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Lance Winslow asked:




The incredible properties of carbon nanotube technology means light weight material, transparency and strengths 50-250 times that of steel. This means added safety to aircraft, cars, buses and trains. It also means tremendous efficiencies in fuel.

Indeed such material maybe used to build houses, bridges and buildings in the path of potential storm surges from Super Hurricanes or over Earthquake faults. Since it can be very flexible it maybe the perfect material.

Unfortunately the costs to produce a single carbon nanotube sheet is presently so expensive that any material made will be immediately allotted to the very most important uses. For instance Space Ships, Presidential Limousine, military aircraft, bulletproof vests or testing its properties in labs. Therefore it will be a long time until we have large amounts of the material to make trucks, school buses and passenger cars with it, although that will surely come in time.

In the case of school buses most school districts are strapped with cash and cannot afford to replace buses due to budget constraints. Indeed, the high diesel prices are putting even more of a burden on the transportation divisions in school districts now, as well as city buses. The safety in the future will come from buses being less top heavy and therefore fewer will tip over. The efficiency in fuel costs will come from the incredible reduction in weight.

Right now the cost for a carbon nanotube sheet is very high, however in five years that may not be the case and in ten years carbon nanotube sheets will be mass-produced by most industrialized nations. Think on this.

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Lance Winslow asked:




A new technology developed by Nano Scientists will enable the assembly of long nanotube chains to form in a specially designed solution. Using the magnetic charges they will can be put together quickly in chains of 1-million nanoparticles at a time. This of course will allow assembly or disassembly in a controlled way to improve perfection and thus strength, while allowing for recycling later. This means we could make a car, aircraft wing or ship out of the carbon nanotubes and then when we were done with it, instead of sending it to the junk yard we send it to a magnetically charged resonation tank or vat to disassemble it a the molecular level and then tell it thru magnetic instructions what shape it is to reconfigure itself.

But also realize that a wing or ship made of carbon nanotubes will not rust or easily come apart and it is 250 times the strength of steal meaning it will have extended life spans. No corrosion, weathering or rust. No it will not last forever, but it will last longer than you, that is to say a human life span. Forget talking about your grandfather’s wrist watch, as your great grandkids will be flying your flying car and their grandkids maybe using it for their surface transportation on the Mars Colony and their grandkids will have a nanotube assembled space ship. Think I am crazy? Nope, you just need to expand your horizons and think about it.

Nanotube Computing

Vinnit asked:




So you never thought you’d be getting in the details of acronyms or computer jargon that you couldn’t care less for, don’t be intimidated. Here’s an easy guide for you to enjoy and learn the basics of your PC and remove the “technologically challenged” sticker from your cubicle.

While your computer processes information, it requires data to work on. This data needs to be stored in the computer because the computers refers to its memory (data storage) when required. Some data might be required on a regular basis and some might be required for say a particular process only. Therefore depending on the type of data, the computer stores it in different types of memory – the long term or short term. Long term memory inside the computer is in the form of ROM (Read Only Memory – a storage through which data can only be accessed and cannot be edited or deleted; this type of memory is used for storing important system files that should never be altered) or in the for of CDs, DVDs etc. (as the data entered remains even when the computer is turned off.

Short term memory of a computer is like the assisting storage space where that computer can store data that needs to be processed, work on it and produce results. This is like the computers rough space. The data stored in the short term memory or

the Random Access Memory (RAM) vanishes when the computer is turned off.

Since every program work on uses RAM, the more the RAM the better the efficiency of your computer. More RAM assists in loading larger applications in the computer or working on more programs at a time. RAM capacity is measured in terms of MB (Megabytes), with a typical computer consisting of 64 MB or 128 MB. The RAM of your computer can be upgraded to 256 MB, 512 MB or 1 GB, given your system can support it.

RAM – different types and some more jargon explained

Most computers are equipped with DRAM (Dynamic RAM). As soon as the power is turned off or the computer is shut down the data in the DRAM vanishes. Then there is the SRAM (static RAM), which is larger than DRAM and is not refreshed like DRAM. However, on power turn off even this memory is lost.

Since SRAMs and DRAMs are highly volatile, many new computers are equipped with a newer memory version, the flash memory. Flash memory is the memory chip that doubles up as the hard drive for your computer.

Random Access Memory – the road ahead

The big challenge for computer manufacturers and research scientists is to develop a non volatile RAM. There have been some developments like Nantero’s Nanotube with 10 GB memory but a more practical version for common PCs remains awaited.



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