[extropy-chat] Stupid luddites oppose home cyclotrons...

[Jef Allbright]

On 12/1/05, Robert Bradbury <robert.bradbury at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Now, one might ask *why* one would want a cyclotron at home?  After all the
> electricity to run it isn't going to come cheap.  The answer of course is to
> manufacture gadolinium-148.
>
>  I won't make bets, but I'll buy a drink or two at the next Extro/WTA
> conference I attend for the person who explains *why* one needs
> gadolinium-148. :-;

The most interesting thing I can think of doing with Gd-148 would be
making small compact energy sources, possibly for nanodevices.

- Jef