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Thankfully, the scientists involved in the Avogadro Project do give it some thought, and they're toiling away as we speak in an attempt to create completely, perfectly useless silicon balls which "would redefine the kilogram in terms of magnetic fields and electrical forces."
What does weight have to do with this? Currently, the kilogram is the "only remaining standard of measurement tied to a single physical object: a 120-year-old lump of platinum and iridium that sits in a vault outside of Paris, France." Takes trivial to a whole 'nother level, no? [Source: New Scientist Tech]
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Subscribe to commentsAdam WaggonerJul 3rd 2008 12:09AM
In redefining the sphere, one might be able to redefine how weight is both defined and applied/used. (In applying weight in a balanced way one might reduce the impact of both the weight of the object and the force applied to it to accomplish the same results; i.e. In finding the proper balance of any object it can be moved easier ).
RyanJul 3rd 2008 1:57AM
'Takes Triviality to a whole nother meaning, No?'
NO.
It figures that an article from our current media sources would point out the 'triviality' and uselessness of STANDARDS, which can only be achieved through hard, just and dedicated WORK. How would you suggest, you wonderously ignorant article writer, we measure ANYTHING (like success?), without those 'trivial' standards? Such units of measure like the Kilogram, the Mile Per Hour, the Minute, the Nanosecond, Avagadro's Number, The Golden Ratio, Pi, The Speed of Light, Relative GRAVITY, ETC. ETC. ETC. allow the society, which you trash by claiming triviality of standard, to EXIST. Get an Education you Trivial Writer.
Windo HutabaratJul 3rd 2008 6:32AM
What was the writer smoking the day he wrote this article? A fundamental research into the kilogram standard "takes trivial to a whole 'nother level"?
Granted, the level of accuracy referred to in the source article is never appropriate when one obtains one's favourite hallucinogenic substance in the form of dried leaves, but a rude surprise is in store if the same regard to metrological standards is applied elsewhere, say, to the sale and consumption of certain white and powdery stuff, which, given the standard of this article, I fear the writer is heading towards.
Aside from the breathtaking display of ignorance, there's disregard of detail too: The Argonne Project people DOES NOT aim to "redefine the kilogram in terms of magnetic fields and electrical forces". That's a "competing approach", printed in bold in the source article.
WprzypekJul 3rd 2008 8:36AM
I read the original article and discovered that the writer of this article has no idea what it really says. The primary goal of this project is to create a kilogram standard which is stable and which can be applied in other ways.
THere is very little trivia in science, except in the minds of those who do not understand it.