Posts by ashgeek 2 publicly visible posts • joined 30 May 2013
By adding a secondary material they would no longer be able to say: "Behold the Awesome POWER of purest Carbon, arranged in an atomic lattice known as Graphene!!!"
The amazing Material Of The Future could be seen as diluted and reduced to the status of a compound or similar ... that just will not do when trying to get a research grant for some really cool new lab toys!
The world is becoming a scarier place, indeed. Ideas like this that would have seemed nuts 20 years ago are now with us in reality or not far off.
I recently read "Kill Decision" by Daniel Suarez ... autonomous killer micro-drone swarms anyone? When I finished that book I was left with a distinct feeling that some of the basic ideas in the book may not be as far fetched as one would hope ...
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