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Diamond-coated Steel

Posted by michael on from the girl's-best-friend dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Dutch chemist has successfully coated steel with a layer of diamond, opening the possibility for insanely strong tools that almost never wear out -- not to mention armor tough as, well, diamond-coated nails. From Science Blog."

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  1. ha! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Transparent Aluminum is for wusses! :)

  2. and I'd like to use this for by 7-Vodka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Being the first to play a prank on someone with the indestructable pepsi can.

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  3. Re:Tools? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 2, Funny

    Platinum Spark Plugs, Diamond coated steel, is this a machine or a wedding ring?

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  4. armor? by isj · · Score: 3, Funny
    ... not to mention armor tough as, well, diamond-coated nails

    And 2 days after that the first diamond-tipped projectiles will be available.

  5. Re:Tools? by elphkotm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seems to have worked for Honda...

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  6. Re:Tools? by photon317 · · Score: 2, Funny


    Imagine a beowulf cluster of diamond-coated fractal blades! :)

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  7. Heh.. Armor indeed! by Randolpho · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone else have late-teen AD&D flashbacks? You know... doing everything you could to finagle your DM into letting you have that diamond armor that lets you cast spells but with an AC of like -10?

    What, just me? Come on, there must be at least *one* other munchkin on slashdot! Admit it... you twinked out when you were a kid! We all did. It's ok, you're among friends! We won't judge you.

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    1. Re:Heh.. Armor indeed! by zaren · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, I was thinking about Shadowrun... this *is* Dikote that they're talking about, after all :)

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  8. Knight Rider did this already.... by malakai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kit had a diamond coating over his entire (car) body. I think they called it OmniCoating or something 80's high-tech sounding like that.

    In one episode, i think they discovered an achillies heal where part of Kit was not properly protected... we almost lost him on that one.

    Anyhow, this is soooo 80s...

    Didn't Neil Stephenson teach us not to coat with diamonds, but build with them? Molecule ([begin debate now on whether diamond is a moleclue or not]) by molecule. I want 4inch think diamond windows. I don't care if their brittle, the matricies will be built in a fault redundant manner...

    -Malakai

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  9. Re:Tools? by DarthWiggle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oooo, now a woman can buy me a new car to propose instead of me buying a damn ring... Finally a way to get THEM to do some of the proposing work without sticking us with the awkward decision of whether to wear an engagement ring.

  10. Re:Tools? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If they go by that silly two-months'-income rule you won't be getting much of a car ;)