Metal Rubber

PvtBones

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<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Terrible, horrible things can be done to this millimeters-thick patch of shimmering material crafted by chemists at NanoSonic in Blacksburg, Virginia. Twist it, stretch it double, fry it to 200°C, douse it with jet fuel—the stuff survives. After the torment, it snaps like rubber back to its original shape, all the while conducting electricity like solid metal. “Any other material would lose its conductivity,” says Jennifer Hoyt Lalli, NanoSonic’s director of nanocomposites<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

could this be the next kevlar?, could robots be walking down your street or playing soccer this time 5 years from now?

anyways discuss

EEK

This is like the solution to 'too short' power cords everywhere...


On the other hand, I doubt this **** would decompose in a landfill very well.

BloodySloth

Reminds me of that metal/rubber composite the ship in Sphere was made out of. Sounds like nifty stuff but how would you recycle it, exactly?

BlindFire

<!--QuoteBegin-BloodySloth+Aug 29 2004, 01:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BloodySloth @ Aug 29 2004, 01:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Reminds me of that metal/rubber composite the ship in Sphere was made out of. Sounds like nifty stuff but how would you recycle it, exactly? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
It gotta have a melting poin.

Cronos

This stuff would be far too valuable to throw away, at least at first anyhow.

It also mentioned nothing about corrosion. The metal component will still be able to corrode, exposing the polymer, and we already have trouble with polymers so it wouldnt introduce anything new.

Still, recycling would be good, or we could use the nanos to recycle the material so we can get more res, damn nub comms all spending res faster then the towers are dredging it up <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Hawkeye

That's so cool!!!

It isn't exactly spider silk material, but hey it'll do.

fat_al

I read about this in a magazine somewhere. Sounds interesting.

BloodySloth

About spider silk, they're already "manufacturing it" in large quantities and calling it BioSteel. They put the genes spiders have to let them make silk into goats so they produce the sik protiens in their milk, and then they just process it with all this machinery. There was a discover magazine article on it, and a bit on tv.