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a frame made from this stuff.
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Posted : 21/05/2011 4:36 pm
Niche-tastic!
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:41 pm
I've got science wood!
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:42 pm
Re-cycled phone cards I reckon.
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:44 pm
[i]a hypothetical one-metre-square hammock of perfect graphene could support a four-kilogram cat - the hammock would weigh 0.77 milligrams, less than a cat's whisker, and would be virtually invisible [/i]
orsum 8)
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:49 pm
"It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap [cling film]."
I assume they have actually done this test otherwise I reckon the whole things a con
Posted : 21/05/2011 5:07 pm
Is it just me or are cat hammocks and elephant/pencil supports a bit of a waste of this stuff?
Posted : 21/05/2011 5:09 pm
Hang on.
"It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap [cling film]."
Thats not proof of strength.
Posted : 21/05/2011 5:12 pm
a hypothetical one-metre-square hammock of perfect graphene could support a four-kilogram cat - the hammock would weigh 0.77 milligrams, less than a cat's whisker, and would be virtually invisible
I wish they would get a bloody move on. I'm fed up of carrying my hypothetical cat around.
I've got things to do!
Posted : 21/05/2011 5:18 pm
The potential application of this stuff is terrifying. Imagine packets of bacon that are even harder to open!
Posted : 21/05/2011 6:41 pm