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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ial-so-dark-that-you-cant-see-it-9602504.html

 

[Toxi]

This seems incredibly useful for a number of things that people wouldn't expect. I certainly wasn't thinking telescopes.

 

[The Technomancer]

The material conducts heat seven and a half times more effectively than copper and has 10 times the tensile strength of steel.

I would think so, jesus christ, my first thought was wondering just what the thermal properties of this are

 

[BeekleMatter]

Woah... that is really weird to look at. Looks like someone just drew a black square in MSPaint.

 

[speculawyer]

 

[shinobi602]

That's...really black.

 

[DarkFlow]

We can now make stealth space ships, sweet!

 

[SwiftDeath]

It's like staring into my own soul

 

[terrisus]

Spoiler: It's a

Spoiler

black hole.

 

[yogloo]

Wesley snipes did it first.

 

[anonymous_abc]

It's just so black!
Just imagine the possible weird black controls, which are labeled in black on a black background, where a small black light lights up black to let you know you've done something.

 

[Ampersands]

Obviously shopped.

 

[Calvero]

This looks so cool!

 

[DarkKyo]

http://youtu.be/ec3wNNysg8A?t=5s

 

[Chanser]

Is that dust or sensor/lens dust?

 

[TheRealTalker]

what compounds is it made off

 

[TUSR]

99.965% isn't 100%

what compounds is it made off

The nanotube material, named Vantablack, has been grown on sheets of aluminium foil by the Newhaven-based company. While the sheets may be crumpled into miniature hills and valleys, this landscape disappears on areas covered by it.

 

[EBE]

i dont know. just looks like black felt to me.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Stare into the Abyss!

 

[Imperial Bishop]

 

[Sibylus]

99.965% isn't 100%

Whilst true, damned if I can tell the difference.

 

[terrisus]

Stare into the Abyss!

It is staring back at you.

 

[The Silver]

someone place a big sheet of it on a street.

 

[TrafalgarLaw]

I would think so, jesus christ, my first thought was wondering just what the thermal properties of this are

Now I know what kind of heatsink to use on my CPU.

 

[Soi-Fong]

That's actually pretty wicked..

 

[B-Dubs]

:lol

Glad I wasn't the only one to think of this.

Also it looks incredibly fake in the photos, like someone went in paint and just went mad with black. I'd love to see it in person.

 

[TheRealTalker]

The nanotube material, named Vantablack, has been grown on sheets of aluminium foil by the Newhaven-based company. While the sheets may be crumpled into miniature hills and valleys, this landscape disappears on areas covered by it.

Ah I see

extremely thin carbon nanotubes

made of carbon nanotubes – each 10,000 times thinner than a human hair – is an odd experience. It is so dark that the human eye cannot understand what it is seeing. Shapes and contours are lost, leaving nothing but an apparent abyss.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Well I know what I'M going as for Halloween!

Space... I'm going as Space.

 

[CornBurrito]

I would think so, jesus christ, my first thought was wondering just what the thermal properties of this are

Wait did you think so just based on the title and pictures? Is thermal conductivity related to how reflective a material is?

 

[ArchedThunder]

:lol

Glad I wasn't the only one to think of this.

Also it looks incredibly fake in the photos, like someone went in paint and just went mad with black. I'd love to see it in person.

Well duh it looks fake, it isn't reflecting enough light to see any detail.

 

[sirap]

Pfft, ninjas have had access to this technology for years.

 

[Koodo]

A damn mess when you realize the black areas are just like the rest of the aluminium foil, but it's so dark that the texture cannot be seen.

I'm frightened a bit.

 

[B-Dubs]

Well duh it looks fake, it isn't reflecting enough light to see any detail.

I know, I'm just saying that it's absolutely crazy that we could make something like that.

 

[Inquisitive_Ghost]

Spoiler: It's a

Spoiler

black hole.

You stole my post!

It looks just like a black hole.

 

[Karsticles]

Isn't it only useful until some dirt falls on it?

 

[FUME5]

Wow.

 

[JBourne]

Dieminionite.

 

[Akira]

No light? Or 0.1% light?

I see, 0.035% light.

 

[The Silver]

A damn mess when you realize the black areas are just like the rest of the aluminium foil, but it's so dark that the texture cannot be seen.

I'm frightened a bit.

oh ohhh OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

and here I was thinking they just placed whatever that was over the foil

 

[Loofy]

So if someone wore a suit of this stuff they would literally just be a silhouette?

 

[Requiem]

Just imagine when this stuff is widely available...YouTube prankers are gonna have a field day!

 

[R10Neymarfan]

I bet you it will find use in stealth night drones before satellites.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Thats awesome

 

[CornBurrito]

So if someone wore a suit of this stuff they would literally just be a silhouette?

Basically.

 

[ArchedThunder]

So if someone wore a suit of this stuff they would literally just be a silhouette?

Yup, it would be trippy as fuck to see.
I want to see it.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

It reminds me of the black aliens from Attack the Block.

 

[Armoured Priest]

Blacker than the blackest black...

 

[SwiftDeath]

Just imagine when this stuff is widely available...YouTube prankers are gonna have a field day!

Soon....very very soon..

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

 

[CharminUltra]

Imagine being locked inside a pitch black anechoic chamber.