3rd Degree tests the gadget featured on carte blanche recently

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Who remembers that pseudo science gadget featured on Carte Blanche and used by an ex cop to atempt to find the kids missing in the Gert van Rooyen case?

Now our safety and security minister has put his stamp of approval on it on national TV. He reckons its a matter of time before they formalise it and start using it in combating crime. Etv put forward a very strong case for it as they tested it and even found some missing kids while they did.

Let's discuss it again...
anyone see the program?

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1243&limit=recent
 
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I didnt see the show...heard about it though...if it is true, thats gr8 news.

imo,seeing is believing.
 
I'm not doubting Carte Blanche and the guys results but this is so far out that I'm also reserving my belief until I see some more recognition from the scientific community.
 
Blue said:
I'm not doubting Carte Blanche and the guys results but this is so far out that I'm also reserving my belief until I see some more recognition from the scientific community.
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I agree. Its SOOOOOOOO way out that i reserve judgement til the guy explains exactly how it works...
 
He was tested 5 separate times and did not fail by more then 200 metres.
Questions:
1 - where is the patent on the technology?
2 - why not explain the basic fundamentals of how it works?
3 - howcome all the tests were gauteng based?

I still smell a scam.
 
Hows it going to combat crime. The criminals don't give a poo as it is and the prisons are bulging at the seams. Those caught will only be let out on the next presidents birthday anyway.
 
Put him on a plane and send him to Portugal to find Madeleine McCann... If he does that, then we'll have something to talk about.....
 
Scam

*bullschmiedt*

Phhht.

I suppose that's why the whole scientific community is beating a path to his door .... not.
 
While I obviously don't know if this particular invention is genuine or not, I believe something like this is theoretically possible, maybe using electromagnetic resonance...
 
bekdik said:
What exactly is electromagnetic resonance?

What is the theory under which it will work?
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Molecules of someone's DNA would be unique to that person, and would have a unique electromagnetic signature, so if one has a device capable of analysing samples and then looking for similar samples...
 
I also like things to be proven scientifically but after that psychic found Lee Matthews' body I had to do a bit of a rethink. Don't really want to be one of those people who believe there's something in it :D but also can't throw it out as rubbish, especially when they produce 'empirical' results.
 
ic said:
Molecules of someone's DNA would be unique to that person, and would have a unique electromagnetic signature, so if one has a device capable of analysing samples and then looking for similar samples...
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Yeah, basic quantum physics. But has that been successfully replicated outside of a lab yet?
 
dotVIBE said:
Yeah, basic quantum physics. But has that been successfully replicated outside of a lab yet?
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Quantum physics like that, I understand, works at very small distances. Also, I was not aware that the inventor was a quantum physicist - I thought he was an ex-cop?

And as for DNA...it takes DNA labs days or weeks for an analysis. If this gadget can do near-instant DNA analysis, that in itself is a discovery of massive proportions, certainly Nobel-prize level.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
 
Cara said:
I also like things to be proven scientifically but after that psychic found Lee Matthews' body I had to do a bit of a rethink.
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Er...if you're thinking of Leigh Matthews, her body was found by a grass cutter.
 
Claymore said:
Quantum physics like that, I understand, works at very small distances. Also, I was not aware that the inventor was a quantum physicist - I thought he was an ex-cop?

And as for DNA...it takes DNA labs days or weeks for an analysis. If this gadget can do near-instant DNA analysis, that in itself is a discovery of massive proportions, certainly Nobel-prize level.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
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Yup. And proper theoretical proof, not just empirical evidence (that is important too, but, there has to be a strong theoretical basis for it).
 
Cathryn said:
Yup. And proper theoretical proof, not just empirical evidence (that is important too, but, there has to be a strong theoretical basis for it).
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Absolutely. So many people seem to think that if a test works, that means it's true. There does need to be an explanation of *how* it works.
 
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