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Could an EMP be generated from a server room with enough power to disable a bomb?
An EMP affects only electronic circuits.
Though ESD is an example of EMP, it won't have any disabling effect on an explosive, because the explosive acts only following chemical paths. On the contrary, …
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Can a single survivalist in a post-apocalypse, post-EMP world have electrical appliances?
First of all, generators are not out of question. Running some lights, a wash machine, a fridge and a boiler to have hot water doesn't require that much power, and doesn't requires it continuously, ap …
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Would a frozen Earth "brick" abandoned datacenters?
While low temperatures are beneficial to integrated circuits because they inherently slow down diffusion processes which on the long run would tamper with the precise arrangement of the circuital elem …
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If I removed the gold from my phone
The phone would be plainly dead, with no intermediate state.
Why?
Gold is used to make connections.
Each microchip is connected to its base using microscopic gold wires. With gold gone, they are g …
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Could molecular nanotechnology alow the creation of computer chips and hardware that would h...
You seem to be confusing and mixing up concepts: 3D electronic and flexible electronic.
3D electronics is a reality today already with conventional, silicon based processes. … Flexible electronics is also already a thing. …
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Could You Use Mitochondria to Power Your Cell Phone?
It's a long shot, but you can use the Sodium-potassium pump
The sodium–potassium pump (sodium–potassium adenosine triphosphatase, also known as Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase, Na⁺/K⁺ pump, or sodium–potassium ATPase) …
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There is a material that could be used like the Dune's Stillsuit to generate electricity by ...
Every morning I take the bike for a ride, and every morning I wear a jacket made of synthetic material. Every time that I place the key in the slot to open the door and get out I see a spark.
The spar …