Historic Bucky Dome Needs Help

Anonymous Coward writes "Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome is falling apart and one man hopes to save it. Read more at http://www.msnbc.com/news/748889.asp?0bl=-0" The Buckminster Fuller Institute has a page on the dome, which has contact info for donations.

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Re:For those who are into into chemistry...

[gimpboy]

Of course, considering how crucial C60's formation and structure is to carbon nanotubules research, one would think that all the companies making money off (or planning to) it would at least be generous enough to support its namesake. But thats neither here nor there.


you would think so, but very few companies are making money off nanotubules. while the demand is there, the inability to mass produce nanotubes has prevented any industry from taking advantage of their unique characteristics.

i spoke with someone a few weeks ago from the doe. they basically said the word 'nano' is more of a fad and the people in the funding agencies dont see much promise in the near future (10 years or so). in the last few years, people have been sneaking the 'n' prefix into grant titles to increase the chance of funding. since little industrial applicability has resulted, it appears funding is going to shift more into the biomedical arena.