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more about #steel more comments → blash: I think the purpose of a shelter like this was built more for protecting people against nuclear fallout, not against the preliminary blast. Of course,... more » charlestips001: The protection factor is the ratio of the dose rate suffered by a person inside the shelter divided by the dose rate in the open. The protection facto... more » lpranal: I'm a big fan of the procrastinator's version. You know who you are- waiting until the night before the apocalypse to build your shelter. Luckily, y... more » shooga: The thing I don't get about fallout shelters that are anything short of an underground city is what the exit strategy is. If you're hiding underground... more » matt_mcmhn: If you're gonna use that for a fallout shelter you better pack some Rad-X #falloutshelter more » AmphetamineCrown: Seems like an uncomfortable way to sit for the 30 year half-life of Cs-137. #falloutshelter more » Hello Mister Walrus: It's greater than 8000!!!! #falloutshelter more » Curves: Personally, I have no interest in living though a nuclear attack, so this would be pointless for me. #falloutshelter more » kentsmithnz: Asparagus? #falloutshelter more » not_a_virus.exe.vbs: What are those things on the right side of the pipe? They look like blunts. #falloutshelter more » rrwakc: It is radiation reducement factor. It has to be over 100 to be meaningful to stay down there. Radiation on the outside is 500 times higher than on the... more » psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: Yeah, of course, leave it to dad to do all the cranking, while mom reads a clothing catalog. Or maybe the kid's horoscope. "Scorpio; you're going to ... more » Brett Benedict: 500? That's nothing. Mine's over 9000. #falloutshelter more » secretoftheeast: 500 is the ratio of the amount of radiation one receives with no shelter versus one in a particular shelter. If they said it had a protection factor o... more » Cash907Censored: Nothing like suffocating to death with mom and dad in the ol' fallout shelter. #falloutshelter more » -
#emp
Electromagnetic Pulses Cut Through Steel in Milliseconds
You need to cut up some chunks of steel. Mechanical tools are prone to wearing out and lasers are just too expensive, so what do you use? Fast-cutting electromagnetic pulses, what else. More » -
#retromodo
Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $150 in raw materials, and if properly made, had a "protection factor greater than 500." 500 what? No idea! [Mayor's Office via Boing Boing] -
#space
Neutron Star Crusts Are 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel
A teaspoon of this stuff would weigh 100 million tons, and the only thing more dense is a black hole. Space is weird. More » -
#porkproducts
Prosciutto-Wrapped Air Hose Cuts Through Steel, Cucumber Version Proven Inferior
In a crushing blow for vegetarians worldwide, a cucumber doused in vegetable oil has been proven inferior to prosciutto when tasked with cutting through steel sheet metal. Pork: 1, PETA: 0. More » -
#desk
Futuristic Origami Desk Cut and Folded from a Single Sheet of Steel
No doubt about it, this is one bad-ass-looking desk. But the 3Fold from Formtank is more than just a striking visual design—it is also impressive because it was cut and folded from a single sheet of steel using CAD/CAM technology. Formtank bills it as an excellent CEO desk, which is why it takes CEO money to buy one. Constructing your own version starts at around $7,000. [Formtank via Core77 via Boing Boing] -
#strangepairing
9/11 Twin Tower Collapse Provides Data For Building Better Fusion Reactors
Don't be afraid. You can read that headline again. I'll wait for you... Aaaand, okay: With cold fusion nowhere in sight, hot fusion looks to be the cleanest way to whip up some atomic energy. However, the steel needed to line the reactor may not be able to take the heat. UK scientists said that temperatures inside reactors are nearly identical to those reached on the floors of the World Trade Center that were struck by planes on September 11, 2001—and that the tragedy itself yielded helpful data. Here, on the eve of the terrorist attack's 7th anniversary, is the deal: More » -
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#boozebehemoth
Porsche's Futuristic Champagne Tower for Veuve Cliquot Is a Fridge by Any Other Name
If it weren't for my obnobvious headline, you'd all be wondering what the hell this is. Just 15 of these Champagne tower chillers, with room for a dozen magnums in individual, lit drawers, have been designed for Veuve Cliquot by Porsche Design. Want to see what it looks like open? More » -
#heavymetal
MareNostrum, the World's Most Gorgeous Super-Computer
This is the 9th biggest supercomputer in the world, MareNostrum. It also happens to be the most gorgeous supercomputer in the world, installed in a former chapel with acres of glass and steel. It belongs to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and is polished daily by hundreds of groveling grad students. Probably. More »
