Nanotube sheets come of age

nature.com ^ | 18 August 2005 | Mark Peplow

[Crazieman]

Yes! Revolution is here!

This is the premium stuff, nearly every single advanced manufacturing idea has hinged on these nanotube things, including the space elevator idea.

[upchuck]

Related article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466270/posts

[FastCoyote]

wow, I can only wonder what a carbon nanotube laminate would be like.

[benjaminjjones]

Transparent Aluminum, RIP Scotty

[Kevin OMalley]

fascinating, bump for later reading

[Lokibob]

Super light weight bulletproof, not just vests, but whole body armor. Its for the troops, of course.

[Lokibob]

For years, the Navy has been making transparent steel. they call it a "PORTHOLE".

[dano1]

"yet a square kilometre of the material would weigh only 30 kilograms

Damm!

[porkchops 4 mahound]

Transparent Aluminum, Amen.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Does this mean better condoms?

[DB]

Tires?

[coconutt2000]

I'm wondering what applications this stuff may have for body armor.

[PA Engineer]

WOA! Big Big BTTT!

[lafroste]

Does this mean better condoms?

Quick, get to the patent office right now! (BTW: you owe me 15%)

[Prophet in the wilderness]

How long is it going to take, were we can just go to a Electronics store, and buy 8 or 10 feet ( or how much our walls will allow ) of TV Screen matt rolls, and just hang it on our walls ? will the picture be even better than Plasma ? HDTV ?
Why do they have to wait for this technology to mature for the Space Elevators ? and tell me more about those Space Elevators,

[Route66]

This could make the tinfoil hat obsolete.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Could they also with the NANO TUBE whole body armor somehow make the whole thing air conditioned ( for desert use ) and heated for very cold weather use ?

[uncle fenders]

Yeah but don't forget it all hinges on that ethanol wash! ;)

[Prophet in the wilderness]

We need a picture of Spock ... in his famous words: Hmmmm ? Fascinating