# pretty cool technology

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pretty-cool-technology/26986>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pretty-cool-technology/26986 "2007-04-02T21:55:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pretty-cool-technology/26986/1 "2007-04-02T21:55:02Z")

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[http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/z-ice.html](http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/z-ice.html)

> Sandia’s huge Z machine, which generates temperatures hotter than the sun, has turned water to ice in nanoseconds. However, don’t expect anything commercial just yet: the ice is hotter than the boiling point of water.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pretty-cool-technology/26986/2 "2007-04-03T06:08:23Z")

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So pretty soon I’ll be able to chill my beer in a nanosecond. Got it. :tup:

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**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pretty-cool-technology/26986/3 "2007-04-03T06:34:54Z")

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[quote=“BikerFry,post:2,topic:26986"”]

So pretty soon I’ll be able to chill my beer in a nanosecond. Got it. :tup:

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still won’t make genny any better

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**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pretty-cool-technology/26986/4 "2007-04-03T08:20:41Z")

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Hmm, I’m no chemist, and didn’t read the article, but how is ice hotter than the boiling point of water? Would it technically not be ice then?