I want, I want…

a frame made from this stuff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9491789.stm

Niche-tastic!

I’ve got science wood!

Re-cycled phone cards I reckon.

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

orsum 8)

“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

Is it just me or are cat hammocks and elephant/pencil supports a bit of a waste of this stuff?

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.

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!

The potential application of this stuff is terrifying. Imagine packets of bacon that are even harder to open!