Future Planes, Cars May Be Made of 'Buckypaper'

[ixelr8]

I have worked with Nano tubes for five years now, How long have you work with Nano tubes? They are dangerous! Most filter equipment can only catch 80%, Guess where the other 20% is going. The test that are run on Nano tubes are base on very small samples and most can not be scaled up. We are along way from making this a consumer enhancement based product. Millions and millions of dollar go to this research that could be put to better use somewhere else.

[dinofartz]

bucky paper condoms?

[Armigo91]

@dinofartz

Atleast you can safely trust it wont tear to pieces once you use it.

Unless its not watertight:P

[NanitesQuark]

All of you naysayers have it all wrong. Buckypaper, Diamondoid, Nanocarbon, NanoDiamond, and all related materials are real and coming. Buckymaterials are not dangerous or toxic like asbestos at all. These materials are superstrong and will be dirt cheap because we will use molecular nanoassemblers and nanofactories to produce them. This will allow us to finally have what was promised decades ago: Flying cars, Dome Cities, and Superstrong materials for everyday use.

[fromstart2finish]

@NanitesQuark

flying cars are a bit controversial. With terrorism on the rise i dont think mass producing flying cars would be a good idea. Not to mention ppl are iirresponible driving on the ground.Imagine sitting in your house and out of no where a narcoleptic woman crashes into your living room.

[Yesuhey]

@NanitesQuark u forgot diomondelium xD

[Roploop]

Now made with 25% human saliva!

[ixelr8]

It's not special it is very fragile and has no strength value. It is very expensive to make around 2000.00 per 12"x12" We are about 20 to 30 years away before we can use this and by then it will be like asbestos. Get ready for the law suits for people that worked with it.

[anbrin]

@ixelr8 Is this true?

[TheCerametal]

@ixelr8 You need to understand how nanotech works. The way to capitalize on the super strength is to assemble the entire structure with atomic molecular precision. Molecular assembler devices will be made that will bond the molecules together perfectly, without macro or micro flaws. Then the finished composite will be hundreds or tens of times stronger and harder than steel.

[thalvorson06]

One thing they don't tell you, is that the tubes are so small they can enter your body and kill cells. The toxicity is extremely high, which is why that guy was wearing gloves and looking scared.

[wgwrz]

imagine if the government covered the road surface with it. the cost would go way down and potholes and cost of maintaining the roads across the country would go way down ...

[saltyandgreen]

"in the works for 20 yrs but until now no one knows how to use its unique properties"

I find it ironic it took them 20 yrs to realize ways to use the very strong material.

[calladuz]

Imagine cars made out this material. If the cost is lowered, we would be able to make super-lightweight cars while exceeding safety standards, and thus the era of piggy cars of today would be gone!

[sabotoged]

Actually, I think what I handled was different. It was shinier, and looked more like tin. Hard to remember, it was long time ago.

[Freemmaann]

wow :) u got to love Nano technology :)

[sabotoged]

I do?

[Freemmaann]

yes! lol just imagine what a potential if the cost will be lowered :)

[insanekoolness]

oh wow I bet that is the next new thing...they are gonna change the molecular structure of things to make them more durable...

[daivuk]

mmm...

look in the past. Things where more durable than today.

They make things cheap today so you buy them more often. (TVs, Cars, Refrigerators!)

If your car doesn't rust or fall apart anymore, that's not good for the business!

[RockStudioLive]

@daivuk You do not remember cars from the 1950 to about 1985. I have a 1995 Astro which runs and looks fine. with 300,000 on the clock. In the1950s cars I only saw one car which did 100,000 miles! And it was pampered!

[Arvak777]

@daivuk so true, things back then were built to last, cars these days are "designed" to fall apart so you could eventually buy a new one

[dulioil]

its strength is weak but the intermolecular structure is strong.

[sonnytsbr]

Its called sarcasm

[sonnytsbr]

If its so strong why are they handling it like tissue paper !

[normalais]

it's 500 times stronger than steel on a molecular level. meaning if you make a thick composite. a sheet that thin would be fragile even if it was made of steel retard

[anbrin]

@normalais huh?

[blackpanther93]

i wonder if you could get alot of buckypaper and make into a sword =P lol not really

[CamiloSanchez1979]

youtube if you think that by adding ads i am gonna buy u re wrong, in fact i close my browser even faster you fucks

[IWantMyCountryBack2]

Reardon Paper. Read ATLAS SHRUGGED. It is happening just as she said it would.

