Comment on Tiny radioactive capsule lost in Australian outback foundComments−SanjayMehta3yImpressive:"It was initially detected by staff inside a car that was travelling at 70km/h past the capsule."−shellac3yReferred to in a news report as being 'like looking for a needle in a haystack', but with the convenience that the needle is detectable at quite a distance (10s of metres), assuming it hasn't fallen down a crack or been covered by something.−codeulike3yLike looking for a capsule in the outback−Reason0773yIt's certainly makes the job of finding a needle in a haystack easier if that needle is giving off ionising radiation!−mcphage3yMaybe we need to invent geiger counters for needles!−Reason0773yMaybe we need to invent radioactive needles, to make them easier to find in case they get lost in haystacks.−mcphage3yThat's some A+ Cave Johnson level thinking!−benibela3yOr you could use a metaldetector?−hulitu3yThis must be some heavy shit. Is Australia building a nuclear bomb ?
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Impressive:
"It was initially detected by staff inside a car that was travelling at 70km/h past the capsule."
Referred to in a news report as being 'like looking for a needle in a haystack', but with the convenience that the needle is detectable at quite a distance (10s of metres), assuming it hasn't fallen down a crack or been covered by something.
Like looking for a capsule in the outback
It's certainly makes the job of finding a needle in a haystack easier if that needle is giving off ionising radiation!
Maybe we need to invent geiger counters for needles!
Maybe we need to invent radioactive needles, to make them easier to find in case they get lost in haystacks.
That's some A+ Cave Johnson level thinking!
Or you could use a metaldetector?
This must be some heavy shit. Is Australia building a nuclear bomb ?