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Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

Josh — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:15:04 -0000

Unless the laws have been changed these will not be available in at least the U.S. and Germany, if you want to see something that's already in production and has been for years using an almost identical system google Trasers.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

wyldwyll — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:05:17 -0000

More Nukes, Less Kooks!
Sounds like a great idea to me!
I wish them luck marketing it to the same clowns who hold up grocery store lines making the clerks manually enter every item because they don't want their purchases 'contaminated by laser radiation.'

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Foppy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:16:09 -0000

Okay .... sooo... this is not kid friendly but IS a good idea.... Road lines... maybe not but guard rails, signs, towers, car paint... all totally acceptable and since is a gas and not a solid its Unlike Lead paint... if you were to paint a room with it and they were to all break at the same time it would not be harmful unless the room was sealed... and the person stayed in there for a excessive amount of time... I would love to see sumwun steal a glowing car.... lol no wun would notice that.... :-P and this does have 10000 of uses if i had sum money to invest freely believe me i would put Some.. Not All my money into this company... Beta particles are harmless to humans.... so dont go on about radiation dangers... Learn to read up before you mindlessly post a comment about a possibly fantastic idea...

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GoingGreen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:08:39 -0000

I would like to wear this wardrobe for my 1st marriage anniversary:), it looks cool.

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Twinpinesmall — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:03:40 -0000

Are they going to make glow-in-the-dark stars with this stuff?

I'd LOVE to put some of those on the walls of my room! :)

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

tweedle dee — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:18:29 -0000

One supposes the tritium gas is "non toxic" as long as it is contained within the 5Klb crush resistant "micro-spheres"?

Well, certainly, they could advertise it is 100% natural too. Wonder what the inventors def of "non toxic" is??

What do we really need this stuff for? I could see a glowing string bikini on an exotic dancer under black light doing her thing, maybe. When was the last time anyone really used a "glow stick" rather than a flashligt to illuminate something? Don't reflectors work well enough in presence of car headlights?

Wow, soon we will not have any dark left and be constantly bombarded by glowing everything so we are "safer" during the evil night. This sounds a lot like that gyroscopic unicycle thing that was supposed to revolutionize the world. Ride a bike, get a flashlight. I've got an LED one with a crank. I'm sure it is good for 25 years or so since the actual time it's ever been utilized is so limited. I've got 25 year old flashlights that still work too! Probably better to invent a better battery for those old flashlights that still work.

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Mike — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:07:35 -0000

Wow can you imagine how this could change third world countries with no power? Imagine lighting your house for free !

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

Allen — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:29:16 -0000

I don't see LITROENERGY for sale ANYWHERE.

Odd link to glowpaint because "glow paint" requires light, THEN glows a while. Read this about LITROENERGY:
"without any exposure to light"

Whereas GLOWPAINT says:
"Each time the item you have painted is exposed to light for 15 minutes the item will glow in the dark."

"Litrospheres (non-toxic) emit light continuously for 12 plus years (half-life point) without any exposure to a light or other energy (not effected by cold or heat)."

http://www.createthefuturec...

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Nate — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:51:51 -0000

Been here, done this. Search around for some older exit signs and you'll find that they're "powered" by glass vials of tritium. The only new thing is that they're packing it in microbeads. It takes a very tiny amount of shielding to protect us from the particles this gives off, as they are relatively low energy. Other materials with longer lives typically are of higher energy. Besides, who wants to deal with nuclear waste from a raincoat that was shredded 40 years ago?

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Fishy-fishy — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:16:13 -0000

Great.
Glowing plastic trash. Maybe we'll finally see the Pacific Gyre from space!
Would be nice to know how these will decompose and how long until it is in the food chain.
Can't wait to glow in the dark too.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

Ugly American — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:39:27 -0000

It says "non-toxic" - Tritium is not toxic, it's a beta emitter version of Hydrogen. Beta particles are just accelerated electrons like old style CRTs & TVs. They won't even penetrate your skin, let alone the borosilicate glass Tritium is commonly packaged in.

It's banned from export, not import.

