From: Darin Sunley (dsunley@shaw.ca)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 02:55:31 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Ramonsky" <alex@ramonsky.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:28 AM
Subject: Sticky ideas needed
> We need to
> find the stickiest substance known to sentientkind. It needs to be able
> to stick bits of metal and plastic to human skin without causing any
> serious skin problems and they need to stay on for at least 24 hours a
> time.
[snip]
>And those back-of-the-hand communicators in Babylon
> 5? Or does everybody just put up with things falling off all day long?
Babylon 5 uses low-grade nanotech, keyed to the wearer's DNA, to make the
communicator stick to the owner's hand. (And only the owner's hand. This was
actually used a a plot device in one episode. A security guard had been
killed and his communicator stolen and replaced with a dummy (because the
communicator provides access to the station computers), and the doctor
noticed the theft because the dummy communicator was actually sticky, wheras
"real" ones weren't.)
The Borg stuff divides into two clases, surface mounts, which probably use a
similar process, and implants that actually break the skin. (A bad idea,
we've found in real life. Implants that break the skin tend to get infected
easily, real life research has shown. Presumably the Borg have enhanced
immune systems to deal with this :))
The 20th century Terran television production companies that simulate
EarthForce and the Borg, sadly, use cinematic glue of the type you've
doubtless already tried.
For a sticky idea you haaven't tried, hmmmm...
1) Apply Rogaine to the desired patches of skin.
2) Wait for hair to grow.
3) Use velcro on the bits you want to stick :))
Good luck,
Darin Sunley
dsunley@shaw.ca
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