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Nanotube sheets come of age
nature.com ^
| 18 August 2005
| Mark Peplow
Posted on 08/18/2005 9:53:53 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: benjaminjjones
I had forgotten that, thanks.
RIP Scotty, we miss you.
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:40:22 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(God has blessed Republicans with really stupid enemies.)
To: MoJo2001
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:43:21 AM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Lord, we need a Logan miracle for Simcha7 and Cowboy. Please.)
To: Lokibob
Anybody remember the "UNION SUIT" with the drop bottom? Who would admit it if they did?
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:51:23 AM PDT
by
Banjoguy
(Tony Stuart : POS)
To: benjaminjjones; porkchops 4 mahound; Qout; Balding_Eagle
Transparent Aluminum, RIP Scotty Actually, transparent aluminum has already been made. Well, okay, transparent aluminum oxide, but close enough to justify raising a glass to Scotty...
To: Prophet in the wilderness
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" ....Fascinating.... "
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:27:55 AM PDT
by
Drammach
(Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: Nachum
A few years ago I worked on applications for nanotubes. How about lightweight armor for Humvees? In fact, you can have invisible shields in front of your firing position (you know where the firing port is so you can still fire). Absorbs microwaves? Stealth tech. You can make a display with resolution so high you have a hard time telling it from reality (Holodeck). And, yes, a space elevator will now be feasible. I told my NASA friends that nanotubes would be the next big breakthrough. We've had them in the lab for years. We just needed manufacturing tech to make the applications feasible.
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:14:24 AM PDT
by
darth
To: Nachum
Any publicly traded companies making this stuff?
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:41:11 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(*tagline removed per request*)
To: darth
How 'bout incredibly LIGHTWEIGHT and strong automobiles? Gas mileage goes way up when your whole car only weighs 300 pounds.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:57:05 AM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Life, liberty, and the pursuit of all who threaten it.)
To: Ichneumon
It is called sapphire and is a naturally occurring compound and also one that has been synthesized for decades. If you buy an expensive Swiss watch you will read the time looking through the transparent aluminum oxide crystal.
If you have your groceries scanned at the market the window that the laser transmits through is synthetic sapphire.
To: Terabitten
Can you imagine the effect of the wind, or a passing semi on you vehicle, though?
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posted on
08/19/2005 9:24:44 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: staytrue
You put a large weight in roughly geosync orbit and run a very strong and lightweight cable back to earth. You hoist stuff up the cable like an elevator. If the cable is not strong, it breaks. If the cable is too heavy, it drags the geosync weight down Not really. The orbital mechanics are quite a bit more complicated than that.
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posted on
08/19/2005 9:30:15 AM PDT
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r9etb
To: Nachum
This is definitely on my list of Most Amazing Things I Have Ever Seen (MATIHES)!
Link to video of this material.
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posted on
08/19/2005 9:33:53 AM PDT
by
TChris
("You tweachewous miscweant!" - Elmer Fudd)
To: Route66
Or it could make them more durable and comfortable?
To: benjaminjjones
Scotty was the real deal.
The world could do way worse than the "chief" as a role model.
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