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Curves
11/11/09

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I have a bad feeling about this.
Real bad. #bacteriophage
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The Lab
11/11/09

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It is amazing how anthropomorphic these objects are. Makes the droll Dengue fever virus look like a beach ball. #bacteriophage
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nutbastard
11/11/09

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Originally called the "Legdickthing", microbiologists renamed it with a proper latin moniker in 1913. They later decided that "Arachnophallus" was also in poor taste, and eventually settled for the more PC "Bacteriophage" #bacteriophage
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Swearengen
10/31/09

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Um, won't this just result in old people in hospitals having their skin ripped off when they brush up against the walls?
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pettiblay
10/31/09

@Swearengen: The surface of a shark's skin is smooth. The "dents" you can see are microscopic; brushing your hand on the surface would make you realize that it's soft to the touch. #sharkskinmaterial
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Xagest
10/31/09

@Swearengen: Are you implying that our seniors are giant germs? #sharkskinmaterial
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Pope John Peeps II
10/31/09

@pettiblay: Actually the surface of a shark's skin is fairly abrasive. It's used a lot to wrap the grips of things in native societies, and don't the japanese traditionally use it to grate wasabi radish? #sharkskinmaterial
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Yuri Dambyotch
10/30/09

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Wasn't there a similar thread during Shark Week? #sharkskinmaterial
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Yuri Dambyotch
10/30/09

@Yuri Dambyotch: Nevermind, a thourough search of my history shows that I found this in an email link from Hospimedica 01/07/2009 #sharkskinmaterial
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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@Yuri Dambyotch: Ah, this follows that up. Now they're all ready to start shoving it onto our doorknobs while FDA testing for hospital use goes on in the background. #sharkskinmaterial
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Yuri Dambyotch
10/30/09

@Rosa Golijan: If I remember correctly, our materials manager got some of this stuff in recently on a stehascope or something for our nurses that visit the home patients.

On a side-note, when I first started doing 'my business' in '93, almost no one was ever in isolation....nowadays it seems like 90% of the patients I deal with are isolated because of MRSA,C-diff....or whatever this will be very usefull to someone. #sharkskinmaterial
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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@Yuri Dambyotch: Agreed. I can't wait to see it used widely.
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badhatharry
10/30/09

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One time, my friends and I went out looking for some ladies, and I was wearing a sharkskin suit, and I totally got herpes. So, you know, they don't keep everything from sticking. #RosaRocks
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croush1211
10/30/09

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I wouldn't even call myself a germaphobe, but man this news got me excited. There are so many applications for this. #sharkskinmaterial
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
10/30/09

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Bet I'm more scared of sharks than you are. Well, WAS more scared. Summermodo did a lot to get me over my fear. #sharkskinmaterial
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sebas0069
10/30/09

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I saw this on TV about a year ago. That's old news. #sharkskinmaterial
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badhatharry
10/30/09

@sebas0069: Thank you, citizen. #sharkskinmaterial
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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@sebas0069: Was it actually being put into use or just a vague idea up for discussion? #sharkskinmaterial
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bobofish
10/31/09

@sebas0069: I'm real glad you're so on top of what came first and when, and whether anything at any given time is news.

For the rest of us dullards, it's nice to read about cool stuff, even if it was covered on some obscure cable channel at 3 in the morning six months ago. #sharkskinmaterial
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
10/31/09

@bobofish: See, yet another reason why #RosaRocks . She suffers the insomnia so she can bring us the exciting stories! #sharkskinmaterial
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sebas0069
11/04/09

@bobofish:
Just came out!!!!
Shark skin alone prevents parasitic bacteria from sticking!!!!! #sharkskinmaterial
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sebas0069
11/04/09

@Rosa Golijan:
News is exactly, how it is now. Never actually made to the market! or maybe the company does not even exists anymore.
Basically it's bunch of technological stuff that never comes to use. #sharkskinmaterial
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PrimaveraHoi
10/30/09

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uhhh... remoras are not bacteria.
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Lizard_King
10/30/09

@PrimaveraHoi: yup.... it didn't say "parasitic bacteria", so I kinda jumped the gun. I read the article twice and didn't connect the dots.
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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@Lizard_King: Better? #sharkskinmaterial
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Lizard_King
10/30/09

@Rosa Golijan: heh... Great, now everyone reading this article assumes I can't read. Perfect. ;-)
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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@Lizard_King: All part of my evil plot to...to...well, I'm not sure what, but it should somehow be part of an evil plot. #sharkskinmaterial
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Lizard_King
10/30/09

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Uhhh... aren't sharks host to parasitic remoras (sharksuckers)? #sharkskinmaterial
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Kaiser-Machead
10/31/09

@Lizard_King: Remoras have a mutual benefit relationship with sharks, not parasitic. They eat the remains of food and other detritus off of the shark's skin (as well as fecal matter), not actually take anything out of the shark itself.
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strider_mt2k
04/30/09

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Dune reference here.
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taciturnforsale
04/30/09

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I as a privileged american resident am worried about the ecological disasters as well. I mean how badly do the dying need shelter and water? Don't they have American branded hummers and SUV's? Now that I think of it, have we kept any African nations from feeding their malnourished lately? I do feel like making them believe the food the US is sending is poisoned, because it doesn't stand up to my levels (an undying person) of quality.

In all honesty and putting aside making fun of hippy do gooders, who are evil in their own way. You do realize that most of the US has been founded on land which is augmented by humans, by irrigation or restructuring it's all the same. Do people ever ask, "Hm, Billy I wonder what the ecological impact of that skyscraper is going to be? You know considering it's a small town in it's own right." No as Engadget readers we usually go, "Mmmm, it's pretty and has lots of technology shoved in it wowo!"

I say shit first ask later.... not really but to some degree.
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Gann
04/30/09

@taciturnforsale: Skyscrapers are usually better thought out, and less environmentally damaging than suburbs. Or almost any other means of construction. When it comes to building, higher = lower footprint = better for environment.
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BeautifulAgony
01/27/09

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Do people really use the same razor for shaving the crotch and then shaving their face? I'm not saying the product isn't a good idea, for germophobes, but seriously... why not just buy a second razor for the manscaping? Hmm?

In other news, people have been shaving for hundreds of years without germ-killing UV razor cases. How is this possible? How, I ask you!?
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Kaiser-Machead
01/27/09

@BeautifulAgony: I shan't explain what it would feel like to have my grooming appliance hit the Danger Happy Fun Zone, but as one who is not a swimmer or a crotch model, I think I'll live without the thrill of baldifying the garden in the shade.

Isn't it obvious? Today's supergerms are thriving, so we need to kill them. Kill them with light.
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BeautifulAgony
01/28/09

@Kaiser-Machead: But... won't killing off some of the supergerms jus tmake the remaining strains even tougher and more super-resistant until we're left with person-sized germs threatening us with tire-irons in dark alleys?
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TBM-Fan
01/27/09

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How do you know if it works...

well you can say it is bogus before you try

it can be even deadlier cause the 0.1% can kill you and you need x% of good bacterias to survive the .1%

Well i think it can't work otherwise i should leave my blades in direct sunlight cause it has to be the same effect and sunlight can't kill germs
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
01/28/09

@TBM-Fan: from: [www.engr.psu.edu]

The ultraviolet component of sunlight is the main reason microbes die in the outdoor air. The die-off rate in the outdoors varies from one pathogen to another but can be anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes for a 90-99% kill of viruses or contagious bacteria.

This device sterilizes the razor almost to the point that a autoclave does. It doesn't promote resistant strains any more than an autoclave does.
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