How Massachusetts defies gravity
With the temperature dipping below 20 every night and the cost of a house running 2X what it might be in the Sunbelt, one wonders how the Massachusetts economy stays afloat. This article claims that nanotech is part of the secret. I link to it because it features Xtalic, a startup company on whose Board of Directors I sit. As much fun as nanotech and being on a company Board might be, however, I’m looking forward to leaving on January 13 for Hawaii (finishing up my helicopter instructor rating).
[Note: My advice on the subject of Xtalic’s Web site was not solicited.]
Gun Nut
December 22, 2005 @ 12:11 am
Hard chrome is going to be legislated out of commercial use? Damn. I better get the Desert Eagle in for the treatment before this happens. The factory “blue” sucks (more like a phosphate finish).
Neal Lester
December 22, 2005 @ 10:39 pm
Hexavalent chromium is a potent human carcinogen; it causes lung cancer. OSHA is under court order to produce a standard in January but is rumored to be seeking a delay due to Katrina. Their regulation (currently at OMB) may impact the plating industry but I doubt it will remove Cr VI from commercial use.
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January 23, 2006 @ 12:54 am
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