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| (URL) (click image) The future is now. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Added off-topic.geek for the sheer implications of this. (...) Well now that is just crazy. This is the first time a treknology came true. Not just in the superficial looks kind of similar sense, which has happend a lot, but the actual technology (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) I first read about this (in the real world, as opposed to Trek) a few years ago, but I hadn't heard anything since then. Then as now, it was touted as a more durable material for use in face shields in helmets and the like. I wonder if the guy (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) I think it also will have interesting implications for the aviation and automotive industries. Just think of the interesting window shapes you can make when you aren't limited by the brittle nature of glass. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) Being a ceramic, its ductility would be nil so I'm not too confident they could do too many shapes just yet. All the same, its a great creation and it would seem to pose many forming challenges... Jeff (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) Aircraft windows are often made out of drape-formed plastic (drape-forming doesn't introduce material stress in the same way that other forming methods do), and at least in terms of fighter jets, I'm not sure I'd want to have a (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) finally all those paradisa buldings could be REAL! :) Jeff (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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