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I do not know if Aerogel would have any use to the makers of computer products but I sure wish I could get gloves, boots, and a cap made out ...
- 08-20-2007 #1Linux Enthusiast
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Aerogel - Gloves, Boots, and a Cap, Please!!
I do not know if Aerogel would have any use to the makers of computer products but I sure wish I could get gloves, boots, and a cap made out of this stuff to deal with New York winters.
Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change world - Times Online
- 08-20-2007 #2Linux Guru
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I was just talking to someone about this stuff. It looks amazing. The bit that impressed me in the article is how the mountaineer going up Everest thought it kept her feet too warm.
amazing. And it looks cool too :-
http://frodo.syminet.com/~deep/blfiles/aerogela.jpgLast edited by bigtomrodney; 08-20-2007 at 10:44 AM.
- 08-20-2007 #3Linux Guru
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It looks great! I can see it being very useful for insulating everything from homes to boats.
I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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The next wonder material - i'd have to agree.
This stuff is going to revolutionize........... everything. What can this substance not do. Is filters water, insulates against extreme temperatures, weighs nothing, withstands bombs, the list goes on.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
- Voltaire
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