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Fifteen years ago this month, Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov performed the first successful attempts at creating a synthetic monolayer of carbon atoms, a feat that would earn them a nobel prize 6 years later.
The European Union graphene flagship project has put out a release celebrating progress in the field. Which includes a list of products already on the market using graphene
It also makes some bold claims about the future of the tech
A host of applications for graphene are expected to hit the market 10 to 15 years from now. These are related to (opto)electronics, where graphene can deliver performances orders of magnitude higher than current technologies. The developments in this area could trigger the next-generation of (opto)electronic devices, bringing the 'more-than-Moore' devices to reality.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 04 2019, @11:38PM (5 children)
Wake me up when they find something to do with it.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 04 2019, @11:42PM (2 children)
Buggy whips, you fool! Graphene buggy whips make a wonderfully loud popping sound, which makes the horses go faster! Life at the speed of horse apples has just got faster.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 04 2019, @11:47PM
Graphene has been used in tennis racquets. I wouldn't be surprised if it found its way [sciencedirect.com] into a bullwhip [bullwhip.org].
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @12:48AM
BSDM superconducting at room temperature.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:07PM (1 child)
That's an incredibly dumb thing to say. There are all kinds of things, wonderful things, they can do with graphene. The challenge has been to produce it in large enough quantities, cheaply enough. Once they crack that nut they'll go to town.
The best part is it's all carbon, which is ubiquitous. It would be neat if they could mine it from the air and kill two birds with one stone.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @07:57PM
If they made wind turbine blades out of it they could kill three birds!!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 04 2019, @11:43PM (3 children)
Should I put this in my ear? Will I get nanotube cancer?
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(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Friday October 04 2019, @11:51PM
Use them with an Apple cellphone to be safe: they don't have a 3.5mm jack. No jack, no nanotube cancer.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday October 05 2019, @12:12AM
Only if you have nanoauditory canal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @01:43AM
You might get pregnant using those graphene diaphragms.
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Friday October 04 2019, @11:54PM (1 child)
Because Lance wannabes didn't have enough expensive shit to put on their bike and boast about at the cycle club.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 04 2019, @11:56PM
When you can't get away with blood doping, you have to resort to rubber doping.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @12:52AM (2 children)
Before inventing useful applications, they should invent viable disposal of this nasty thing. The Asbestos of the future.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 05 2019, @12:57AM (1 child)
Nanobots to get rid of graphene poisoning.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:42PM
After that, you just have to cough a little and spew all the nanobots.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @05:33AM (2 children)
It is said that graphene and most modern technology including the transistor were stolen/learned from alien civilizations living inside the hollow planet with its entrance at the south pole.
One does not just come across a phenomena and suddenly it is everywhere. The technology was developed by aliens who are light years ahead of us. They may even be selling their technology to us bit by bit. Governments lie about them because all governments know this and use the technology gained from aliens to keep the people ignorant, and if asked about it, it becomes a national security issue.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @08:04AM (1 child)
GodThe patriarchyAncient aliens did it!(Score: 2) by rylyeh on Saturday October 05 2019, @08:29PM
Nay, it be the Old Ones - dreaming in the depths of abyssal R'lyeh!
"a vast crenulate shell wherein rode the grey and awful form of primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss."