Posted on 04/05/2014 6:51:29 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
Samsung researchers have developed a new method of synthesising graphene, which they claim could accelerate the commercialisation of the so-called 'miracle material', for use in electronic devices.
Graphene is one of the thinnest, lightest, strongest and most conductive materials know to man, consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb structure. Its versatility means that it can potentially support a wide variety of applications in electronics, including flexible displays, wearables and other next-generation electronic devices.
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That means that within 4 years or so, Apple will release one at 3x the price of the ‘fairly affordable’ ones and call it a ‘revolutionary game changer’.
Think if they can create superconducting power cables out of this. That would be revolutionary.
The breakthrough in this article is one of scaling, they can create uniform graphene sheets the size of a computer chip wafer. Other graphene applications often don't need regular graphene flakes, but chips do. They can now create chip sized flakes, exactly the size they need.
when one speaks of scaling, we do not mean in the laboratory. Scaling requires one to be able to repeatedly do the thing (yes at larger size) in a cost effective manner. Many times one can accomplish part of the goal (i.e. doing something repeatedly with proper quality) but not in a cost effective manner. that is why I said it is hopeful. We will see what additional work produces
Cool. Flying cars are right around the corner.
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I’ve already got one. One more scotch and I’m going for a spin.
computer-screen resolution, that is better than
can be seen,
who cares.
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what is really needed are better
and cheaper batteries for electric cars.
Kewl, can self-sealing condoms be far away?
I agree. I don't want a small phone. Ditched my smart phone and use a 7 inch tablet now.
Have you tried voice input. On my device it keeps up word for word, just missing one every now and then. It even picked up conversation between two of us, as if it was transcribing our conversation. Amazing.
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