How utterly sad, that inventions are used for war first, and the rest of humanity must wait....for military to use it so much that only then, the amount available of the invention, and the price, finally scale for regular people to afford to use it. [Not to mention that by then, any detrimental effects cannot be repaired or taken back, it's already gone wild..so what's wrong with more?] With such an astounding, game-changing material [if it really is], it should cause a dramatic paradigm shift, such that it is presented and made available to public, first... ...._UNLESS what is really needed, are large numbers of guinea pigs to test it's actual safety on...in that case, giving it to military first, simply repeats past patterns of using military as the proving ground to force acceptance by public_. At least this guy actually says it's nanotech. ...Which means, I think, that it would really be letting countless Genies out of their bottles...we really do _NOT_ have a clue what mischief or irretrievable damage _any_ nanotech might cause. THAT is why it is being worked on by military, first...public is fairly against nanotech, _because_ none really know how safe it is, much less what it will do over time, or what deleterious effects it will have on the environment, creatures, food..everything, for generations hence. ...There's already been harm from nanobeads. What mayhem will Graphene wreak? Going ahead with something to fix current problems, because we can see the quick benefits [instant gratification], without full regard for long-term, broadscale effects, is an _EPIC_ mistake. We've seen too many of that sort of mess, already...it's made messes none know how to fix, fast enough. There's ALWAYS a hefty price to pay for"instant gratification", especially when that "quick fix" allows people to keep being as wasteful and destructive as they have been. EVERY generation has made terrible mistakes which humanity and environment still pay huge prices for...and industries refuse to back off, once they have a cash-cow. Please have a care! Please consider first, what the down-sides are of nanotech. Be honest with public. Many feel really burned and hopeless from science, industries, banks and military shoving "the next new thing" literally down our collective throats, with ZERO care for future generations, much less the earth., just so some new grads can 'prove their paper', and the rich few can continue profiteering.

@dikerharry

7 жыл бұрын

There is another road, to craft it yourself, take a look at Elon Musk with Space X, the man wants to explore the cosmos and be buried in Mars but NASA would not give him a ride, what does he do? He build rockets that put them to shame. They can even be reused now, he even catapult the tech another step forward.

Any issue if this stuff gets released into the environment/ends up in the food chain? Could at least see it being a carcinogen?

@dikerharry

7 жыл бұрын

This is a mayor topic of research, i don't know if they are doing it tho.

@user-pu8wb4sl7d

6 жыл бұрын

graphene is single layer graphite which is present in pencil lead which is already out there in the environment.