The Trippy Powers of Graphene
Graphene is going to change the world. It’s a non toxic substance composed of carbon atoms (basically a single atomic layer of graphite), and it is harder than a diamond, more conductive than copper, more flexible than rubber, essentially transparent, and its aerogel is the lightest material engineered thus far. According to Columbia University mechanical engineering professor and early graphene researcher James Hone, it is so strong it would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap.
Here’s some of the things we’re gonna use it for:
All manner of wiring, electronics, computers, smartphones, medical technologies, revolutionary broadband and solar technologies- even condoms!
At MIT in conjunction with some European universities they are figuring out how to create “hot carrier cells” out of graphene for photo voltaic solar panels- this is just going to help solar power rule the world even quicker.
And we’re going to have graphene condoms. The Gates Foundation just handed scientists a hundred grand to make them.
Money is being invested in graphene around the world. Britain recently allocated 60 million pounds (93,600,000 dollars) towards graphene research after two physicists at University of Manchester in the UK won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in graphene.
Graphene aerogel is basically solid smoke and completely recyclable. It could be used for oil spill cleanup because it absorbs oil, then both can be removed from the sea and recycled. Of course Big Oil’s days are numbered now that solar power is due to take them over in just a couple short years so they’ll have to find other applications for graphene aerogel after that. There’s all kinds from space travel to stem cell organ scaffolding.
It’s cheap and easy to make too: Scientists in Ireland and the UK just figured out how to make graphene in a kitchen blender. All they had to do was pour powdered graphite (basically pulverized pencil leads) and dish soap into the blender and hit puree.
Good times are coming to planet earth, graphene is one of the reasons why.
p.s. Here’s a graph showing how Solar got more than 100x cheaper in 35 years! The graph shows the price per watt, starting in 1977 at over $76/watt all the way down to $0.74/watt in 2013. While already competitive with dirty energy in many areas of the world, solar’s gonna be takin over completely real soon.
Fascinating graphene info: Graphene – The Lightest Material Ever Discovered Is Heavy On Potential
Info on graphene and solar panels: Graphene Can Create "Hot Carrier" Cells for Photovoltaics - IEEE Spectrum
Info on graphene and condoms: Bill Gates condom challenge 'to be met' by graphene scientists - BBC News
Info on making graphene in a kitchen blender: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27113732
Source of solar graph: http://www.economist.com/news/21566...y-will-no-longer-be-alternative-sunny-uplands
Graphene is going to change the world. It’s a non toxic substance composed of carbon atoms (basically a single atomic layer of graphite), and it is harder than a diamond, more conductive than copper, more flexible than rubber, essentially transparent, and its aerogel is the lightest material engineered thus far. According to Columbia University mechanical engineering professor and early graphene researcher James Hone, it is so strong it would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap.
Here’s some of the things we’re gonna use it for:
All manner of wiring, electronics, computers, smartphones, medical technologies, revolutionary broadband and solar technologies- even condoms!
At MIT in conjunction with some European universities they are figuring out how to create “hot carrier cells” out of graphene for photo voltaic solar panels- this is just going to help solar power rule the world even quicker.
And we’re going to have graphene condoms. The Gates Foundation just handed scientists a hundred grand to make them.
Money is being invested in graphene around the world. Britain recently allocated 60 million pounds (93,600,000 dollars) towards graphene research after two physicists at University of Manchester in the UK won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in graphene.
Graphene aerogel is basically solid smoke and completely recyclable. It could be used for oil spill cleanup because it absorbs oil, then both can be removed from the sea and recycled. Of course Big Oil’s days are numbered now that solar power is due to take them over in just a couple short years so they’ll have to find other applications for graphene aerogel after that. There’s all kinds from space travel to stem cell organ scaffolding.
It’s cheap and easy to make too: Scientists in Ireland and the UK just figured out how to make graphene in a kitchen blender. All they had to do was pour powdered graphite (basically pulverized pencil leads) and dish soap into the blender and hit puree.
Good times are coming to planet earth, graphene is one of the reasons why.
p.s. Here’s a graph showing how Solar got more than 100x cheaper in 35 years! The graph shows the price per watt, starting in 1977 at over $76/watt all the way down to $0.74/watt in 2013. While already competitive with dirty energy in many areas of the world, solar’s gonna be takin over completely real soon.
Fascinating graphene info: Graphene – The Lightest Material Ever Discovered Is Heavy On Potential
Info on graphene and solar panels: Graphene Can Create "Hot Carrier" Cells for Photovoltaics - IEEE Spectrum
Info on graphene and condoms: Bill Gates condom challenge 'to be met' by graphene scientists - BBC News
Info on making graphene in a kitchen blender: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27113732
Source of solar graph: http://www.economist.com/news/21566...y-will-no-longer-be-alternative-sunny-uplands
super thin graphene magnum xl's 
might make me request a trade from team raw dawgy*
