[Hadrian (OP)]

What is the most cutting efficient thing we ever created?

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quote:Originally posted by Hadrian

What is the most cutting efficient thing we ever created?

I'm sorry I have to ask you what exactly you mean with "efficient".

[Hadrian (OP)]

Hey babe now what do you think it means   [^]

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

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quote:Originally posted by Hadrian

Hey babe now what do you think it means   [^]

I don't know. If you take a 100 tons knife and you make it fall from a 100 meters frame, it would cut a lot of things, but at the expense of a lot of energy. So, if it's energy wich you are talking about, a normal high quality knife could be more efficient than a laser cutting device for industry.

[Soul Surfer]

There is clearly no single answer to this question, because it depends what you want to cut.  a diamond is not much good for cutting foam rubber and a hot wire isn't much good for cutting steel and a hacksaw isn't much good for cutting glass.  Its like a game of paper scissors stone  :-)

Learn, create, test and tell
evolution rules in all things
God says so!

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Exactly.

[Hadrian (OP)]

So if we had a top of the pops of sharp thing what would be number 1 ? I think i have the answer but i could be wrong (i often am) so come on get off the fence and give it your best shot. Or should I say stab!  LOL [^]

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

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Probably it would be a diamond blade, since it's the hardest material I know. If we can talk about a device, instead of a physical blade, then I would say an X-ray laser (little wavelenght) or a very thin, highly energetic, electron's beam (same reason as up).

[Hadrian (OP)]

Sharpest Manmade Thing
A field ion microscope (FIM) image of a very sharp tungsten needle. The small round features are individual atoms. The lighter colored elongated features are traces captured as atoms moved during the imaging process (approximately 1 second).



What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

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quote:Originally posted by Hadrian

What is the most cutting efficient thing we ever created?

I'm sorry I have to ask you what exactly you mean with "efficient".

[Hadrian (OP)]

Hey babe now what do you think it means   [^]

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

[lightarrow]

quote:Originally posted by Hadrian

Hey babe now what do you think it means   [^]

I don't know. If you take a 100 tons knife and you make it fall from a 100 meters frame, it would cut a lot of things, but at the expense of a lot of energy. So, if it's energy wich you are talking about, a normal high quality knife could be more efficient than a laser cutting device for industry.

[Soul Surfer]

There is clearly no single answer to this question, because it depends what you want to cut.  a diamond is not much good for cutting foam rubber and a hot wire isn't much good for cutting steel and a hacksaw isn't much good for cutting glass.  Its like a game of paper scissors stone  :-)

Learn, create, test and tell
evolution rules in all things
God says so!

[lightarrow]

Exactly.

[Hadrian (OP)]

So if we had a top of the pops of sharp thing what would be number 1 ? I think i have the answer but i could be wrong (i often am) so come on get off the fence and give it your best shot. Or should I say stab!  LOL [^]

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

[lightarrow]

Probably it would be a diamond blade, since it's the hardest material I know. If we can talk about a device, instead of a physical blade, then I would say an X-ray laser (little wavelenght) or a very thin, highly energetic, electron's beam (same reason as up).

[Hadrian (OP)]

Sharpest Manmade Thing
A field ion microscope (FIM) image of a very sharp tungsten needle. The small round features are individual atoms. The lighter colored elongated features are traces captured as atoms moved during the imaging process (approximately 1 second).



What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

[moonfire]

Pretty interesting...Thanks Hadrian!

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[Monox D. I-Fly]

There is clearly no single answer to this question, because it depends what you want to cut.  a diamond is not much good for cutting foam rubber and a hot wire isn't much good for cutting steel and a hacksaw isn't much good for cutting glass.  Its like a game of paper scissors stone  :-)

So, which is good at cutting which?