerns Associated with Engineered Nanomaterials". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH (DHHS) Publication 2009-125.
^ a b Lam CW, James JT, McCluskey R, Arepalli S, Hunter RL (2006). "A review of carbon nanotube toxicity and assessment of potential occupational and environmental health risks". Crit Rev Toxicol. 36: 189–217. doi:10.1080/10408440600570233. PMID 16686422.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotubes#Toxi ... - MacBookForMe, on 11/10/2009, -5/+9And those smart Chinese will need zillions of tons of those nanosponges to clear their own catastrophic pollution all over China, first
- dabomb00, on 11/11/2009, -4/+7In other news, carbon nanotubes are toxic to living organisms. They exhibit similar characteristics to asbestos.
- drmangrum, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3They said it doesn't absorb water....
So yeah, I guess they will make a shamwow out of it. - PhilliesBlunt, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2Never heard of it. Dragon What!?
- induren, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2Interesting. But considering that some studies have shown that the nanotubes themselves may be carcinogenic, I'd say it's not as amazing as one would hope.
- nurbsenvi, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2CNT-BOB-SQUARE-PANTS!
- latinjones, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2That means you, Germany.
- Laminarcissus, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2That being kind of the point, yes?
They are recapitulating the industrial history of the United States. We created some of the most toxic dumps in the world on our own soil in pursuit of fast money. Then, once we got that money, we began to spend it on research to try to figure out ways not to live in our own filth.
- Countess666, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2the more uses there are for them, the more people/companies spend on producing them cheaper.
- Countess666, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2actually that all depends on their length. below or above a certain length they have no harmful effects. within that length they indeed could have harmful effects.
luckily for us, and unlike asbestos, heating or burning carbon nano-tubes creates CO2, which is mostly safe.
so carbon-nano-tubes materials are much easer to deal with and much easer to keep away from humans while still using them in products. - rxbudian, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3can't a balloon hold 180x it's own weight in water?
- ParaSwarm, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1No... no, you don't. I'm not sure modern science could determine some of them, anyway.
- georgelulu, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Now to figure out how to dispose of toxic sponges.
- malechite, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1CARBON-NANOTUBE-BOB-SQUARE-PANTS!
- tekpunk, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Wow, a modern Chinese INVENTION, amazing!
- R0B0Ninja, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Still waiting for a carbon nanotube-based fix for global warming...
- jrm125, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1I'm gonna have to start microwaving my dish sponge more often.
- Rocco03, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2La esponja grande.
- hereticoftruth, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Are the price of nano tubes still too expensive to be used in such a way economically? The fact that they can be squeezed and reused is a plus though.
- Countess666, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1making carbon nanotubes IS a fix for global warming, provided you take the carbon from CO2.
- Sexercise, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1In other other news, awesome. Awesome to the max.
- Countess666, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1then what?
then nothing! you've taken CO2 from the atmosphere, and it could take millennia for it to find its way back into it the carbon cycle. long enough for ocean life to catch up and deposit its equivalent carbon-content into the ocean sediment.
but in case you didn't notice i was being sarcastic. while my statement is true, its unlikely to be a big contributor to carbon sequestering, and its unlikely that making carbon nano-tubes will be a energy-neutral process, making it highly unlikely to be a carbon-negative process. - reubencm, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1and then what...
- lhughey, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1I need to replace one of my kidneys with one of these when i go drinking. My recovery time is much greater now that im getting old.
- Solkre, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Bigger sponges
- akaRemy, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2And hopefully one day they'll figure out how to harness the carbon from the atmosphere to make these nanotubes, thus fixing the climate change and clealing our oceans at the same time. Only good things can come from this!!!
- reubencm, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1They pollute far less than the us per-capita, especially when you consider cumulative emissions not just current.
- ugetab, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Knowing the dangers from the start means that industrial uses will involve protective gear(which they'd probably wear for a chemical spill anyways), and that most companies will do their darndest to: A. Put all of the possible consequences in the contract the workers sign, and some companies will: B. Neglect to mention all of the hazards the workers are signing on for.
Perhaps it will allow for a true reduction in damage instead of a transfer of damage from what the workers cleans up to the workers themselves. - cCPanda, on 11/11/2009, -0/+0 Absorbent and black and microscopically porous is he.
- norwegianlegion, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1We get it, carbon nanotubes are Jesus Oprah and Xenu combined. They do tons of great crap. How about you work on making them not ridiculously and prohibitively expensive, THEN figure out all the cool things you can do with them?
- Hivetyrant, on 11/11/2009, -0/+0Wow, this article has a lot to take in
- cCPanda, on 11/11/2009, -0/+0 That's too bad, If charcoal tablets absorb alcohol, I bet that swallowing one of these before a drinking contest would absorb a ton of alcohol.
- craggatt, on 11/12/2009, -1/+1I had a carbon nanotube anus installed now i can poo 8x more efficiently.
- ManUnitdFan, on 11/11/2009, -2/+1Science: fixing things when we ***** up the planet since 1000 CE.
- Edgers, on 11/11/2009, -12/+1Hey guys have you heard of this new game Dragon Age: Origins? It's a new dark fantasy epic from Bioware and got 9/10 from Gamer Informer!
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