Scientists Unveil "World's Lightest Material"

[Neonbob]

That is pretty damn cool. It's taken a bit of love from aerogel XD

Trying to come up with a fitting name....

Anorexium?

...I fully support this name.
MAKE IT SO, SCIENCE!

 

[ShindoL Shill]

New metal? What? Do they mean new alloy? The article doesn't even say what elements it's composed of.

magic and air.
i assume.

 

[Adzma]

Everyone seems to be celebrating a little too early if you ask Mr. Cynical here. Fact is despite the years of further study in order to mass produce etc. if the US military are interested in it, it'll be many-a-decade before us plebs get a hold of it for practical uses.

Tis quite impressive however.

 

[Yan007]

Gundanium!

 

[Sylveria]

Can I has Gundam now?

 

[Srs bzns]

Well there goes reason 3 of the reasons why we don't have bad ass power suits. If you were wondering it's weight of the materials. Hopefully this technology will get good use.

Maybe that poor brokenhearted guy will be able to have a fully functioning suit of Master Chief armour.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.323925-Jilted-Gamer-Sells-the-Ring-and-Buys-Halo-Armor-Instead?page=1

 

[DTWolfwood]

as peeps on FB already said, I think Mithril is a very good name for a super light and strong metal.

 

[Fleaman]

Will it hold up a space elevator?

 

[DasDestroyer]

That little dandelion-topping bit of the stuff must cost a fortune... Regardless, I eagerly await the moment when my bicycle is light as air... On second thought, it'd probably be a ***** to control.

 

[Micalas]

New metal? What? Do they mean new alloy? The article doesn't even say what elements it's composed of.

It's made of rape and used half eaten sandwiches.

Can I just say that I love the news people on this site, especially Grey and Earnest. They make me laugh, or at the least smile, at many of their posts.

... is the nicest thing ever. I'm blushing like an 11-year-old girl after her first kiss.[/quote]

Is this the face you're making right now?

 

[CUnk]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the comments I'm reading, this being a games site after all. But surely there must be a few engineers or scientists here.

First of all this not a new metal. It's not in the same category as stainless steel or titanium or aluminum. It's a cleverly designed and constructed material. More in the vein of honeycomb or a sponge.

Also there is no mention anywhere of its strength or stiffness. All you people wondering how this is going to affect space flight or gundam suits may as wonder how this material is going to change cuisine.

 

[Robert Ewing]

Damn impressive. Now make metal that is lighter than air. That would be hella' interesting.

 

[punipunipyo]

Mithril？ why so "fantasy"? it's suppose to be Si-Fi! "Gundamnium"! With this HARD LIGHT WEIGHT METAL, we can now make GIANT ROBOTS!~
WW3, War Mechs, FAST, DEADLY, Nearly indestructible... one flaw... tear gas, or rain.. because "fabricated metal" have TINY HOLES, gas comes RIGHT THROUGH!

 

[rvdm88]

when i read the original article i emediately thought about methril, and then i read the comments and see im not the only one.. xD

call it methril it will be so awesome, and besides its nice to honor tolkien with something like that.

 

[Strazdas]

i have 3 questions:
1. how strong it is? how much energy can it hold out withotu breaking? structure liek this shoudnt be extremely tough, so dont expect cars from that.
2. how much does it cost to manufacture? or is it just like manufactured gold, too expensive to bother?
3 what alien race did it came from?

 

[duchaked]

soon the Macbook Air shall truly be as light as air!