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Man’s Gold Tooth Deflects Bullet

For those who believe that gold grills are purely decorative, I present to you the case of this unnamed man who was shot in the mouth by his brother, only to be saved by his expensive teeth.

November 23, 2010
Science

Why Gold Is The Perfect Element For Money

Why did gold – and not osmium, lithium, ruthenium or any other element – become the one we humans use as money? Sanat Kumar, a chemical engineer at Columbia University, goes through the periodic table and explains why the rest wouldn’t work.

November 13, 2010
Science

Pretty Soon, Your Gold Wedding Band Can Be Any Colour You Want

Researchers have figured out how to use a specific engraving technique in order to alter the frequency of light a metal—any metal—absorbs or reflects. How? By carving tiny rings, smaller than the wavelengths of light.

September 29, 2010
Gadgets

Of Course Gold-Dispensing ATMs Are Coming To The States

The number of times you’ve been caught out and about without a bar of gold is set to be a distant memory – at least for Florida and Las Vegas residents, who’ll see hundreds of these ATMs installed next year.

August 4, 2010
Science

The Most Beautiful Way To Clean-Up Space Junk

Space junk is everything from spent rocket upper-stages that measure metres across, to lost bags of tools let go by careless astronauts, to shattered Chinese satellites to flecks of paint moving at 25 times the speed of sound. Under the wrong circumstances any piece of junk could kill a perfectly good satellite or even an unlucky space-walker. How should we prevent dead satellites from adding to this dangerous cloud of debris? 

June 11, 2010

Your Music Makes Me Want To Stick Bullets In My Ears

There are songs that make me want to shoot myself and then there are songs that make me want to stick bullet casings in my ears. 18K gold 9mm bullet casing earphones, that is.

June 2, 2010

3M’s Flashy New Privacy Filters Turn Your Laptop Screen To Gold

There are plenty of privacy filters out there that prevent snoopers from seeing what’s on your laptop screen from an angle. But how many show said snoopers flashy gold? Just one, that’s how many. [3M]

May 20, 2010
Science

Nanotech Breakthrough Could Make Satellite Imaging 20x More Powerful

Take a few of my favourite subjects: quantum dots, satellites, and gold. Mix them together, and what do you get? A breakthrough from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that could revolutionise infrared detection. Somewhere, the Predator is jealous.

May 14, 2010
Computing

And Then There Was A Solid Gold iPad

On the 107th day, Stuart Hughes revealed the solid gold iPad. With 53 diamonds set in the Apple logo, and the casing crafted from 22k gold, 10 lucky people can snap one up – for $US189,000. [Stuart Hughes]

May 13, 2010
Gadgets

Just You Try Hacking This Gold Bar-Dispensing ATM In Abu Dhabi

In these financially uncertain times it’s not surprising people are turning to gold instead of cash, but I’d like to know how many 7-11s actually accept 27-carat gold bars these days?

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