john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) (08/21/85)
<<<< < < < If you think it's bad leaving a submarine inside the guy (people say that < the white cell left the body with the crew) there is something far worse. < < The miniturization is done as a two stage process. First the sub is shrunk, < and then it's put in a 50 gallon syringe which is further shrunk. When < that expands, boy is the patient going to need to go to the bathroom like < you wouldn't believe! < Brad Templeton < All you need to do is take 50 cc's of water and expand it using the reverse of the shrinking process to get the 50 gallon's to fill the syringe. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) (08/26/85)
> < The miniturization is done as a two stage process. First the sub is shrunk, > < and then it's put in a 50 gallon syringe which is further shrunk. When > < that expands, boy is the patient going to need to go to the bathroom like > < you wouldn't believe! > < Brad Templeton > All you need to do is take 50 cc's of water and expand it using the reverse > of the shrinking process to get the 50 gallon's to fill the syringe. > John Eaton Since the shrinking (or expanding) effect conserves the origional properties of materials, this would be some pretty amazing water. First of all, the surface tension of this liquid would be phenomenal - probably rather difficult to force the miniaturized sub down through the surface of the water, which would have a miniscus on the order of 1" tall. Secondly, since *everything* about the water would change by a linear factor of about 16 (or a volumetric factor of about 36000), the absorption frequencies of the expanded water would also change by a factor of 16, rendering it opaque to visible light, I think. -- Jeff Sonntag ihnp4!mhuxt!js2j "Roads? Where we're going, we won't need any roads!"