Radioluminescent tech got a bad rep because early versions used Radium which is a very strongly chemically reactive alpha & gamma emitter that decays into an Radon gas which is also an alpha emitter that you can inhale. Alpha particles can cause nuclear transmutation, which is very strong carcinogen.

What most people don't realize is that both coal and oil contain radioactive elements that are released in significant amounts when they are burned in volume. By contrast, beta radioluminescent tech produces less radiation and of a much safer type. Don't be scared by the word 'radiation' - even visible light is a type of radiation.

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Informed Reader — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:27:13 -0000

This product is not dangerous.
The tritium used is encased in small glass beads so that both the gas and the beta radiation cannot leak, and is stored in these beads to minimize spillage if they rupture.
Even if it leaks, the low-energy beta radiation from tritium cannot penetrate human skin, so tritium is only dangerous if inhaled or ingested.

@Lenny: This is not yet for sale, all of the products on that page only glow for a few hours, and must be "charged" in another light source.

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Craig Joel — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:19:37 -0000

Ha! Tattoo Ink is a cool thought. William Gibson didn't even think of that in Neuromancer. I'd like a glowing dragon for sure, especially with multiple colours.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

barlow — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:17:02 -0000

Just be sure not to let Doc Ock find out where you store all the Tritium.

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permial — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:49:52 -0000

I do believe I need a tat.....

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Eric — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:08:35 -0000

from Wikipedia:

"The low-energy beta radiation from tritium cannot penetrate human skin, so tritium is only dangerous if inhaled or ingested."

Sounds as safe as lead paint.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

Licenced2Comment — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:40:35 -0000

I wanna glow while i sleep,i hope it's gonna be available soon.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

John Campbell — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:51:31 -0000

Analog Science Fact & Fiction ran a story once about windows that captured the past and let it out again years later. A man who had lost his family had the windows in his house, showing the family scenes from years ago. Readers wrote in explaining that such a window would contain so much energy it would be hazardous, to put it mildly. So how is this new invention supposed to contain so much energy to provide all that endless illumination locked inside it, without being dangerous to health and safety?

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Jason — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:08:56 -0000

I like The Tron Idea, all roads and guardrails...Cooool :)

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Dan — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:01:23 -0000

Ok... you people do realize that this is vaporware and basically amounts to a meaningless publicity stunt...?

There is nothing whatsoever on the website that details anything about how this magical material actually functions or from where it obtains its absurdly abundant energy.

The "award" they got from NASA was basically for having the coolest-sounding idea... they are not required to explain how it works or actually demonstrate that they have created anything.

Believe it when there's something in the store you can pay money for. Right now it's just snake-oil, and you're a sucker for buying into it.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

coolguy3247 — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:04:03 -0000

Looks like this is indeed Tritium and IS INDEED radioactive, just another way to put more deadly particles of radioactive waste into our environment. Sure they claim none of the Tritium can escape, please remember scientists make mistakes, and salesmen will willingly sell anything to make a profit, even if it kills the whole planet after they make the sale.

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begbie — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:00:40 -0000

The company is playing fast and loose w/ the "non-radioactive" claim. Maybe they mean no radioactivity is released from the product, but considering that they use tritium (3H), it definitely contains radioactive material. The comparison #7 made to monitors isn't really valid, 3H emits ionizing radiation, a monitor (or flashlight) emits non-ionizing radiation, BIG difference. Still, a couple of nanocuries of 3H shouldn't be a big deal. 3H is used in Luminox watches right now, so it's not really novel, probably just miniaturized so that it can be used in paints, etc.

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Fjordo — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:55:19 -0000

Y'all, we can't use these for road markings, the microshpere's crush at 5000lbs of pressure. If I load up my single axle, two wheel trailer to 11000 GVW, then every time I change lanes, I'll be releasing tritium into the atmosphere, and blacking out the road lines.

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

johnald — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:49:48 -0000

lcd screens do emit radiation, it's called light...

Re: New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge

David — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:15:05 -0000

How about a glowing jumpsuit for when i am riding my motorcycle at night. Wait's for the next Driver to say (s)he didn't see him.