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Aerogel Candy   (+5, -1)  [vote for, against]
Aerogel candy.

Aerogel candy.
-- doctorremulac3, Aug 17 2019

Aerogel https://images.app....l/S9WBaVYGaC3UQEyL8
Make a version that's candy. [doctorremulac3, Aug 17 2019]

nickel foam https://www.nanoshe.../NS6130-10-1093.jpg
[Voice, Aug 23 2019]

titanium foam https://www.america...nium-foam-7440-32-6
[Voice, Aug 23 2019]

Prior half-art Jello_20Aerogel
[scad mientist, Aug 25 2019]

Sea Foam Candy https://www.allreci...ned-sea-foam-candy/
[Voice, Aug 28 2019]

Sugar weighs heavy on us. Don't make light of the problem. Could be a good put down, though.' This idea is just aerogel candy'
-- wjt, Aug 17 2019


Edible foam was one of the signature dishes at El Bulli.
-- geo8rge, Aug 23 2019


Technically, all foam is edible.
-- doctorremulac3, Aug 23 2019


It certainly is not!
-- Voice, Aug 23 2019


So, what's the post about ?
-- FlyingToaster, Aug 23 2019


//Technically, all foam is edible.//

//It certainly is not!//

Technically you're right, also not technically, but it points to a semantic hole in the language. The idea that "edible" or "eat-able" should mean safe to eat as well leaves the concept of poison that you can eat, that is, put in your mouth, chew and swallow, without a word to describe it.

"Here, take these poison candies in case you get caught."

"Are they edible?"

"No."

"Then how do I get them in my stomach?"

"You eat them."

"But they're not edible."

"Right, OK, chew-able then."

"And then what?"

"You swallow them."

"So they're chew-able, and swallow-able, and you can eat them, but they're not edible. I'm uncomfortable with that."

It's fine to leave edible as is, but not without coming up with a word for stuff that you can easily eat that's deadly poisonous. I'd suggest the word "eatable" (it's a word, look it up) be reserved for stuff that can be eaten but probably shouldn't be. Edible doesn't need both words, in fact, I've never heard it used. A bowling ball sized chunk of polonium is not eatable, a gumball sized piece is. "You must be careful with these poison pellets around pets because they're eatable.".
-- doctorremulac3, Aug 24 2019


I call WIBNI. Any ideas on a way to implement this?
-- notexactly, Aug 25 2019


//Technically you're right//

Is there a different kind of right?
-- Voice, Aug 25 2019


Aerogel is silicon and oxygen in a very open lattice structure. Is a long-chain sugar molecule stiff enough to create the same sort of structure, with the necessary cross- linking & stuff? (It's been a long time since I studied organic chemistry...)
-- neutrinos_shadow, Aug 25 2019


//Technically you're right// //Is there a different kind of right?//

Technically right is the best kind of right.

//Aerogel is silicon and oxygen in a very open lattice structure. Is a long-chain sugar molecule stiff enough to create the same sort of structure, with the necessary cross- linking & stuff?//

Ummm, I'm going to sayyyyy... sure.
-- doctorremulac3, Aug 26 2019


Well, if that can be done, maybe by one of the usual aerogel production methods, it would be doable. [+]
-- notexactly, Aug 26 2019


Yea, I was thinking it would be doable unless it's not.
-- doctorremulac3, Aug 26 2019


Does "doable" mean the same as "possible"?

I think this could be done, in a way, via three-D printing, but I also feel like 3-D printing shouldn't be allowed here because it could easily become magic.
-- nineteenthly, Aug 28 2019


By my understanding, nanotechnology is allowed here as long as it's used realistically.
-- notexactly, Aug 28 2019


How fluffy is glycogen? The monosacharide ropes of the structure are still going to be quite heavy.
-- wjt, Aug 29 2019



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