some "nano-news"
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/nanotech-used-2.html
Damascus swords -- sharp enough to slice a falling piece of silk in half, strong enough to split stones without dulling -- owe their legendary qualities to carbon nanotubes, says chemist and Nobel laureate Robert Curl.
The blades used so-called wootz steel, smelted with a technique developed 2000 years ago in India, where craftsmen added wood and other organic debris to their furnaces. The resulting carbon-laced steel, hard but flexible, was soon celebrated across the ancient world.
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http://www.cnet.com/matter-antimatter/8301-13641_1-9849464-44.html
And now India proudly presented the spiritual successor to all of these -- the $2,500 Tata Nano, a "people's car" that is widely gushed about, not only for its surprisingly slick design but also for its innovations
The Indian Economic Times even proclaims the "coming Nano Age:"
"Small is getting a big play. Part of the push is coming from companies eager to stuff cellphones with value add-ons and another is about demonstrating technology that is smart, simple, small and beautiful. (...) Nanotech products or small, nifty gadgets may not be cheap, as the emphasis is not on price cutting but efficiency at a small scale. Though it remains to be seen whether, the Tata Nano, a nanotech medical device or a pocket printer, will set the cash counters ringing."
Damascus swords -- sharp enough to slice a falling piece of silk in half, strong enough to split stones without dulling -- owe their legendary qualities to carbon nanotubes, says chemist and Nobel laureate Robert Curl.
The blades used so-called wootz steel, smelted with a technique developed 2000 years ago in India, where craftsmen added wood and other organic debris to their furnaces. The resulting carbon-laced steel, hard but flexible, was soon celebrated across the ancient world.
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http://www.cnet.com/matter-antimatter/8301-13641_1-9849464-44.html
And now India proudly presented the spiritual successor to all of these -- the $2,500 Tata Nano, a "people's car" that is widely gushed about, not only for its surprisingly slick design but also for its innovations
The Indian Economic Times even proclaims the "coming Nano Age:"
"Small is getting a big play. Part of the push is coming from companies eager to stuff cellphones with value add-ons and another is about demonstrating technology that is smart, simple, small and beautiful. (...) Nanotech products or small, nifty gadgets may not be cheap, as the emphasis is not on price cutting but efficiency at a small scale. Though it remains to be seen whether, the Tata Nano, a nanotech medical device or a pocket printer, will set the cash counters ringing."
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