nanotechnology

Carbon Nanotubes Used to Make World’s Darkest Material: Vantablack Is the New Black

British nanoelectronics company Surrey NanoSystems claims it has invented the world’s darkest material. Made of tightly packed carbon nanotubes, the company’s Vantablack reportedly absorbs 99.96% of the radiation that hits its surface. The result is a material so dark it looks like, well, like nothing. The image above, which was…

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Virus Used to Generate Electricity

The gadgets of the future may come with viruses, but not the ones that Norton should be worried about. First of all, they’re actual viruses, not the software kind. Second, they’re good viruses, helping to convert mechanical energy to electricity via piezoelectricity.…

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Low-Resistance Nanowires Could Save Moore’s Law

Moore’s Law has been around for a long time and is often applied to the way that semiconductor tend to get smaller and faster over time. The law has proven correct for many years but some have been predicting the law will fail as gains in semiconductor performance and size…

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Nokia Twist Concept is a Phone, Not a Surfboard

Concept devices are cool in that they show what some people thing the future of products might be like. Generally, the concept is something that will never come to market and is just a flight of fancy. This Nokia Twist concept is just such a product that will likely never…

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MacBook 2020: Flexible Nanomaterials, Holographic Display, Shape-shifting, What Else Could You Want?

How’d you like to fast-forward to the year 2020, and get a sneak peek at the MacBook of the future. Well, industrial designer Tommaso Gecchelin has already done the hard work for you, with his concept MacBook 2020.…

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World’s Smallest Periodic Table Fits on a Single Hair

Happy Birthday, Professor Martyn Poliakoff! Your lab-mates at the University of Nottingham’s Nanotechnology Centre have made you a birthday present.…

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Microfiber Clothing Could Power Your Gadgets for Free

If you’ve ever walked along a carpet in the wintertime, you know all about how you can generate electrical shocks without ever plugging in to an outlet. Now it looks like your body movements could be harnessed to provide electricity for your mobile electronics. Imagine a shirt or a pair…

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Tag: Nanotechnology

Carbon Nanotubes Used to Make World’s Darkest Material: Vantablack Is the New Black

Virus Used to Generate Electricity

Low-Resistance Nanowires Could Save Moore’s Law

Nokia Twist Concept is a Phone, Not a Surfboard

MacBook 2020: Flexible Nanomaterials, Holographic Display, Shape-shifting, What Else Could You Want?

World’s Smallest Periodic Table Fits on a Single Hair

Microfiber Clothing Could Power Your Gadgets for Free

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