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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 07:58 PM Original message |
World's strongest nanowires 'near perfect materials' |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cool! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. What are its potential applications? |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. From the link: |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Really big kites. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Seconding the space elevator application |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 06:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Actually, IIRC, it's possible, if just barely with Spectra (tm) |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Spectra? Can you elaborate? n/t |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. If they could grow it long enough, the things they could do... |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Arthur C. Clarke's Space Elevator comes to mind. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Now how do you get an elephant on that wire? |
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