One of my favorite bloggers, Joe Ferrara over at Sellsius, wrote this morning about Aerogel, an amazing insulation material made out of...frozen smoke.
Now Aerogel has little to do with our running conversation and rants about
database compatibility, but it has a universe of possibilities for safety, energy conservation--and clothing that could withstand the most frigid or heated environments.
Joe explains that if one were wearing a sheet of Aerogel, those parts of your body that were covered by ultra-thin Aerogel would be able to withstand the heat of a flamethrower--and we presume is would provide equal protection when hell freezes over.
On a more practical level, it could provide homes with an R-factor over 100.
Think about the possibilities....
--Roberta Murphy
Friday, July 4, 2008
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Murphy, I think eventually any company or organization that has extensive need for database management will be interested in what ANTs has to offer in the consolidation of foreign speaking systems. I guess it's similar to a translator of sorts. I'm being pretty simplistic here, but my point is , even the frozen smoke industry may need ANTs eventually.
David,
If engineers could create some flexibility in Aerogel, the applications could be limitless.
I am once again struggling with database conversion this morning. There's a database security issue that may force me to move elsewhere again--to another incompatible site.
It's driving me crazy.
--Roberta
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