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[The Illiterati]

So fuligin has been invented.
(although the book cover is not very accurate)

Twas my first thought! Awesome that others remembered it too! One of the best series ever!

 

[TrutaS]

This will eventually be perfected into face moistorizers or bald lotions.

 

[Monocle]

Sounds useful. I want to touch it.

So fuligin has been invented.
(although the book cover is not very accurate)

Nice reference!

 

[Dr.Acula]

 

[Lafazar]

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

Awesome, if this material can be manufactured cheaply enough this could massively improve heat exchangers (think refrigerators, air conditioners, solar thermal water systems, CPU/GPU coolers, etc.):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_in_heat_exchangers#Thermal_conductivity

 

[Neo C.]

No "Science!"-post in this thread?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I don't see any success for this in the future.

 

[Skittles]

This is going to revolutionize so many things, as long as it doesn't have any crippling downfalls

 

[TheJLC]

Sorry guys the material is not colored black, but because it doesn't reflect light you can't take a picture of it.

 

[And_Gignac]

Nietzsche was right. It does stares back at you.

Nightmares fuel.

 

[fallagin]

When you stare into the void it is very black.

 

[RE lover]

I need a video, seriusly where's the video?

 

[EloquentM]

i feel uncomfortable looking at that

I thought it was just me

 

[Defect]

I want this.

 

[Clevinger]

....and we are one step closer to a "The Book of the New Sun" movie/show.

Hah. First thing I thought of.

 

[Divius]

Slighty darker black turtlenecks incoming!

 

[Ash_69]

It's like staring into my own soul

Lmao!


My gf is actually at the Farnborough air show all week so I've just text her to see this and take a tons of pictures with the flash on to see what happens. Will post the results.

 

[impetuous_silly]

The first thing I want to do is heat the stuff to 6500K and examine the spectrum.

Well, it's made out of carbon after all...

 

[impetuous_silly]

Sorry guys the material is not colored black, but because it doesn't reflect light you can't take a picture of it.

colored black=doesn't reflect light.

 

[sgjackson]

this is unsettling to look at even in photos

like the visual equivalent of an anechoic chamber

 

[Hitokage]

Well, it's made out of carbon after all...

Doesn't mean we have to let it react with something! Although 6500K is probably way too high regardless. 2000K would be good enough.

 

[Anko]

Sorry guys the material is not colored black, but because it doesn't reflect light you can't take a picture of it.

That reads like the reason why all black, is black.

 

[spiritfox]

Those saying that it'll be a good stealth material, don't you think an blob of pure black is going to be more noticeable than one with actual camouflage? This seems more useful as a heat sink than any stealth uses.

 

[cntr]

Those saying that it'll be a good stealth material, don't you think an blob of pure black is going to be more noticeable than one with actual camouflage? This seems more useful as a heat sink than any stealth uses.

Might be useful during night, particularly for flying stuff.

 

[Dreadnought]

Wouldn't that be really bad for your eyes to look at? Because of the extreme contrast.

 

[freddy]

Ok, whose soul is this?

 

[HoodWinked]

That reads like the reason why all black, is black.

mirrors are green but you wouldnt know it by looking at it.

 

[Raist]

They're probably coating stealth planes with this stuff right now...

What would be the point? If anything, it'd stick out against the sky, day or night, like a sore thumb.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

this is unsettling to look at even in photos

like the visual equivalent of an anechoic chamber

Imagine a anechoic chamber completely covered in that material.

The experience would be haunting.

 

[Skittles]

Pictures didn't load for me the first time I entered this thread. Holy shit, is like someone took the title of the show "darker than black" and made it a reality

 

[spiritfox]

Might be useful during night, particularly for flying stuff.

Will still stick out like a sore thumb, with all the light pollution and the ambient moonlight.

 

[Mindwipe]

This is going to revolutionize so many things, as long as it doesn't have any crippling downfalls

Well, like most carbon nanotube materials (or graphine), it's probably hellishly expensive to make atm.

But we'll probably fix that eventually, and then there'll be a lot of amazing applications.

But before those, I want an anechoic chamber with maglev suspension. Effectively floating in space. That would be as freaky as all shit.

 

[maquiladora]

 

[Krilekk]

I hope it at least doesn't reflect any light in full 60 fps, otherwise no sale. I want to wrap my house with this stuff.

 

[Paganmoon]

This is going to revolutionize so many things, as long as it doesn't have any crippling downfalls

"Warning, may cause insanity"

Sounds like a pretty crippling downfall as is

 

[Log4Girlz]

I really want a suit of this

 

[Nilaul]

I'll make my car out of this.

 

[braves01]

I bet the CIA will be able to torture the shit out of people with this somehow. Like, here's a fucking maze we're gonna lock you in while we play scary monster noises.

 

[Vampirolol]

So are black holes the only things that don't reflect light at all?

 

[Log4Girlz]

I want a door made out of this. Ill have red leds behind the door so the light comes through the cracks but the material itself absorbs all. Then I'll invite some neighbors over.

 

[IN&OUT]

99.965% isn't 100%
.

Please tell me you are not a professor/teacher.

 

[nubbe]

So are black holes the only things that don't reflect light at all?

Black holes don't emit light
It is a gravity issue

 

[DarkFlow]

I'm trying to imagine how terrible it will look after a bird shits on it or there's a slight smudge of grease / dirty / dust, ruining the effect completely.

Or it might make it look like the bird shit is floating on said car.

 

[Atrophis]

"Warning, may cause insanity"

Is this what Cthulu is made of?

 

[Monocle]

I want to see what it looks like when someone shines a laser pointer on it. Can you even see the dot?

I want a door made out of this. Ill have red leds behind the door so the light comes through the cracks but the material itself absorbs all. Then I'll invite some neighbors over.

I like the way you think.

 

[Prez]

What if an entire room consisted of this material and you turned the light on? Everything would look black, but would it be a lot darker because none of the walls reflect light?

 

[nubbe]

What if an entire room consisted of this material and you turned the light on? Everything would look black, but would it be a lot darker because none of the walls reflect light?

it would be like a single light in a complete void
horrifying

 

[spiritfox]

What if an entire room consisted of this material and you turned the light on? Everything would look black, but would it be a lot darker because none of the walls reflect light?

I think you would be able to see the lightbulb and nothing else?

 

[Prez]

I think you would be able to see the lightbulb and nothing else?

And you'd see yourself of course. Imagine seeing yourself very clearly but nothing else. Weird.

I'm also guessing this material would get insanely hot in the sun?

 

[big_z]

this news story has been popping up about once a year since 2008. im still waiting for the stuff to become viable somehow.