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Maybe Scotty DID alter the timeline
Topic Started: Jun 3 2005, 09:41 PM (311 Views)
Dwayne
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captain_proton_au
Jun 4 2005, 03:53 PM
I wonder how malleable it would be?

That is, will be see car bodies made from this stuff.

A see-through car would be cool

Bending it would break it ... it's is a glass-like materal ... it's nowhere near being as flexible as a metal, but after reading the manufacturing process, I don't know why it couldn't be created in various shapes.
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captain_proton_au
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A Robot in Disguise

Or a see-through jet like Wonder Woman had
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Or! A see-through hammer, so you could see the nail you are about to hit.

Maybe not.
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Scotty was responsible for all of this? He is indeed a miiiiiiiiracle worker! ;)
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Jun 4 2005, 02:31 AM
Very intresting that they may have a new glass-like material. But did the article mention what's good about it (I read it, but I didn't see any mention)?
Will it be cheaper? Can it be 1 inch thick at 60 feet by 10 feet to withstand the pressure of 18,000 cubic feet of water instead of 6 inches?

Stable at temperatures exceeding 2200 Kelvins , useful for high temperature optics and optical fibres.

The rare-earth metal oxides are "alloyed" into the glass to produce a strong glass with good optical properties.

There is the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies sintering process and the 3M "flame-spray" method now available to produce the material.

It will never be cheap to produce as float glass or boro silicate glass.
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Stable at temperatures exceeding 2200 Kelvins

Not doubting you, but have you seen this in your work before?
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Dr. Noah
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Wow, pretty freaky how all this Treknology is coming true. First the cellphones (communicators) then the visual links on computers (video conference) laptops (PADDs), teleporting photons, and now transparent aluminum.

Before you know it, NASA will be launching a DY-100 impuse sleeper ship!
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^^^
Do you happen to own the two-way visual cell phone yet?
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Dr. Noah
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I can have pictures match up as a photo ID when people call, but it's not a two way visual connection. Are there cell phones that do that now?
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I think Dwayne or Doctortobe (my apology if it was someone else whom should be credited) mentioned that some of these are being developed in beginning stages now in Japan. They have appeared on non-sci fi t.v. shows, which is interesting.
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Only thing stopping the development of 2way video - cell phones is bandwidth.

High quality video transmission requires substantial bandwidth and high V-IP speed.
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Dr. Noah
Jun 6 2005, 12:59 PM
Wow, pretty freaky how all this Treknology is coming true. First the cellphones (communicators) then the visual links on computers (video conference) laptops (PADDs), teleporting photons, and now transparent aluminum.

Before you know it, NASA will be launching a DY-100 impuse sleeper ship!

Transparent aluminium has been around for years - tinted windows , optical coatings on telescope mirrors.

Nature beat us to it too - rubies and saphires. (transparent alumina).
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