Ministry Of Defence Fights The Flab

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<div class="IPBDescription">Well the military are good for something</div> <a href='http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-556186,00.html' target='_blank'>Taken From the Times Online</a>


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MoD fights the flab
By Helen Rumbelow



People too fat to be scanned by hospital machines can now get help from Royal Navy probes normally used to locate deep-sea mines.
Ultrasound machines that detect diseases in internal organs penetrate about 5in (12cm) — too shallow to get past beer bellies or enormous love-handles. An invention by the Ministry of Defence research agency, QinetiQ, may provide a solution, because Royal Navy warships used to encounter exactly the same problem. They used ultrasound to look for mines but found the image weakening over distance.

QinetiQ developed “beam-forming” technology, which alters the way signals are received and doubles the sonar resolution. The device is expected to be used on patients in about a year.
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  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Thats where my good friend works! The little scoundrel, when he told me he was working on something top secret, huge and dangerous, he was actually talking about fattehs!
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Fam+Jan 27 2003, 12:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fam @ Jan 27 2003, 12:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Thats where my good friend works! The little scoundrel, when he told me he was working on something top secret, huge and dangerous, he was actually talking about fattehs! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Maybe they are going to launch some of the fat people at something else. Like a fatapult.
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  • DezmodiumDezmodium Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1575Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--TychoCelchuuu+Jan 27 2003, 03:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jan 27 2003, 03:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Fam+Jan 27 2003, 12:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fam @ Jan 27 2003, 12:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Thats where my good friend works! The little scoundrel, when he told me he was working on something top secret, huge and dangerous, he was actually talking about fattehs! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Maybe they are going to launch some of the fat people at something else. Like a fatapult. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    the results would be fatastrophic!





    ok thats enough <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Maybe they are going to launch some of the fat people at something else. Like a fatapult. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Gives new meaning to the term "fodder".
    Actually, no it doesn't, bu I thought it sounded funny.
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