Student - and his anti-clotting gel.... fascinating.

mikelom

Ajarn

Science

21 May 13 12:20

mikelom

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Wat?

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21 May 13 12:20

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/college-student-invents-gel-that-halts-bleeding

really, fascinating.

-m.

e4chris

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21 May 13 12:21

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thats cool... i tried to invent a slug repelling tape once ... that was quite a fail 🙂

twhitehead

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21 May 13 17:50

Originally posted by mikelom
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/college-student-invents-gel-that-halts-bleeding

really, fascinating.

-m.

Actually its a clotting gel, not anti-clotting.

e4chris

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22 May 13 19:46

oh darn ..... well he's dead now

sonhouse

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22 May 13 20:29

Originally posted by mikelom
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/college-student-invents-gel-that-halts-bleeding

really, fascinating.

-m.

The US military has some kind of powder that does about the same thing, it stops major bleeding very fast.