Posted on 03/30/2018 5:38:54 PM PDT by Bellflower
Graphene is proper 'disruptive technology'. Every press release in the tech industry now contains that awful phrase, but graphene is the only material capable of changing the world of electronics as we know it.
It's ultra-light, just an atom thin, and yet it’s 200 times stronger than steel. It's flexible, transparent, and more conductive than copper. Scientists have been promising stronger, lighter, flexible products, faster transistors, bendable phones, and many other breakthrough graphene gadgets for over a decade. So, what's taking scientists so long to make the graphene era a reality? Or, is it really taking as long as some think?
Time to market
"It's amazing people say it's taking a long time because if you look back in history it's taken a lot longer for new tech to get to market than graphene has," says Frank Koppens from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, and the Scientific Chair of the Graphene Pavilion at last week's MWC 2018. "If you look at your smartphone, the technology inside it was invented 30-40 years ago – there are about 25 Nobel Prizes for Physics inside in there," he says. "All those inventions were made in the 1960s, and it wasn't until much later on that they found their way into consumer products."....
A good one for the graphene ping list!
Make it into hockey sticks, and the rest will take care of itself.
Interesting article. Thanks for posting. BUMP!
Carbon footprint? The horror of it..
Transistor demonstrated December 23, 1947; Prototype transistor radio demonstrated June, 1948.
I’ve got high level relationships in two industries I believe could possibly be very big users. If graphene is cost effective and performs anything like I’ve read, the uses I am thinking about could have great potential. But I won’t be recommending testing to anyone for free. I’ve done that enough times already.
Nano Nano, Cancer Cancer.
A better comparison would be "cat's whisker solid-state rectifying detector demonstrated in 1894, minority carrier current flow observed in 1943, three-terminal solid-state amplifier demonstrated in 1947. Rapid commercialization followed."
Excellent analogy.
Transistor demonstrated December 23, 1947; Prototype transistor radio demonstrated June, 1948.
Yes, but the first commercial one, the Regency TR-1, did not go on sale until Nov. 1954.
Where is my atomic powered flying car they've been promising me from the 1950's - THAT is what I want to know!
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And commercial jet pack development seems to have come to a standstill. Promises were made!
Thankfully the Salad Shooter didn’t take so long!
Whatever
As a real engineer
Cut out the hyper bullcrap
And show me a real product for the real world serving a real purpose
That’s affordable to the masses
Or just shut up go back to your little lab and go back to press releases
Thanks
BuckministerFullerene is much more sophisticated.
Hopefully they will get it on the Market in time to make my Coffin out of it.
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