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Drakej
 
Reply Wed 16 Jan, 2008 07:14 pm
Black Is The New Black | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

I thought that this was pretty cool. Another article I saw about this had ideas about using it as stealth material and something to do with space. Other than that I cannot think of a average joe reason for this material.
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Sabz5150
 
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Reply Wed 16 Jan, 2008 08:21 pm
@Drakej,
Drakej;50858 wrote:
Black Is The New Black | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

I thought that this was pretty cool. Another article I saw about this had ideas about using it as stealth material and something to do with space. Other than that I cannot think of a average joe reason for this material.


Solar panels. It's light absorption levels are off the wall.
DiversityDriven
 
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Reply Wed 16 Jan, 2008 09:39 pm
@Drakej,
Cool!
Pinochet73
 
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Reply Thu 17 Jan, 2008 08:17 pm
@DiversityDriven,
Solar and wind energy are my favorites. Coal-burning scares the crap out of me.
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socalgolfguy
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 11:29 am
@Sabz5150,
Sabz5150;50860 wrote:
Solar panels. It's light absorption levels are off the wall.


You're our science guy, how long will it take for this technology to make it's way down to the consumer in the form of solar panels..?
Sabz5150
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 01:33 pm
@socalgolfguy,
socalgolfguy;50895 wrote:
You're our science guy, how long will it take for this technology to make it's way down to the consumer in the form of solar panels..?


A while if I had any guess.

Nanotube/nanorod technology is still extremely new, but bringing about some neat tricks. The same carbon allotropes used to make this material are used to make aggregated diamond nanorod, a material which exceeds diamond in hardness.

Give it a few years, then you'll begin to see it in more "affordable" packages.
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Drakej
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 05:41 pm
@Drakej,
I really hope so Sabz. I see conventional solar panels popping up more and more all over these days. Hell the "condos" across the street have solar panels as a large portion of the roof and I live in the pacific northwest.
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jan, 2008 10:49 pm
@Drakej,
I'd like to see a room where all of the walls are made of this material, it would be like walking into the abyss!
socalgolfguy
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jan, 2008 11:20 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;50908 wrote:
I'd like to see a room where all of the walls are made of this material, it would be like walking into the abyss!


A "Black Hole" room - you'd probably sleep better....
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Sun 20 Jan, 2008 07:52 pm
@socalgolfguy,
socalgolfguy;50936 wrote:
A "Black Hole" room - you'd probably sleep better....


yeah but it'd be a pain in the @$$ to find your way back to the door
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