Tornado in a can

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » April 26, 2004, 3:09 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4723367/

Ok this is both cool and kinda weird, while not breaking any physics laws it is certainly interesting in how it bends them to it's purpose

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 26, 2004, 4:59 am

I remember reading about this in like 2002. The patent office took away his patent on it and he was afraid to sell it, because the idiots at the patent office were too stupid to figure out how it worked. I'm glad he got his patent back before some big company merely stole it, which is what happens to most small inventors in the US.

Some people just think on a whole other level than the rest of us.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » April 26, 2004, 5:33 am

Inventor Frank Polifka with a 6-foot version of his Windhexe.

An amazing accomplishment for a man barely 3 feet tall... /blink

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 26, 2004, 5:44 am

just the cone part is what they are counting.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 26, 2004, 8:24 am

How does this fit into God's plans?

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » April 26, 2004, 8:40 am

The ramifications of this are impressive. If I'm reading this correctly, anything dumped into it turns out into a nice, fine powder.

I can easily see this being used to clean out garbage dumps in major cities. Imagine: 20 of those things working together handling roughly 2 tons of garbage each, daily. No pollution, just powder results; you could flush out garbage dumps across the globe down to less than a eighth their current size.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » April 26, 2004, 9:38 am

it also doubles as a chicken squisher...

well so it says in the article

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » April 26, 2004, 11:39 am

One would think this machine would be a nice device for getting rid of a dead body.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » April 26, 2004, 11:50 am

Skogen wrote:One would think this machine would be a nice device for getting rid of a dead body.

It's got to be at *least* 20% more efficient than a dozen pigs!

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » April 26, 2004, 12:10 pm

Skogen wrote:One would think this machine would be a nice device for getting rid of a dead body.

That's what I was thinking. Then again human powder is probably harder DNS evidence to wash off.

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » April 26, 2004, 2:23 pm

Mrs. Smith, do you think your husband would have preferred traditional burial, cremation, or our new "whirl till ya hurl" option?

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » April 26, 2004, 4:18 pm

yeah I read about this a couple years ago...

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » April 27, 2004, 6:08 pm

Pherr the Dorf wrote:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4723367/

Ok this is both cool and kinda weird, while not breaking any physics laws it is certainly interesting in how it bends them to it's purpose

You surf MSNBC?

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » April 27, 2004, 9:14 pm

I surf it all!

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » April 28, 2004, 9:57 am

Animalor wrote:
Skogen wrote:One would think this machine would be a nice device for getting rid of a dead body.
That's what I was thinking. Then again human powder is probably harder DNS evidence to wash off.

Do you work in IT? Or is that a typo?

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