Link Of The Day: Carbon Nanotubes turn radiation into electricity!

[athelind]

Nanomaterial turns radiation directly into electricity - tech - 27 March 2008 - New Scientist Tech

Can we get a "whoa"?

Combine this with the nantenna, and it's looking like nanotech is going to bring about dramatic transformations in energy production and distribution.

Comments

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

You know, yesterday on Radio2 - the BBC no less - we were told that a recording of a voice made in the 1860's on what was probably a phonautograph - and existing as a wavetrace on a piece of blackened paper - had been reproduced as an audio signal. They then played this wavery indistinct female voice singing "Au clair de le lune". Not Impossible. Improbable, certainly but not impossible. Back in 1973 they broadcast a show called the Graphophonists thet claimed to be the public revelation of a cache of long hidden cylinder records. Improbable, certainly but not impossible. And this? Improbable, certainly but not impossible.
I can't help but consider what day it is come Tuesday.
Am I just a cynical old fool? Improbable, certainly but not impossible.