The worlds lightest (ahem, least dense) material is about 100 times less dense than Styrofoam. That's just a little bit absurd. It consists of a microlattice of metallic tubes that are only about 100nm thick and the rest is just air. It is pretty tough, too. It can deform by 50% and still spring back to its original shape, unlike aerogels, which just shatter if you squeeze them too hard. I'm sure there will be many applications for this stuff, but super light electromagnetic shielding for is the first one that comes to mind.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
World's Lightest Material
The worlds lightest (ahem, least dense) material is about 100 times less dense than Styrofoam. That's just a little bit absurd. It consists of a microlattice of metallic tubes that are only about 100nm thick and the rest is just air. It is pretty tough, too. It can deform by 50% and still spring back to its original shape, unlike aerogels, which just shatter if you squeeze them too hard. I'm sure there will be many applications for this stuff, but super light electromagnetic shielding for is the first one that comes to mind.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Cobra Starship- You Make Me Feel
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New Travel Pillow- The Arm Pillo
Edit - The armpillo is no more. A competitor (the Nursie) has stuck with it over the last decade, while I have moved on to other projects. My current project is a micro-real estate marketplace, that is essentially a Zillow or Redfin-like website for electric vehicle chargers, vending machines, shipping container farms and other small pieces of hardware/machinery.
Heretofore and forevermore, I humbly present to you the Arm Pillo. Developed and perfected over a time period of twenty-three years, it allows you to sleep anywhere. It also prevents your arm from falling asleep when you lie with your arm over your head (see picture 4). Sleep at a desk (napping has been shown to improve productivity), in a car, on a plane, cuddle with you significant other (your arm/arm pillow under their head), wear it to parties for when you inevitably pass out, etc, etc. Take a gander at its glory below or get one of your own at the amazon.com product page or from www.armpillo.com
| Sleep at a table like this or... |
| like this. |
| Napping in the car |
| After a long day (prevents your arm from falling asleep) |
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Payphones
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Friday, October 28, 2011
L.O.V.E cover by Nat King Cole
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
PSY-YUNG
Thursday, October 20, 2011
My Unfounded Theories: Top 5 Ways That Skynet Will Form
4. Google's hard drives- Tons of connections sending information, but the connections are still fleeting
3. Facebook-Connections between people, sending messages is not constant enough though
2.Twitter- Lots of connections (Justin Bieber has 12 million followers), lots of tweets between people and tweets reverberate by retweeting
1. Quantum Computing- I am convinced our brains act as quantum computers, so when we make a quantum computer it may act as a brain.
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