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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. carBIN? by bluethundr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Carbin nanotubes are starting to transition from interesting laboratory curiosities into interesting technological applications.

    [nerdstylin']Ahem. excUUUUUSe me. I believe that's supposed to be carBON not car/usr/bin.[/nerdstylin']...

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  2. Too bad then... by wirelessbuzzers · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... that they still cost 10 times as much as gold.

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