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World's First Single-Atom-Thick Fabric
neutron_p writes "Researchers at The University of Manchester have made the world's first single-atom-thick fabric, which reveals the existence of a new class of materials and may lead to computers made from a single molecule. They call it graphene, because it's 'webbed' by extraction of individual planes of carbon atoms from graphite crystal. The nanofabric belongs to the family of fullerene molecules, which were discovered during the last two decades, but is the first two-dimensional fullerene."
J-Lo has already commissioned a dress made out of the stuff for the Oscars.
It is as dull as your comment...so, no.
Kramer: I've cut slices so thin, I couldn't even see them.
Elaine: How'd you know you cut it?
Kramer: I guess I just assumed...
Putting syrup in coffee is some form of blasphemy.
A reason to get behind wearable computers!
So...there's lots of stuff out there discussing "monoatomic filament" as a sci-fi concept. Supposedly the sharpest thing possible, and a dangerous weapon.
How strong is this stuff? If you stretched a band of it between two points, say along the edge of a sword, would you have something that could produce the world's nastiest paper cuts?
Secondly, if you are eating fabric on a regular basis, cancer risk might be the least of your problems.
I hope they can make condoms out of this stuff.
you wont know you're wearing it.
And if you're a truely a geek, she wont know you're in it.
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Cool stuff, huh?
1. solarwindsail
2. biatch
I've always wanted to write the world's tiniest novel. Now all I need is a monoatomic pencil and a monoatomic eraser. Or maybe just a monoatomic word processor.
When will science catch up with my worthwhile ideas? When?
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I don't think it'll be very useful in winter coats. Maybe for ladies' swimwear.
Janet Jackson has filed a new appeal against the FCC Superbowl obscenity ruling, claiming she was testing a prototype of the new material.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Well, I try. It's really up to her though.
This P.I.G. will walk on the water, This P.I.G. will walk on the sea, This P.I.G. will walk whereever he wants.
That Hans Christian Andersen was so far ahead of his time he wrote about this graphene stuff hundreds of years ago.
and you call yourself a geek...
Can we finally fold a piece of paper more than 11 times now?
Neil is that you? Yeah yeah, it's me... Neil...
sounds great for womens underwear, no struggling with bra straps ma'am!
Ever noticed that women are wearing lesser and lesser?
Presenting the next frontier in fashion, nanowear 3000(tm), now modern women can stuff those traditional nutjobs together with their religion, by wearing fully covered garments... minus the heat and discomfort!
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Online backup with Mozy, sounds like Ozzie, but more!
But maybe one application would be creating insanely large solar sails that fold up extremely small.
;)
Aha, but could you fold it in half more than 7 times?
Isn't that what we've always been doing ?
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
Does this fabric make me look fat?
This
at concentrations of 0.5 parts per million found that largemouth bass suffered a "17-fold increase in cellular damage in the brain tissue"
Does this mean they're easier to catch?
Condoms!
Molecule thin!
Get them while they are hot!
2050: Durex extra sensitive using nanotech technology with built into internal wifi nano-webcam and apache-hhtpd. Runs linux.
#hostfile 0.0.0.0 primidi.com 0.0.0.0 www.primidi.com 0.0.0.0 radio.weblogs.com
All I know is that it's the perfect material for pants when you're getting a lap dance.
Learn something new.
"Li'l Kim Fined by FCC For Wearing Clothing Made Out of Nearly Transparent Monomolecular Graphene Cloth"
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Dear Mary,
I yearn for you tragically,
A.T. Tappman, Chaplain, U.S. Army.
It may need a warning label.
Great, now we'll see toilet paper in public restrooms get even thinner. Hopefully this might be stronger than the current stock.
Thats just what I need. A really sharp, invisible razor blade. My face hurts just thinking about it.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Does munching carpet count?
Sorry, I realize there are a million geeks tilting their heads like confused dogs right about now.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
So naturally they'll weave it like some Gawdawful doubleknit throwback from the 70s and turn up in colors so bad funk bands won't wear it.Murphys law says it will retain only the most foul body odors and probably itch.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
Having never read any Hyperion stuff, for some reason I took the above comment to mean that there are a bunch of AI women who wear incredibly skimpy G-string underwear.