Carbon nanotubes (bucky tubes), the strongest material.
Gina
http://www.nanoindustries.com
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>From: EvMick@aol.com
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
>To: extropians@extropy.com
>Subject: Science: Where is Everyone?
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:36:03 EST
>
>I've just about completed reading Ray Durzweil's book "The Age of
Spiritual
>Machines".
>
>Assuming he is mostly correct then I beleive he's answered the question
as to
>where all the Extra Terrestrials are. Theyre in cyberspace.
>
>I beleive he described the singularity.
>
>He mentions using bucky tubes as a possible building material for very
future
>powerful comuputers. This would appear to indicate that carbon would be
a very
>useful material for a post singularity culture.
>
>What type of Stellar engineering would be required to alter a star
generate
>excessive carbon? What might it look like from earth?
>
>EvMick
>Birmingham Ala.
>
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