Weird science.

[Dark_Matter]

Here's a story that just screams to be made fun of.

Salmon sperm used to intensify LEDs, grossify everyone - Engadget

Salmon sperm used to intensify LEDs, grossify everyone

Posted Mar 11th 2008 3:43PM by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

See, the problem with bioengineering isn't moral or ethical dilemmas, or even homicidal robo-droids enslaving humanity. It's that if you let researchers go wild, eventually they'll find a way to make LEDs out of salmon sperm, threatening the sanctity (and sperm-free-ness) of your entire gadget-based lifestyle. Yet that's exactly what Professor Andrew Steckl of the University of Cincinnati has managed to do, using the DNA found in salmon sperm to enhance the brightness of LEDs. The so-called BioLEDs are being developed in cooperation with the Air Force (yes, the Air Force -- they had a "good source" of salmon sperm, apparently) and they've been so successful that Steckl has been getting salmon sperm from researchers worldwide "wanting to see if their sperm is good enough."

How does one accidentally come to this scientific discovery?

Hey, you got your salmon sperm all over my LEDs. Your LEDs are soaking with my salmon sperm. Ping!

And what's with the Air Force involvement? You would think that the Navy would be your go to guys, considering their ample supply of seamen.

[Beatrice152]

Yeah, they must have been messing around with salmon semen forsure. Yknow, just doing random tests on it, seeing if it works for anything. Because you never know......