Nano Nano

[DanS]

I was surfing the web the other day and noticed that Carbon Nanotechnologies has widened its carbon nanotube product line a great deal. You can now buy super purified single walled carbon nanotubes online for $2,000 per gram!

http://www.cnanotech.com/pages/store/6-0_online_store.html

It is interesting to see the different applications grow rapidly. Toshiba is coming out next year with their 1-minute recharge lithium ion battery which I assume is using carbon nanotubes. Toshiba is cagey about where they get their nanotubes, but I would guess that CNI is the source (as far as I know, no other sources manufacture in quantity).

Then you have the FEDs that are being slowly rolled out. Other applications are more speculative, but I'm most interested in the macro products. I want to see nanotube-reinforced concrete!

It's a shame that CNI is private. I would love to see their financials and how fast they are managing to ramp up production.

[Az]

I still remember that "Carbon Fiber as the new steel" thread you posted a while ago. It is a fascinating prospect.

[Zoid]

Damn, I tought it was a thread about Mork & Mindy...

[DanS]

Originally posted by Az
I still remember that "Carbon Fiber as the new steel" thread you posted a while ago. It is a fascinating prospect.

Who knows how this stuff will be used ultimately? I guess that's part of the fun of this new technology to a fanboy layman. Many applications aren't obviously bull****. A lot of the other nanotechnology gives me the investor "really flaky" flashing red light vibe.

On their contact page, they list the areas they're marketing. A really interesting list. All huge businesses.

- Conductive polymers
- Solar cells
- Structural composites
- Electronics & displays
- Fuel cell electrodes
- Energy applications

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Kamrat X
Damn, I tought it was a thread about Mork & Mindy...

What a horrible show.

[Atahualpa]

I doubt Toshiba's experimental battery has a full 4Ah or more (necessary for a notebook). Recharging that in one minute would use quite some power, wouldn't they get heat problems quickly?

But in any case, recharging times of 15 minutes would already be nice.

[chequita guevara]

SPACE ELEVATOR!!!!

[DanS]

I expect a space elevator to be well off into the future, if only because it would require a huge extent of commoditization of the highest quality carbon nanotubes. Better for the companies to spread out the R&D investment and payout over several decades, as the semiconductor industry has done.

[embalmer42]

Originally posted by General Ludd


What a horrible show.

Granted, the second and third seasons were nothing to write home about but the first season wasn't half bad.

[Gamecube64]

Viruses can be bioengineered to construct nanotech

Enslaving viruses

random semi-related factoid.

[Dracon II]

Hmm... could they make a carbon fiber gun that beats metal detectors?

[JohnT]

I was surfing the web the other day and noticed that Carbon Nanotechnologies has widened its carbon nanotube product line a great deal. You can now buy super purified single walled carbon nanotubes online for $2,000 per gram!

Shazbot!

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
SPACE ELEVATOR!!!!

[Ted Striker]

The Greatest American Hero PWNZ Mork:

[Ted Striker]

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