Can we just acknowledge that, regardless of anyone’s political views about the man, Barack Obama has done more for nerds and sci fi in the White House than any other President? Wouldn’t be surprised if he dropped in on Agent J in MiB 3, a’la Michael Jackson.
Thanks to the Patriot Act, none of us Rochester residents knew that Kodak had a nuclear reactor hidden deep in the depths of its Rochester campus, no doubt a key component of their diabolical LIVEPrint Printer series.
UnEasyshare: Kodak’s now-defunct, Rochester-based nuclear reactor: Engadget
Ready for this unsettling Kodak moment? It seems the one-time imaging powerhouse held a decades-long secret deep in a bunker below Building 82 on its Rochester campus. The now vacant facility, a concrete-shielded chamber built in 1974, was once home to a californium neutron flux multiplier (CFX) or, in layman’s terms, a small nuclear reactor as recently as six years ago. Certainly, that’s not the technology one would normally associate with an outfit built on the foundations of photography, but according to recently released documents, its three and a half pound store of enriched uranium was used primarily for neutron radiography — an imaging technique — and chemical purity testing. The site’s long been shut down and the radioactive material in question carted off with federal oversight, but for denizens of that upstate New York territory, alarming news of the reactor’s existence has only just surfaced. Before you cast Kodak the evil side eye, bear in mind post-9/11 policies forbade the company from making the whereabouts of its small reactor widely known, though earlier scientific studies did make reference to the CFX’s existence. It’s an eye-opening glimpse into the esoteric machinations of private industry and the deadly dangers that lurk below your feet.
UnEasyshare: Kodak’s now-defunct, Rochester-based nuclear reactor originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 14:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
This guy has apparently figured out every last detail- right down to the porkbarrel spending from Congress- to make building a bonafide, functional USS Enterprise a reality in under two decades. I have no idea how feasible his ideas are, save one- his theory of using nuclear reactors as the propulsion and power sources makes total sense. What environmental risks are there from nuclear meltdowns in the vacuum of space? For that matter, can a reactor even overheat if it's surrounded by absolute zero?
It’s like Cub Scouts all over again- only this time I don’t have Power Rangers on TV to distract me from earning these babies.
This might actually become a viable reality, once we create the most important artificial organ of all- the brain.
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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).
