July 12th, 2019 : Computer

xoxoxoBruce • Jul 12, 2019 12:38 am
The white Zeppelin looking, camera hogging blob is a grain of rice.
The thing the rice is dwarfing is an itty bitty computer.

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This computer measures 0.33mm (0.013 in) on each side!
According to my pal Google: "Currently, the tiny computer serves as a precision temperature sensor. It uses electronic pulses to convert temperatures into timed intervals. The result, for example, is the ability to report temperatures in a cluster of cells within a tumor with an error rate of around 0.1 degrees Celsius. 'Since the temperature sensor is small and biocompatible, we can implant it into a mouse and cancer cells grow around it,' said Gary Luker, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering. 'We are using this temperature sensor to investigate variations in temperature within a tumor versus normal tissue and if we can use changes in temperature to determine success or failure of therapy.'


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Gravdigr • Jul 12, 2019 12:11 pm
In awe.
glatt • Jul 12, 2019 4:42 pm
Seems like you wouldn't want it to make cancer grow. I thought we were trying to avoid that.
DanaC • Jul 12, 2019 6:02 pm
Oh that's special
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 13, 2019 12:27 am
glatt;1035529 wrote:
Seems like you wouldn't want it to make cancer grow. I thought we were trying to avoid that.

They want it to grow in lab critters so they can study how it grows then how to stop it from growing.
Gravdigr • Jul 13, 2019 12:11 pm
glatt;1035529 wrote:
Seems like you wouldn't want it to make cancer grow. I thought we were trying to avoid that.


They don't want it to, it's just that that's what cancer does.



Fuck cancer.
Griff • Jul 18, 2019 7:55 am
We may well be on our way to fucking cancer.

A woman I know professionally collapsed in her home recently. They took out a tumor the size of a goddamn baby. They claim they got the whole thing.
tw • Jul 19, 2019 8:31 pm
xoxoxoBruce;1035490 wrote:
The white Zeppelin looking, camera hogging blob is a grain of rice.

Which proves that 1984 (defined by George Orwell) will happen by 2084.