Sean Kelly
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Registered: Jan 2003
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Location: Silicon Valley
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New effort to crack nutty problem
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Munch your way through any packet of pistachio nuts and there will inevitably be a small pile of uncrackable shells left over.
But now an American agricultural engineer believes he has come up with a more efficient way of making sure only edible kernals make it into your packet.
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The device is based on impact acoustics, with a computer able to tell whether a nut is open or closed simply by the sound it makes as it falls onto a stainless steel block.
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Smile; It confuses people.  |
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11-22-2004 08:35 PM
