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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
 
Looks like it has been done.

http://www.theverylastpageoftheinternet.com/newclaims/aluminum/transparent_aluminum.htm
 

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
When I watched on ST I wondered how long it would take to really make it... cool
 

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Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
 
But, dude, where's my warpdrive?

Still, 17 years isn't bad at all.
 

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Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
 
Cool. But this is, like, really old news.
 

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
 
eek!

Is this a useable substance?
 

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
Two months is really old?

Any substance is useable, such as hemp making a nice rope, where as sand doesn't quite give you the same lift.....
 

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Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ritten:
Two months is really old?

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Next time you read the date, make sure to double-check the year. That thread is from February 2002.
 

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Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
 
I thought that I had already heard about this.
I guess I'm not going senile after all.
 

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
Yes, I did misread it, damn it.
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
Just as a tangent - why are they still using transparent aluminium in the 24th century - infact why even in the 23rd.

It IS just aluminium after all - why not transparent tritanium? (or what ever the hull plating is made of)

Andrew
 

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
 
I still find it ironic that in ST4, the matrix for Transparent Aluminum was made on a Apple Macintosh.
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
How is that ironic?

Also notice pie charts pop-up etc when Scotty's just pushing a few buttons!
 

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
 
Well, he uses his body mass to his advantage, his "polish sausage"-fingers able to press three buttons at the same time, for great combinations!
 

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Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
 
Yes, but it'll never replace styrofoam for disposable plates!
 

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Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
 
I'm not sure I'd *want* his body mass to replace styrofoam in *any* of the current applications of the stuff...

As for transparent aluminum applications, the "gunsight" one suggested in the article might offer a great way to simulate desert sandstorm fighting conditions. For combat applications other than that, I'd prefer something that was actually *clear* and not just "transparent".

Timo Saloniemi
 

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