August 24th 16, 05:08 PM
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Paper published on producing arbitrarily long nanotubes.
In sci.physics Robert Clark wrote:
Ok, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole there. But even if these methods
could produce arbitrarily long nanotubes at 1/10th the maximum measured
nanotube strength, this would be a major change in materials science.
Bob Clark
Only in a few niche applications where weight and strength are competing
parameters.
For the vast majority of things there is no incentive to build them from
nanotubes.
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Finally, nanotechnology can now fulfill its potential to revolutionize
21st-century technology, from the space elevator, to private, orbital
launchers, to 'flying cars'.
This crowdfunding campaign is to prove it:
Nanotech: from air to space.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/n...ce/x/13319568/
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In sci.physics Robert Clark wrote:
American Journal of Nanomaterials
Vol. 4, No. 2, 2016, pp 39-43. doi: 10.12691/ajn-4-2-2 | Research Article
From Nanoscale to Macroscale: Applications of Nanotechnology to Production
of Bulk Ultra-Strong Materials.
Robert Clark
Department of Mathematics, Widener University, Chester, United States
http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajn/4/2/2/index.html
Next stop: the space elevator.
Nope, the next stop would be ANYTHING practical.
Bob Clark
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Finally, nanotechnology can now fulfill its potential to revolutionize
21st-century technology, from the space elevator, to private, orbital
launchers, to 'flying cars'.
The lack of flying cars has never been a materials problem. There have
been lots of flying cars built.
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Jim Pennino
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