kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoImpossibly thin fabric could cool you down by 16-plus degreeswww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWe can make materials as thin as one atom. It’s just very expensive.
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoYeah but he was being pedantic over the word “impossibly”. If we can make 1 atom thin sheets, then it’s not impossible, right?
minus-squareiknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoCan’t you make one atom thin sheets of carbon with a pencil and tape?
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoYes, you can, but your sheet will be very small. If you want to make a sheet large enough to make a shirt, things get ridiculously expensive.
We can make materials as thin as one atom. It’s just very expensive.
Yeah but he was being pedantic over the word “impossibly”. If we can make 1 atom thin sheets, then it’s not impossible, right?
Can’t you make one atom thin sheets of carbon with a pencil and tape?
Yes, you can, but your sheet will be very small. If you want to make a sheet large enough to make a shirt, things get ridiculously expensive.