"DollaMoneyAve" (DollaMoneyAve)
04/14/2014 at 11:44 • Filed to: None
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"DollaMoneyAve" (DollaMoneyAve)
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Graphene is what it's all about now. Welcome to the future. I'm not smart enough to understand what it is or how it can be used, but the New York Times has a great article on it.
"Carmakers are exploring building electronic cars with bodies made of graphene that are not only protective, but act as solar panels that charge the car's battery. Airline makers also hope to build planes out of graphene."
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/201…
spanfucker retire bitch
> DollaMoneyAve
04/14/2014 at 11:52 |
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I've been following Graphene development for a while now, but it was in the interest of processor development. Many believe that Graphene is the only way forward as a replacement for Silicon due to the quantum entanglement issues when you reach too low of a node process - right around 2-6nm.
I believe IBM had a prototype graphene sheet that could run as fast as 100Ghz. Sadly, it was not a fully CPU, but good progress nonetheless.
I had never even considered the use of Graphene in automobiles. Should be interesting.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> DollaMoneyAve
04/14/2014 at 12:14 |
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Just think of the lightness that could be added!
So, if it's cheap, what's the hold-up? Figuring how to mass-produce it?
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> DollaMoneyAve
04/14/2014 at 12:28 |
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Ill take a car made out of that please
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
04/14/2014 at 13:27 |
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Vaporware is always cheap. Actually turning something into reality is tough and expensive because a lot of times reality gets in the way.
As much as I'd like to believe that graphene is the next big thing I'm skeptical. It wasn't that long ago that carbon nanotubes were going to revolutionize lightweight materials and electronics. I haven't seen too much about nanotubes lately.