This 1,600-Year-Old Goblet Shows that the Romans Were Nanotechnology Pioneers

Smithsonian magazine ^ | September 2013 | Zeeya Merali

[Utilizer]

Using a microthin mylar electroplating on it to provide insulation.

[bunkerhill7]

No, it was Nefertiti who used powdered gold and silver as eye makeup so she would dazzle her Egyptian court

It was handed down finally to Cleopatra who dazzled Caesar.

He had his glazier artisans put it into cups so he could dazzle the barabarians.

[maine-iac7]

[null and void]

Actually true. Prior to that no one had ground the chocolate fine enough and it had a slimy mouth feel.

One confectioner’s accident and the world was blessed with smooth chocolate.

The process is call conching.

[maine-iac7]

kinda like the floating ivory soap bar - someone forgot to turn off the machine and it whipped air bubbles into it - and voila! the bar that wouldn’t sink.

[null and void]

Yes, and the entire synthetic dye industry was launched by a failed attempt to synthesize quinine.

Opportunity is where you recognize it.

[maine-iac7]

and then there’s the slinky! ;o)

[null and void]

and Silly Putty!

[maine-iac7]

ahahah

we’ve got quite a list -

Invention is kinda like life - it’s what happens while you’re busy making other plans

[Dustbunny]

Beautiful

[colorado tanker]

So, Rome was a nano-state?

[SunkenCiv]