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Nanotube Applications Grow And Grow

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Spokesperson by The_Pey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I betcha that Robin Williams will be picked up by the first company to really do something with these as a product.

    They'll dress him up as Mork on TV and he'll say "Nano Nano" over and over again.


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