Hmm a little thing to
remind the carbon neutral freaks so convinced of their facts that are
notig of the kind.
Before long we may
actually be in shortage of carbon, would you actually believe?
The reason for this I
have covered previously and that involves what is in essence a two
dimensional material called Graphene. It is referred to as 'two
dimensional' because it is comprised of carbon that is compressed so
that it is, in fact, one atom thick. When it is compressed into this
thickness it foregoes a change in its structure that becomes like
that of a honeycomb. A six sided two dimensional structure that we
already know is stronger than your average structure when formed in
any other way.
I guess we should have
paid more attention to Bees and their Hives, eh?
To give you an idea of
the importance of this material I will first explain a couple of
things and the very, very first thing should be really, really
obvious.
First off .. carbon, as
many should already know, is very light anyway. Graphite is what
makes up the writing element of your average pencil. Everyone knows
that this is very light.
Soo .. if it is spread
so that it a single atom think .. how much would you need to consider
a section as 'heavy' in weight? My guestimate would be a hell of a
lot of it, or a very big piece of it.
- Except Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel
Now imagine the amount
of weight of your average spacecraft, like the Space Shuttle for
instance?
Imagine how thick the
materials must be with every cubic mm of it somewhat heavier than the
same amount of Graphene. Except at only one atom thick you need a
hell of a lot less of it. So the weight savings and therefore fuel
savings would be .. astronomical, pardon the pun.
A breakthrough along
similar lines as Graphene and you really will see things change in
ways that you could never possibly imagine.
As of right now once
they have mastered the application of Grapehene when it comes to both
spacecraft and rocket panelling and .. the solar system will become a
much smaller place to visit and explore.
Imagine then a
breakthrough in propulsion technology and the sky, quite literally,
is the limit.
Let us try a few more
..
- Not only is the world's first two dimensional material but is a million times smaller than the human hair
- It is electrically and thermally conductive
- It is transparent
Due to these other
qualities a number of of technologies can capitalise on this new
wonder material once it has been fully controlled in its applications
..
ELECTRONICS ..
- Improves touch-screens for phones and tablets
- Making circuitry for computers to enable them to be a great deal faster
- Wearable Technology
- Graphene Transistors, they have created the world's smallest, and Semiconductors that conduct electricity at room temperature
ENERGY ..
- Graphene applied to batteries could dramatically increase the life while holding more power and for longer which is seriously needed with phones, tablets ad even e-cigarettes or vape kits to name just two
- Super-capacitors will provide a lot more power for far less energy while making things like trucks, cars, motorbikes and even aircraft save weight
SENSORS ..
- Food packaging that can detect a change in the atmosphere to alert buyers of whether the food has gone off .. preventing illnesses
- Chemical changes on a molecular level, ideas still pending
- Monitor crops for harmful gasses
- Detection of chemical warfare
COMPOSITES &
COATINGS ..
- A little ow what I started out with on Graphene in this post ..
- Materials coated in this makes it 200 times stronger then steel, like your average push-bike suddenly a lot easier to pedal up a hill, for instance
- Completely rust free cars and boats .. not needing to be replaced anywhere near as quickly
- Applied to bricks to weatherproof houses ..
- Stop transfer of water to food causing food to go off
- Waterproof housing
- Some stuff about sport .. tennis rackets and such like, lol
Above al it is green ..
well it seems and so they claim. Let us hope so to shut up the carbon
preachers.
MEMBRANES ..
- Membranes that can be created for all sorts of liquids and also gasses and I imagine the applications for this alone are endless
BIOMEDICAL ..
- After all that .. we move onto .. potentials fr biomedical applications
- Umm a whole bunch of medical things I cannot fully predict right now as my knowledge in medical science is limited, more than most outside the world of medicine but still .. limited
I do not know how long
it will take to see these things or even if I will live long enough
to see any of them. Sometimes I hope I do .. other times I am not
quite so sure on that one.
After what has been a
number of rough weeks that I still do not see an end to currently I
suddenly got into the need to try and research the latest on an area
of science I am particularly interested I and cannot wait to see the
possibilities for. As opposed to just reading about predicted
possibilities and using ones imagination to conjure up possibilities.
The other thing to ote
is that there are just so many possibilities and it would be great to
see them come in a whole groups. Hopefully there will be a
documentary regarding each area at some point or at least I hope
someone has the foresight to at least create one?
AUGMENTATIONS ..
- Prosthetic limbs
- Bionic limbs
- Augmentations
- Transhumanism
In the meantime and for
further reading take a look at Manchester University's site ..
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