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Every now and then someone notices that the end of a hair has split. Horrors! For some reason split-ends are socially frowned-upon. Currently the standard way to fix them is to go to the hairdresser and get a trim, or get some special hair goop that basically can glue the split ends back together.
Well,
time for a new solution. This one is an extremely sharp diamond blade, with an appropriate holding device. You place the split-end hair in the device, and slide the diamond blade down the length of the hair, thereby giving you two full-length hairs (albeit half as thick), neither of which has a split end!
This Idea is half-baked, of course, because usually someone has a lot of split-end hairs to deal with. I've read that the average non-bald person has about 100,000 hairs on the head. It could take a while to apply this device to each and every split-end hair!
Obsidian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian
"obsidian blade edges can reach almost molecular thinness ...." [8th of 7, Jul 03 2011]
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The problem is, the hair will grow out, and you'll
have to extend the cut down to the follicle, on a
regular basis, for each hair. But for those inclined
to split hairs, that's not a bug, it's a feature. |
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[mouseposture] Industries, Stg. plans to market a
system consisting of: A dissecting microscope,
two pairs of jeweler's forceps, a special glue (very
low viscosity, so it can be dispensed from a
pulled-glass micropipette), and a device for
aligning the split ends (the prototype uses a
groove scribed on a glass slide). |
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The major problem we're encountering in
development is the difficulty convincing our beta
testers to take breaks for meals and personal
hygiene. |
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[jutta] I hope this doesn't run afoul of the "no
advertisements" policy? |
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Obsidian might be better than diamond in this application. |
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Let's not split hairs over it. |
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//why not micro-etch something on all the flat
sides// |
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With respect, [Vernon] may require more than one
head of hair to express himself fully. |
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It's only a short step from follicular manslaughter to going full-on Sweeney Todd.
Just sayin... |
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[8th of 7], with thousands of hairs to split, that's why I chose diamond over obsidian. It will last longer! I'm also fairly sure that diamond can be even sharper than obsidian (the atoms making up the material are smaller). |
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I'm told that diamond microtome blades are better than glass ones, and last longer; glass is often used, though, because the diamond ones are so expensive. |
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