[greatmexburger]

yes! its like readen steel.....only...uh....IT TOOK A GROUP, a coolective, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL, to invent it. idiot.

[BoogsterSU]

Readen steel! At first before, I thought Buckypaper shaped like, when seen under a microscope, squares and hexagons. But I knew right now it looks different. Silly me. :-P

[LtuDaniel]

omg :)

[420deew420]

Just use Hemp it's one of the strongest material .

[omilkhouseo]

if its so strong.. why is he handling it like its about to break?? i need a demonstration to believe of such strength!!

[Bapesta916]

He's not. It's thin and very light. It would be flappin around loosely if he didn't hold it the way he did.

[ECASirk]

That, and it can only be made at a "fraction of it's potential strength" at the moment.

[raksana0]

shees, what would it be like to view an interesting video like this, see its merits (and problems) intelligently discussed, instead of having to read all this crap? Can't you people find some other venue in which to spew your ignorance and hatred?

I wish these things were censored for decency.

[b1ue1ion]

Great news. But I'm worried to see what commercial uses and government uses turn out to be truly helpful to humanity.

[OghamTheBold]

Buckysteel, Buckytanium or Buckyhatliner (since boffins kept it under their hats for 20 years)

[sabotoged]

Indeed.  I saw something like this when I was a kid. I was only allowed to handle it for a brief while.

[UmofoN]

God gave this to us. We should pray to him and thanks him.

[Nimbokwezer]

Yes. That is exactlyhow these scientists developed it. Instead of applying the scientific method, expertise, and hard work, they prayed and prayed to God, and God provided it!

[UmofoN]

yep..please start opening you bible.

[arifreedom]

No, it was really the result of millions of years of unguided evolution. /sarc

[IWantMyCountryBack2]

touche!!!

[tubester4567]

Couldnt they come up with a better name than "Buckypaper". Sounds like something from a stationary store.

[MACKATTACK1970]

They were going to replace the B with an F but decided against it.

[uutorok]

Ben Wang, director of Florida State's High-performance Materials Institute

[T88M3]

Okay, carbon fiber cars, with buckypaper replacing all electronic wires..

[mightybigjim66]

talk about UFO TECNO HUH

[kizdude12345]

Ben wang.

[mcgmode]

ok so this is the future. ok umm ok.

[ogapadoga]

MAXIMUM ARMOR *beep*

[xlioilx]

they say that them bucky balls kill marine life I'm sure there toxic to people also just look at dude hes got a glove on the particles are so small I'm sure if he touched it bare handed it could get into his blood stream in between his cells much like carbon nano fibers do hell they're about the same shit

[kjgear]

The Mighty Period: "Periods are used to end sentences; to signal the omission of words, sentences, or paragraphs; to form leaders that link information; and to end abbreviations."

Use it, love it.

[xlioilx]

kjgear there is a 300 character limit fuck tard!

[kjgear]

1. Calm down!

2. There is no need for name calling.

3. Fucktard is one word.

4. You obviously don't like commas either.

5. If your post is too long then break it into two posts. I'm sure most people would rather read two coherent posts than one pile of crap.

6. It's a 500 character limit.

7. Adiós!

[xlioilx]

OMG seriously your a jack ass! Go find a pig to suck off and keep on topic...stupid Grammar NAZI. go five a lesson to everyone that didn't capitalize the first letter in the first word of their sentences. Have fun I'm sure you can spend the rest of your worthless life doing that.

[kjgear]

LoL! Calm down, dude. >:-D

[kjgear]

btw, it's "you're" not "your", xlioilx. >:-P

[xlioilx]

kjgear your a retard enjoy them pig nuts bub!

[Mekel343]

lol, dont you love it when the stupid ones get mad so fast?

[jcatlett1976]

A life spent using proper grammar is not worthless. However, one who has no grasp on it's usage is worthless.

[xlioilx]

NAZI

[catsfive]

Genius. I knew there'd be a grammatical error in this statement immediately following "its" first sentence.

[jcatlett1976]

Geez...it was a frigg'n joke. Just playing off the other guy. Sorry if you guys couldn't read through it. No offense meant!

[geeklikemetoo]

One who comments on the grammar of others should know how to use the apostrophe correctly.

[jcarrea]

It's actually "¡Adiós!"; couldn't resist.

[kjgear]

LoL! >:-P

[XVIBLE]

well, this seems to be really great.

[rogermoore27]

this is quite a revolutionary product. I look forward to seeing its commercial uses.