Friday, December 26, 2014

Graphene: Where is it?

Fascinating article about graphene.

"It was as if science fiction had become reality" and that was over 10 years ago, and we still struggle to find economic uses of this wonder substance.  Frustrating and wonderful how the world works.

But a reminder to be skeptical about much (most?) amazing breakthroughs in technology that you hear about.  We, as humans, may not know too much about the universe and the world around us, but we have tamed certain areas.  And in those areas we are quite efficient at getting what we want out of it.  New technologies like this have huge hurdles to get over before they become practical for inclusion into our industry and our lives.

What will it take for graphene to make it out of the lab and into our every day lives?

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