January 15, 2008

"Nano" Black Tuesday

Though the workload on this tuesday was huge, I've decided to go small on today. No, not short on what write, but about all things small. Lots of interesting stuff is happening with nano technlology and I found some cool stuff for today.

What is a nano? Well it could be an ipod in a wide flavor of colors, its 1 billionth of a meter, or it could just produce the worlds blackest black. A researcher working with nano tubes of carbon has created a material that is 30 times darker that what National Institute of Standards and Technology uses as the current benchmark of blackness. The article goes on to talk about how the material could be used in solar panels and a new type of stealth technology. Now thats what I'm talking about!

Today is short because its just been a long day, so I guess this was a nano post!

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