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ConfirmedCynic t1_iwug8a7 wrote

By "accelerators" they mean particle accelerators. And some extra text so the bot doesn't mindlessly delete this.

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ProFoxxxx t1_iwuolwx wrote

If the bot mindfully deleted it, we'd be in trouble

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Scoobydoomed t1_iwv5ewx wrote

What if it mindfully does not delete it just to not raise suspicion?

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Gari_305 OP t1_iwue1wx wrote

From Article

>“Additive manufacturing can help reduce the size and cost of accelerators, shorten their construction time and enhance their performance. Used at a wider scale, additive manufacturing could make accelerators more affordable for use outside of large scientific laboratories, such as in hospitals for isotope production and cancer treatment, in airports for cargo screening or in laboratories for industrial analysis,” explains CERN’s Maurizio Vretenar, I.FAST project coordinator. “Over 30 000 accelerators are currently in use worldwide, the vast majority of them in healthcare and industry.”

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FuturologyBot t1_iwuh971 wrote

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From Article

>“Additive manufacturing can help reduce the size and cost of accelerators, shorten their construction time and enhance their performance. Used at a wider scale, additive manufacturing could make accelerators more affordable for use outside of large scientific laboratories, such as in hospitals for isotope production and cancer treatment, in airports for cargo screening or in laboratories for industrial analysis,” explains CERN’s Maurizio Vretenar, I.FAST project coordinator. “Over 30 000 accelerators are currently in use worldwide, the vast majority of them in healthcare and industry.”


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OliverSparrow t1_iwuy5f8 wrote

Why would "society" want accelerators in their kitchen?

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Gari_305 OP t1_iwv4v0a wrote

u/OliverSparrow

Where you think shrink wrap derives from ?

>Worldwide, hundreds of industrial processes use particle accelerators -- from the manufacturing of computer chips to the cross-linking of plastic for shrink wrap and beyond.

Electron-beam applications center on the modification of material properties, such as the alteration of plastics, for surface treatment, and for pathogen destruction in medical sterilization and food irradiation. Ion-beam accelerators, which accelerate heavier particles, find extensive use in the semiconductor industry in chip manufacturing and in hardening the surfaces of materials such as those used in artificial joints.

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OliverSparrow t1_ixi6g50 wrote

I repeat: where do any of those fit into the domestic kitchen?

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