Yes, and painted-on swimsuits outperform regular swimsuits!
(Hopefully the Admin Moderator will let me get away with that one....)
Posted on 07/18/2006 4:50:50 PM PDT by annie laurie
And what will this actually contribute to society, besides a faster Ipod or digital camera? I'm happy somebody spilled paint and we're geniuses and all, but this kind of news is pointless.
Yes, and painted-on swimsuits outperform regular swimsuits!
(Hopefully the Admin Moderator will let me get away with that one....)
Build you chips at home?
Rather a sweeping generalization for such a single, narrow point of data.
bleat..bleat....bleat
Future Tech ping
Very cool. I can think of numerous applications off of the top of my head for this. It would be interesting to know if the coating is translucent under ambient conditions.
You must be a real joy at parties.
Get a grip. New advances rarely show their full potential early on. I for one can think of an immediate application. More sensitive detection systems for infrared space cameras.
wow...thanks and I think you might be in trouble.
This could be a big development, but the question is, will circuits made by this technique have the durability to perform well for years in the real world? Lots of inventions work in a controlled lab environment, but when you expose them to the heat, cold, dirt, and vibration of the real work they break down and fail. Semiconductor chips have done really well in real world conditions.
limited use....
May have applications as sensors but don't think Intel can fab a pentium out of it.
Good picture there. I've got a couple of paint-on swimsuit pictures that would definitely get pulled by the mods....lol.
Surprised they didn't mention the possible application to solar cells.
"low-cost, paintable, high-performance designer semiconductors for use as short-wavelength infrared detectors"
The sidewinder missle uses exactly this.
The real issue is whether this technology can be adapted to create low cost high efficency solar cells.(This sounds more like a photo sensor.)
Well, I am guessing that 5-10x more sensitive night amplification gear to start.
Well, since the spectral range is in the INFRARED, it won't be much use in either an IPOD or digital camera--but there are dozens, if not hundreds, of instruments and sensors that can use a more sensitive, smaller, lower power INFRARED detector. Chemical spectroscopy of various sorts. And I assume you missed the mention in the article of better night-vision and medical imaging uses.
It could lead the way to better night vision goggles for the troops and better IR sensors for our missiles. For starters. If it works.
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