I was listening to NPR and the program was about applications of nanotechnology that are already in use. The first reference was to the molecular recomposition of the basic ingredient in "Sun Screen" which allowed it to mix with lotions that would make it easily smeared on the affected body parts.
The second was graphite tubes which will be even lighter than they are now and (some mind staggering number that slipped from mind) X the strength of steel.
Now the big question has this development already taken place and the report was news only to the likes of me or is there a new reveloution about to sweep the ranks of the rod builders.
Just an aside I seem to recall that Bamboo is pound for pound stronger than steel. I remember seeing bamboo used as scaffolding in the construction of high rise buildings in South East Asia they just lashed each floor to the next level and went about there work hundreds of feet up in the air working on bamboo supported platforms. Maybe part of the reason I like cane but really I thinks as simple as gentlemen perfer blondes.:hehe:
The second was graphite tubes which will be even lighter than they are now and (some mind staggering number that slipped from mind) X the strength of steel.
Now the big question has this development already taken place and the report was news only to the likes of me or is there a new reveloution about to sweep the ranks of the rod builders.
Just an aside I seem to recall that Bamboo is pound for pound stronger than steel. I remember seeing bamboo used as scaffolding in the construction of high rise buildings in South East Asia they just lashed each floor to the next level and went about there work hundreds of feet up in the air working on bamboo supported platforms. Maybe part of the reason I like cane but really I thinks as simple as gentlemen perfer blondes.:hehe: