Comments on: Medical devices powered by the ear itself http://www.kurzweilai.net/medical-devices-powered-by-the-ear-itself Accelerating Intelligence Sun, 26 May 2013 02:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ralph Dratman http://www.kurzweilai.net/medical-devices-powered-by-the-ear-itself/comment-page-1#comment-50812 Ralph Dratman Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:43:19 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=170326#comment-50812 @GordonRussell, not all capacitors are made with cobalt or tantalum. @GordonRussell, not all capacitors are made with cobalt or tantalum.

]]> By: Gorden Russell http://www.kurzweilai.net/medical-devices-powered-by-the-ear-itself/comment-page-1#comment-50586 Gorden Russell Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:25:58 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=170326#comment-50586 "...gradually builds up charge in a capacitor..." There was a big discussion on this site yesterday about politics and science. These little capacitors are made with cobalt and tantalum found as nuggets in African streams. The miners who pan for these nuggets are forced by rebels living in the bush to pay "taxes" to support their guerrilla bands. This is why we can't stop discussing politics here. Global politics gets into everything we do. “…gradually builds up charge in a capacitor…”

There was a big discussion on this site yesterday about politics and science. These little capacitors are made with cobalt and tantalum found as nuggets in African streams. The miners who pan for these nuggets are forced by rebels living in the bush to pay “taxes” to support their guerrilla bands.

This is why we can’t stop discussing politics here. Global politics gets into everything we do.

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