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DARPA to the rescue!
« on: April 12, 2021, 10:07:38 AM »
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Pentagon scientists working inside a secretive unit set up at the height of the Cold War have created a microchip to be inserted under the skin, which will detect COVID-19 infection, and a revolutionary filter that can remove the virus from the blood when attached to a dialysis machine.

The team at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been working for years on preventing and ending pandemics.

They assess the issues and come up with ingenious solutions, which at times appear more from a science fiction novel than a working laboratory.

One of their recent inventions, they told 60 Minutes on Sunday night, was a microchip which detects COVID infection in an individual before it can become an outbreak. 

Who needs a vaccine? Just get "chipped" like a pet and it's all good  :laugh:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9460389/Pentagon-scientists-invent-microchip-senses-COVID-19-body-symptoms.html
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2021, 11:08:48 AM »
I'm gonna have to go with "no" on that one hoss.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2021, 11:47:11 AM »
I, for one, welcome our cyborg overlords! :old: [tinfoil]
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2021, 12:05:21 PM »
Resistance is futile
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2021, 12:40:51 PM »
Because of my lifestyle I'm usually full of chips, what's one more?
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2021, 02:13:21 PM »
Quote from: just Warren on April 12, 2021, 12:40:51 PM
Because of my lifestyle I'm usually full of chips

BBQ, Sour Cream and Onion, or Plain?

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« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2021, 02:28:23 PM »
Yes.

Also corn.
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« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2021, 04:19:23 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on April 12, 2021, 11:08:48 AM
I'm gonna have to go with "no" on that one hoss.

Yea, that is a hard pass for me as well.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2021, 04:22:32 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on April 12, 2021, 02:13:21 PM
BBQ, Sour Cream and Onion, or Plain?


Mostly plain for me, but I enjoy the BBQ chips on occasion. Can't stand sour cream & onion chips.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2021, 05:59:08 PM »
Really, at this point, I think they are just trolling the rightwing.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2021, 08:21:00 AM »
Quote from: Ron on April 12, 2021, 05:59:08 PM
Really, at this point, I think they are just trolling the rightwing.

Ya think?

Look who's put in our faces all the time.  Pete Buttigeg, with his sentimental attachment to airport bathrooms, as Sec. Transportation.  The pervy old guy with the Goldilocks hair.  And  the "We Burn Babies" guy for ATF head.  It just seems like s deliberate affront.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2021, 08:34:11 AM »
And if you don’t comply with the vaccine they can send the Boston dynamics robots out to round you up.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2021, 09:17:14 AM »
Quote from: lee n. field on April 13, 2021, 08:21:00 AM
Ya think?

Look who's put in our faces all the time.  Pete Buttigeg, with his sentimental attachment to airport bathrooms, as Sec. Transportation.  The pervy old guy with the Goldilocks hair.  And  the "We Burn Babies" guy for ATF head.  It just seems like s deliberate affront.

What do you suppose they would be doing differently if they were actually trying to start a civil war?
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2021, 10:02:48 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on April 13, 2021, 09:17:14 AM
What do you suppose they would be doing differently if they were actually trying to start a civil war?

What if a war was declared and everyone decided not to show up?
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2021, 10:56:31 AM »
Quote from: Ron on April 13, 2021, 10:02:48 AM
What if a war was declared and everyone decided not to show up?

Well that would be rude.
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Re: DARPA to the rescue!
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2021, 03:43:35 PM »
Quote from: Ron on April 13, 2021, 10:02:48 AM
What if a war was declared and everyone decided not to show up?

Russians tried that in the 20's and the Jews tried it in the 30's.  How did either of those end?
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