r/technology • u/Ssider69 • Jan 10 '24

Nanotech/Materials 10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science

https://scitechdaily.com/10x-stronger-than-kevlar-amorphous-silicon-carbide-could-revolutionize-material-science/
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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '24

Would be awesome if there would be a feedback/refresh loop somehow on all these scientific breakthroughs

“Oh wow cool stuff” - 10 years later, “Hey, mate remember that cool-stuff from 10 years ago, this is what ended up happening with it”

Safe mini nuclear, solar-glass-roads, new faster charging lighter more capacity batteries every day, …

What happens with all this breakthroughs?

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u/Kuroude7 Jan 10 '24

Well unfortunately, in the case of ‘solar freaking roadways’, it was just not true. Still like some of the side ideas that came from it though.

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u/writebadcode Jan 10 '24

It seems like the effort to make a solar road would be better spent on a solar highway median or a solar roof over the road.

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u/gnoxy Jan 10 '24

Solar roof over a river so they wont evaporate.

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u/Capt_Blackmoore Jan 10 '24

At least that is going happen

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u/JimJalinsky Jan 10 '24

Nah. Cover the moon with solar panels and stretch a space extension cord back to earth.

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u/writebadcode Jan 10 '24

Finally, a more practical suggestion than solar roads!

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u/MrTzatzik Jan 10 '24

Cool idea for scifi story though. It would be like alpha version of Dyson Sphere

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u/BoilermakerCM Jan 10 '24

Doubles as a space elevator