Progress: Science - Nanotechnology 6.2

[furyberserk]

Am I the only one to notice that no-one is laughing at his jokes... or just the first.

Couldn't someone just draw on their car (graphene) then lace it with some resin that would keep it there and repeat about 3 more times until it is basically indestructible? I think I might have found a way to make an ice grenade that could also crystalize quickly too. But first things first, how do we get 100% carbon out of mixed materials... cause seriously, I cannot find anything that would allow it at all.

[PirateKing1256]

Will diamond and gold be cheaper?

[prepare2fire]

First off for the guy who made this video, prices for material would go up, because object that cost more money then the material would be able to sell for more then the material to make it cost. Basically people would "demand" materials and so the price would go up. Also you forgot the part ware people begin to loose their jobs over automation. With nano-technology, maby some day material itself would be some form of currency, but, im just saying that if this ever happens, people will bitch.

[craftmatic2]

@prepare2fire

Well, yes and no.

Ok, nano tech will eventually be able to make ultra strong compounds and crystals, such as diamond and graphite and carbon-titanium alloys using nothing but dirt. After all dirt is mostly carbon and silica, with tracies of iron, oxygen, nitrogen, calcium, titanium, etc.

"Materials" will cost nothing anyway, because dirt can be made into diamond and corundum, and there is so much dirt nobody could ever use it all, even if they tried to hog resources.

[craftmatic2]

@craftmatic2

Above I meant "graphene".

So anyway, with the right type of nano-tech, you can eventually use ultra-hard, ultra strong "precious" stones as primary building materials.

Imagine if your car's windshield was made out of conrundum (saphire/ruby,) and cost $2 to make and nothing in materials. It would never break or chip except in the most extreme impacts. Further, the body of the car is made of diamond, and cost $10 to make and never rusts or require cleaning or waxing...

[wzupy]

great video thanks !

[mastercheeok]

doesnt taking down a molcue structure cause problems ?

[FoxvoxDK]

Im gonna sound geeky i know, but have you ever seen star trek etc.? The food replicator is like a machine that constructs food from single atoms to molecular size to real size. Are you saying that would be possible? Like also with recycling our own waste(urin and feces) break it down and rebuild it? And with the "solid state" device you could in theory dip it in water and it would tell you if it is safe or not, UV-count, radiation, polution... possibilities are endless.

[ajordanb13]

@FoxvoxDK

nasa built a machine that can break down our urine and making it drinkable for the space station

[opiated666]

@ajordanb13 is already there