 insanmonster
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
 257 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:09:48 PM
Also, to people saying that the red blood cell is too big for the needle. We cannot see how far the needle tapers out from. All that we can see is the very tip. I know I was skeptical earlier but after seeing the source I believe it is real. |
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insanmonster
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
257 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:06:37 PM
ggolbez, metals are not porous so you would not see any pores at all. What you might see if the magnification was great enough are grains. Almost all metals have some sort of grain structure but you would not be able to see these until at almost 35000x magnification (Approximately). I have taken images with a scanning electron microscope (the same type of equipment used for the above photograph) and at the scale of a red blood cell (6-8 microns) the needle looks right.
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:03:25 AM
Think nanotubes people |
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 phirephoto
Male, 30-39, Western US
254 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:14:40 AM
Sorry people, this is real. See here |
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 ggolbez
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1820 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:57:39 AM
The needle is too smooth. At that magnification you would be able to see the pores in the metal. On top of that, if a red blood cell was that big it would be visible to the naked eye. |
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 Phanthom_
Female, 18-29, Europe
59 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:38:03 AM
Electron microscope. Why is it fake? Do you know how small the tip of a needle is? |
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robthelurker
Male, 18-29, Canada
824 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:33:38 AM
get the drat outta here. thats a needle???? |
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 patchouly
Male, 40-49, Canada
2980 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:42:28 AM
I have to agree with the others here. Not real. |
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tedgp
Male, 30-39, Europe
2936 Posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:19:05 AM
Sorry, this is fake, unless your red blood cells are drating huge. |
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 monsterzero
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
294 Posts
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:02:19 PM
Looks more like a fruity pebble on the tip of a knife. |
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 animalss
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
22 Posts
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:42:26 PM
Sauce plz |
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insanmonster
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
257 Posts
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:30:41 PM
I have trouble believing that this is an SEM image of the needle. I can't for the life of me figure out how someone would prepare that kind of a sample. |
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intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
880 Posts
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:30:07 PM
I don't buy this for a second. |
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 fancylad
Male, 30-39, Western US
2512 Posts
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:11:44 PM
Link: One Red Blood Cell On Top Of A Needle [Pic] [Rate Link] - SCIENCE! |
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