Talk about science fiction, a breakthrough in a commercially viable production method of carbon nanotube sheets was announced by a partnership of the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas and an outfit named CSIRO. The carbon nanotube sheets have uses as diverse as clothing to artificial muscles to electrical conductors.
The Physorg.com story on the announcement in the journal Science, mentioned a variety of uses for the carbon nanotube sheets.
Carbon nanotube materials have a number of potential applications in, for example: organic light emitting displays, low-noise electronic sensors, artificial muscles, conducting appliqués and broad-band polarized light sources that can be switched on in one ten-thousandth of a second.
"...Transparent sheets that are stronger than steel sheets of the same weight."
The Physorg.com story talked about a sheet production method and also a twisted yarn fabrication technology which could be easily commercialized.
I have to say, I'm a little bit intrigued. Artificial muscles for an artificial skin/super suit? Now that's something I've been looking for.
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