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Old 09-02-2022, 01:01 AM   #869 (permalink)
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I was born into an age that didn't know the atomic bomb. One morning before school I heard about Sputnik on my new transistor radio.

I agree with Fuller that humankind gained all the knowledge it needs to be a success in Universe by the 1970s. Marine electrodeposition is one example, the Apple ][ is another.

The last half-century hasn't been a total waste, a lot of groundwork has been laid
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"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics" was a lecture given by physicist Richard Feynman at the annual American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959.
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Pyhs.org is always mind-blowing. Here's a durable antio-microbial coating

phys.org/news/2022-08-durable-coating-covid-virus-germs.html
it's a secret recipe of tea tree oil and polyurethane.

phys.org/news/2022-08-pin-key-factors-carbon-nanotube.html

I'm starting to ramble on...
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