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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

It takes decades for these type of technologies to fully develop and replace earlier stuff.


11 posted on 07/14/2014 11:32:37 AM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: Marine_Uncle

It takes decades for these type of technologies to fully develop and replace earlier stuff.
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The article notes that IBM will be focused on graphene and carbon nano-tubes. Graphene has been a hot topic of research for 10-15 years. Carbon nano-tubes have been a hot topic of research for about 25 years.

Both have a myriad of uses. My favorite application is for use as semipermeable membranes in water desalination. They would make desalinized water cheap enough for agriculture.


13 posted on 07/14/2014 11:49:40 AM PDT by ckilmer (q)
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