Journal nizo's Journal: Serious uses for silly string 6
Troops in Iraq are using cans of silly string to detect boobytraps in buildings. How weird is that? See the yahoo story here about one lady who is collecting cans to send to troops.
Troops in Iraq are using cans of silly string to detect boobytraps in buildings. How weird is that? See the yahoo story here about one lady who is collecting cans to send to troops.
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein
Hm (Score:2)
From the Article (Score:2)
I thought that the other improvisations were more interesting; sending silly string is like sending nylon tights for parachute material in WWII: tolerated and encouraged as it helps morale.
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Simple, yet brilliant. (Score:2)
If the Pentagon were to try and specify this stuff, it would take about 50 million in research funding to come up with a system that works half as well, and by the time Congress got done with it, a single unit of the inferior solution would cost about 30,000 bucks.
There's nothing quite like mortal peril to focus the mind and innovate. :-)
This also caught my attention:
"Medics use tampons to plug bullet holes in the wounded until they can be patched up."
Nearly full circle with that innovation now.
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Yep. Never presume where the next great idea will come from. However, it will likely be from a guy who does the work day in and day out.
My initial reaction was less than flattering. But then I got to thinking... After all, using string on a stick while crawling forward has been a standard method of doing the same thing. This is similar to using that, or a thrown ball of yarn/string. Except that a ball of yarn/string would be continua
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The other question was shipping. Normal channels would be ugly, but do they have another way to send stuff if you can get a case on base?
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Isn't a "magic bullet".