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sailing vs pumpkins
Almost went sailing last night but was sidetracked by my 7 yr old who
wanted to get a pumpkin. Halloween takes precedence. Probably have to carve it tonite and get pumpkin slime all over which leads to....... Useless idea #3739 Biofilm antifoulants A genetically engineered slime mold that adheres to your boat bottom and releases an antibiotic (sorta like the penicillin mold) that suppresses competition (other fouling). Only problem is how to get it to only grow on your boat and not go everywhere else. It would be self replicating so would not have to be re-applied yearly if you didnt haul out. |
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sailing vs pumpkins
Parallax wrote:
Almost went sailing last night but was sidetracked by my 7 yr old who wanted to get a pumpkin. Halloween takes precedence. Probably have to carve it tonite and get pumpkin slime all over which leads to....... Useless idea #3739 Biofilm antifoulants A genetically engineered slime mold that adheres to your boat bottom and releases an antibiotic (sorta like the penicillin mold) that suppresses competition (other fouling). Only problem is how to get it to only grow on your boat and not go everywhere else. It would be self replicating so would not have to be re-applied yearly if you didnt haul out. Actually, not all that bad, but you want whatever it is to not like to consume gelcoat, for instance... or else it leaches some trace element (concentrated within the paint) that it is completely dependant upon. The problem, of course, is that you must find a microbial that won't evolve, won't conjugate, etc, so that it doesn't pick up new methods of reproduction or independance of the "paint". Another point: you don't need the antifouling much whilst under way, so it only needs to hang out while you're at anchor/mooring or in a slip. It'll re-establish itself (perhaps w/ help) each time you stop. Hmmm... make something that will allow things to grow but that'll just peel off right away? I suspect nanotechnology will be available before we can build up (evolve/graft/whatever) any kind of microbial to do the job. -- John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines "Grace is sufficient so Joy was let go." - Heather L. Campbell "Faith manages ... even though she didn't get promoted" - me Why OS X? Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows |
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sailing vs pumpkins
Parallax wrote:
Almost went sailing last night but was sidetracked by my 7 yr old who wanted to get a pumpkin. Halloween takes precedence. Probably have to carve it tonite and get pumpkin slime all over which leads to....... Useless idea #3739 Biofilm antifoulants A genetically engineered slime mold that adheres to your boat bottom and releases an antibiotic (sorta like the penicillin mold) that suppresses competition (other fouling). Only problem is how to get it to only grow on your boat and not go everywhere else. It would be self replicating so would not have to be re-applied yearly if you didnt haul out. Actually, not all that bad, but you want whatever it is to not like to consume gelcoat, for instance... or else it leaches some trace element (concentrated within the paint) that it is completely dependant upon. The problem, of course, is that you must find a microbial that won't evolve, won't conjugate, etc, so that it doesn't pick up new methods of reproduction or independance of the "paint". Another point: you don't need the antifouling much whilst under way, so it only needs to hang out while you're at anchor/mooring or in a slip. It'll re-establish itself (perhaps w/ help) each time you stop. Hmmm... make something that will allow things to grow but that'll just peel off right away? I suspect nanotechnology will be available before we can build up (evolve/graft/whatever) any kind of microbial to do the job. -- John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines "Grace is sufficient so Joy was let go." - Heather L. Campbell "Faith manages ... even though she didn't get promoted" - me Why OS X? Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows |
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