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Perforated Metal Advances Computer Technology

Posted by Roblimo on from the I-can-hardly-wait-for-this-to-hit-the-market dept.

TeknoDragon writes "In the July Scientific American there's an article on how conductive metals can be made into optical sieves. Two applications of this technology pursued by NEC are color LCD screens up to six times as bright and photolithography techniques that would help plants upgrade to a smaller fab. "

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  1. this is an argument for opensource science by unAnonymous+unCoward · · Score: 3

    > For nearly 10 years, Ebbesen struggled with the
    > problem, waiting, in the closed-mouth habit of
    > corporate researchers, to make his findings
    > public until he could explain and control (and
    > patent) the phenomenon.

    Sigh. The wonderful effects of closure in science. We could have had this 10 years ago if science was more open. As it is, if the discovering scientist can't solve the problem, then by damn no-one is going to be allowed to solve the problem.

    This article is the clearest demonstration of why we need old fashioned OpenSource Science to return.