Showing posts with label shiny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shiny. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Peanut Butter Turned Into Diamonds

George Washington Carver, eat your heart out. Full article here.

Quick Summary:
  • To create a diamond, scientists at Edinburgh University squeeze the peanut butter between the tips of two diamonds at pressure harder than that at the center of the earth.
  • Since peanut butter is a carbon containing material, it can be converted into the hard carbon structure of a diamond.
  • Small red crystals can be made from oxygen by using the same method.

My $0.02: Welcome to alchemy in the 21st century.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Canada Reveals C$1,000,000 Coin


That's aboot US $903,352.83 all crammed into one coin of shiny goodness. I must now go to Canada and demand... *places pinkie to mouth* ONE MILLION DOLLARS! *music plays*