 Ruthenium in Real Life, Sorta. |
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 Feb 13 2005, 06:47 AM
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Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775  |
Still, hot.
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Feb 13 2005, 07:23 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Those sunglasses are nice, but I wouldn't pay $210 for them.
Oh, I see, the frame is made of Ruthenium. Cute. |
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Feb 13 2005, 07:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 870 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Idaho Member No.: 5,960 |
meh they cost less than my oakleys
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Feb 13 2005, 08:11 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
I don't wear sunglasses. They look bad on guys with mohawks.
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Feb 13 2005, 01:28 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
They go great with mullets though.
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Feb 13 2005, 02:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 1-May 04 Member No.: 6,295 |
let's not start that here.
um, just curious, if Ruthenium is just a silvery metal that is extremely expensive where do the SR people get the color changing aspect from? |
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Feb 13 2005, 03:25 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Magic. It's the answer to everything! |
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Feb 13 2005, 03:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 1-May 04 Member No.: 6,295 |
actually I would think the cardinal rule, "don't apply logic to the rules of SR" would apply, but whatever.
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Feb 13 2005, 03:43 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Granted, I'm fairly certain Arethusa was being sarcastic, but that's just me.
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Feb 13 2005, 05:08 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
See, what happened is that during the Awakening, the Ruthenium got very angry...
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Feb 13 2005, 08:17 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Well, when a man and a woman love each other very much...
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Feb 13 2005, 08:29 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
And then the Ninja flipped out and killed everybody, then commited seppuku!
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Feb 13 2005, 08:51 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
By folding a frisbee in half and shoving it down his throat.
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Feb 13 2005, 08:57 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Guys, look! There's a ninja choking on a completely played out joke from four years ago! I don't think he's going to make it!
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Feb 13 2005, 08:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 7-February 05 Member No.: 7,063 |
Yum, dikoted frisbees....
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Feb 13 2005, 09:24 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Oh hush. |
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Feb 13 2005, 11:21 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Oh, come on, you know I love you*.
*May not actually love you. |
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Feb 13 2005, 11:30 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
You may not!? But I can change, baby! I can change!
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Feb 14 2005, 12:02 AM
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Financial Adept Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 76 Joined: 4-October 03 From: Western NY Member No.: 5,682 |
Ok..if I may inspect some seriousness to the subject of this post..this is how I imagine it would work.
the ruthenium acts basically as a mirror, the polymer is extremely thin sheets of LEDs based over a thin ruthenium layer thats over a plastic/cloth base. Then you have your Super Computer interacting with the cameras to light the LEDs to reflect off the ruthenium layer the appropriate image. Creating the "invisability" effect. (several companies already have *real* suits that function like this and give partial invisability, I don't know if any of them specifically use ruthenium though..) (edited in: and by partial invisability I mean along the lines of predator in the movies..very much obscures your vision but you can easily see once you spot him) |
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Feb 14 2005, 12:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 269 Joined: 8-November 04 Member No.: 6,817 |
I believe the magic lives in the word "polymers"
Edit:DG beat me to it. |
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Feb 14 2005, 12:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 7-February 05 Member No.: 7,063 |
Could you give a source or link to info about the real-world companies with these? |
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Feb 14 2005, 02:59 AM
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Financial Adept Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 76 Joined: 4-October 03 From: Western NY Member No.: 5,682 |
Small Article
I'm sure people have seen that one before, thats just the most readily availible example, web searching for invisability brings up all kinds of funky stuff to sift through(ugg). |
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Feb 14 2005, 03:52 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
It's been posted here before. The suit is not self contained and revolves around a projection setup. Among other things, it requires a large external camera setup and only works from a single angle. It's interesting, but it has very little to do with ruthenium as described in SR.
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Feb 14 2005, 05:25 AM
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Financial Adept Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 76 Joined: 4-October 03 From: Western NY Member No.: 5,682 |
Well..of course it does, for one I know they've bettered it quite abit, I read something recently to that effect, but its the basis of how ruthenium works (in the future).
They both operate on the same basic principles, and this will someday lead to something thats as "effective" as ruth suits in the SR universe. (thats also not the only company working on such a project) |
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Feb 14 2005, 05:45 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Same basic principle? SR ruthenium is a flexible display screen. The jacket you linked to is just a reflective material that requires an external projector. The materials have nothing in common whatsoever.
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