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World's First Practical Plastic Magnet

Posted by timothy on from the demagnetize-your-own-credit-card dept.

Stopmotioncleaverman writes "New Scientist is reporting that scientists at the University of Durham in the UK have created the world's first plastic magnet to work at room temperature from two compounds, emeraldine base polyaniline (PANi) and tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ). In 2001, scientists in Nebraska created a plastic magnet, but it only worked at 10 Kelvin. Most notably from the article - "One of the most likely applications is in the magnetic coating of computer hard discs, which could lead to a new generation of high-capacity discs". This story is also being reported in lots of other places."

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  1. First magnet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe second.

  2. Does this mean by mooorti · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First step to world dominating robots... My first post and I can't even manage to make a bad joke :(

  3. QUICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone call Jeff Bezos - QUICKLY!!!

  4. Future... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    usable magnetic plastic, transparent aluminium... the future is *so* now

  5. wtf /. by essreenim · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF Sorry /. Im not impressed. I dont like loading up a supposedly Linux/Inix web site to see a huge advertisement banner displaying hoe Windows TCO is cheaper than Linux. I am ready to leave this site forever, and its giving me some ideas as to why less users are here lately. Im not impressed

  6. Re:wtf /. by Jamesie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As any fool know, windows is much cheaper than that awful swedish DOS imitator.

    why?

    Because everyone knows how to use Windows to do all sorts of useful things straight off the bat.

    With Linux, after buying text books or paying for a course and maybe replacing some hardware you can finally get some use out of it if all you want to do is run a web server.

  7. Re:wtf /. by karnal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "With Linux, after buying text books or paying for a course and maybe replacing some hardware you can finally get some use out of it if all you want to do is run a web server."

    You've obviously never tried to use IIS, have you?

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    Karnal