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    Wookie1972: I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology more »
    Arryma: Very interesting. I suppose that if these fibers will migrate to the mesothelium, then they are good candidates to cause mesothelioma. The mechanism... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech. -Kle. #nanotechnology more »
    lazyeight: I do have a question - Is that actually a photo of a nanotube? Correct me, but it appears to be a twisted bunch of fibers. Are the individual 'fibers'... more »
    Pope John Peeps II: I remember my grandfather passing away from carbon nanotube lung. He'd go down all day into the carbon nanotube mines, chipping away with those tiny, ... more »
    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: didn't find the "carbon nanotube" in the iphone app store. #nanotechnology more »
    senatormayer: Oh great. So what your telling me is I've got to expect some new annoying commercials extolling the dangers of carbon nanotubes and mesothelioma? That... more »
    johnconnorjudgementday: A bunch of factory workers getting cancer is worse than the planet being consumed by nanobots? I respectfully disagree. more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: This seems like one of the few times in the history that we've known about the health consequences of a new technology before it became widely impleme... more »
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    Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung

    The "killer app" of current nanotechnology is the carbon nanotube, which could revolutionize circuit boards and other technologies. But these nanoscopic tubes also cause a new kind of industrial disease that could scar your lungs and give you cancer. More »
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    Carbon Nanotubes Cook Cancer

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    Consumer Scandals Of The Future: A Chronology

  • #cars

    Amphibious Car Can Dive 33 Feet Underwater

    Rinspeed's new sQuba is a concept car designed to dive into water. It's made with lightweight carbon nanotubes and has an electric motor, rear wheel drive, propellers and jet drives that propel it up to 33 feet underwater, and zero emissions. It makes its debut at the Geneva Auto Show in March. And yes, it's real. Rinspeed via Designboom
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    Nanotubes Make Synthetic Skin Feel Your Pain

    Carbon nanotubes can conduct sensations through artificial skin back to the brain, making prosthetic limbs feel like the real thing. A nanotube like this one, delicately balanced on top of gold filaments, is threaded through a rubbery polymer. This nanotube-infused polymer generates electricity in response to pressure or force, creating signals that can be routed to your brain. That's why this synthetic skin can "feel." Researchers want to build a prosthetic limb out of this stuff by 2010. Click through for more images of carbon nanotubes, the artificial nervous systems of tomorrow. More »