BASF Shows Off Some Tantalizing Nanotech

Dan B. writes "The Technology section in The Age today is running a story on the current 'Next Generation' nanotech coming to a store near you from BASF. Interesting read, but I'd like some more info on the 10 hour batteries the size of a cigarette lighter."

Comments

Re:Timothy, my kid reads this site

[Mononoke]

First off, your joke is barely even laughable. Secondly, it's downright innappropriate for any kids or young teenagers to be reading on a site like this.

Yes. Words are bad. Children should be kept as far away as possible from words.

If mere words are so harmful to your children, then I fear for their future.

My children have been taught not to fear words or thoughts. I hope they're not too progressive for your world.

Re:What are the real applications?

[Mononoke]

When my work shoes need polishing, my wife does it...

Is that before you send her out to mend the fences and churn the butter, or after?

How about this?

[mehfu]

Manufactured products are made from atoms.

No shit, Sherlock...

BASF doesn't make a lot of the killer nanotech

[saddino]

Bill Joy warned about. BASF makes a lot of the killer nanotech Bill Joy warned about better.

Re:... You will ...

[frohike]

Of course, nothing they promised ever got delivered, and certainly not by AT&T.

Not so, my friend! They had one that went:

"Ever send a fax from the beach? You will..."

The product that the person in the commercial was using is the AT&T EO. My friend had one... it was a funky notebook page sized PDA that had a real OS, a windowing system and everything. I even hacked on it on a road trip once so we could use it as a serial terminal to get to the Linux box we had booted in the car to listen to MP3s (Yes, that's ultimately geeky, but it was cool! :)