Nanotube Applications Grow And Grow

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Nanotube Applications Grow And Grow

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 2, 2003 @04:59AM from the or-shrink-and-shrink dept.

HobbySpacer writes "Carbon nanotubes are starting to transition from interesting laboratory curiosities into interesting technological applications. These apps include non-volatile RAM, flat screen displays, high strength fabrics, and smart skin for structures in aerospace and elsewhere. Perhaps if The Graduate was being made today, the one word for Benjamin Braddock's future would not be "plastics" but "nanotubes"."

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Incredible what you can do with carbon! by SpanishInquisition · 2003-07-02 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny

What's next? jewelry? pencils? life?

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nobody mentioned by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-02 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny

fishing rods.. what about fishing rods ?!
carbin[e] nanotubes? by *weasel · 2003-07-02 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

what on earth would you do with a carbine rifle that small?

i guess even nanites are set to participate in the arms race.

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Re:Bullet-proof nano-fabric? by BillFarber · 2003-07-02 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

This isn't anywhere near my field, but it seems that if the material were stiff enough, then it wouldn't have to be heavy. By being stiff, the kinetic energy would be widely distributed. Of course, being stiff would defeat the purpose of being a t-shirt, though maybe you could use it to make a bullet-proof condom!
Re:Bullet-proof nano-fabric? by Darken_Everseek · 2003-07-02 05:29 · Score: 4, Funny

*cough cough* .. I can't speak for all guys, but I'm willing to bet most don't want a condom all that 'stiff' either. That job's supposed to be provided by something else ;)
Nonotubes are growing and growing? by Gregoyle · 2003-07-02 05:44 · Score: 3, Funny

I thought the whole reason we were using them was that they were small?

::ducks::

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Re:Bullet-proof nano-fabric? by JahToasted · 2003-07-02 05:57 · Score: 5, Funny

First of all, Tolkien is dead, so its hard to explain it to him, Secondly please refer to the Simpsons:
Frink: Yes, over here, m-hay, m-haven... in episode BF12, you were battling Barbarians while riding a winged apalousa, yet in the very next scene my dear, you're clearly atop a winged arabian! Please do explain it!
Lucy Lawless: Uh, yeah, well whenever you notice something like that.. a wizard did it!
Frink: Yes, alright, yes, in episode AG04..
Lucy Lawless: Wizard!
Frink: Oh for glaven out loud..
Re:What if ... by SharpFang · 2003-07-02 06:05 · Score: 5, Funny

> How about another question , how easy is it for one to recycle this crap.

Burn it. It's coal.

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