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a frame made from this stuff.
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Posted : 21/05/2011 3:36 pm
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Niche-tastic!


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 3:41 pm
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I've got science wood!


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 3:42 pm
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Re-cycled phone cards I reckon.


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 3:44 pm
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[i]a hypothetical one-metre-square hammock of perfect graphene could support a four-kilogram cat - the hammock would weigh 0.77 milligrams, less than a cat's whisker, and would be virtually invisible [/i]

orsum 8)


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 3:49 pm
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"It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap [cling film]."

I assume they have actually done this test otherwise I reckon the whole things a con


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:07 pm
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Is it just me or are cat hammocks and elephant/pencil supports a bit of a waste of this stuff?


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:09 pm
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Hang on.

"It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap [cling film]."

Thats not proof of strength.


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:12 pm
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a hypothetical one-metre-square hammock of perfect graphene could support a four-kilogram cat - the hammock would weigh 0.77 milligrams, less than a cat's whisker, and would be virtually invisible

I wish they would get a bloody move on. I'm fed up of carrying my hypothetical cat around.

I've got things to do!


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 4:18 pm
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The potential application of this stuff is terrifying. Imagine packets of bacon that are even harder to open!


 
Posted : 21/05/2011 5:41 pm

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