{"id":68,"date":"2009-10-16T22:09:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T05:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2009-12-22T09:59:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T16:59:18","slug":"buckminster-fuller-would-be-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/buckminster-fuller-would-be-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Buckminster Fuller Would Be Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Nanomaterials\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoseed.org\/index.php\/general-news\/greentech-news\/greentech-a-science-news\/3638-nanomaterial-improves-plastic-for-future-lighter-planes-cars\" target=\"_blank\">We will need lighter structures to achieve better fuel economy<\/a>, but what if the structure could also be part of the power system in a vehicle?\u00a0 That seems to be one of the possibilities in this fascinating breakthrough in material science.\u00a0 Graphenes are one-atom thick layers of carbon, and are the\u00a0lightest, strongest structure yet achieved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azonano.com\/news.asp?newsID=7630\" target=\"_blank\">Not only is this material the strongest yet found<\/a>, but the nano material has tremendous promise in electronics and solar PV devices.\u00a0 Consider that if it could be used to store and\u00a0transmit current, a structure could be self-powering.\u00a0 To what extent could this be borne out in actual graphene structures? <\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fbuckminster-fuller-would-be-proud%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will need lighter structures to achieve better fuel economy, but what if the structure could also be part of the power system in a vehicle?\u00a0 That seems to be one of the possibilities in this fascinating breakthrough in material science.\u00a0 Graphenes are one-atom thick layers of carbon, and are the\u00a0lightest, strongest structure yet achieved. 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