November 25th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Did you hear that Mexican scientists have managed to turn the countries national drink – Tequila – into diamonds? I wonder why the Russians didn’t come up with that with Vodka?
They are now seeking applications for their discovery.
The crystals are too small to be used for jewelry, but they could be used in medical and technology applications. For instance they could be used to detect radiation, coat cutting tools or perhaps as a substitute for silicon in the computer chip of the future.
Apparently the heated vapor from Tequila Blanco, when deposited on a stainless steel base, can form diamond films.
They began experimenting some 13 years ago with synthetic diamonds — made by a technological process, as opposed to natural diamonds, produced by geological process — from gases like methane.
Later they produced diamonds from liquids, and then noticed that the ideal compound of 40 percent ethanol and 60 percent water was similar to the proportion used in tequila.
“One day I went to the campus shop and bought a bottle of cheap tequila. I used it under the same experiment conditions as for a test with ethanol and water and obtained positive results,” Apatiga said.
After the first test with a common make of tequila blanco, the group is now studying the effects of more select tequilas to find the best adapted to the surprising transformation.
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September 9th, 2007 at 1:24 am
One man found out a few weeks ago that mixing technology and sweat is not a good combination. Reports claim a 20-year-old student known only as Wu opened his computer case to stop it from overheating but as his sweaty legs came into contact with the machine he electrocuted himself, delivering a deadly shock. Eastday.com reports the sweat triggered a shock of 380 volts.
Shocking!
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July 5th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Looks like I’m getting a new TV set soon! We’re renovating the basement and I think I’m going to turn it into a den / rec room. So, of course, if it’s a den I’ll need a new TV … right? You’re following my logic right?
Last time we bought a new TV we got a DLP HDTV. It’s nice but we had a lot of trouble with the first brand that we bought. We went through three of them before changing brands! I don’t even want to think about those months of having a brand new very expensive TV that didn’t work.
So this time round I’m thinking about getting an LCD TV. An HDTV of course. Now that I’m used to one I don’t think I’d want to give that up. So I’ve been reading write ups to find out what the best lcd tvs are so that we don’t run into any problems when we buy one.
I think it’s good to do some research before you purchase something that you’re going to be using for 10 years or so. It’s not like we didn’t do any research when we bought our DLP tv, we did, it’s just that the brand that we thought had the nicest picture turned out to be one heck of a lemon!
The technology isn’t as new now, especially if we go with an LCD TV so I’m sure with a little research we won’t have a problem at all.
It’ll be a few months before we are ready to buy a TV so If any of you have HD LCD TVs and want to point me towards some brands that you’ve tried I’d love to hear your suggestions.
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