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Electrically Conductive Cement

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-your-display-harden dept.

zero_offset writes "The Tokyo Institute of Technology has announced a process for creating an inexpensive, nearly transparent, electrically conductive alumina cement. The conductivity is comparable to metal, and the transparency should be adequate for use in display panels. The process relies upon commonplace and inexpensive metals compared to the rare metals such as iridium currently used in display panels."

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  1. Re:It's about time! by JonBuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If they really want to do something new and inventive with Star Trek, they should center around a civilian ship. I'd like to see Starfleet and the Federation Government through the eyes of an entrepreneur. We saw hints of that in a couple episodes that involved cargo ships in Enterprise. There's a huge, untapped potential for storytelling in the Trek universe.

  2. Re:It's about time! by zebulonjoad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Different universe, I know, but you might want to check out Firefly. They even modeled the Alliance uniforms off the Federation to a degree.