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Post by Sep on Oct 8, 2005 11:03:31 GMT -5
Source: www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-10-06-man-made-diamonds_x.htm"The whole concept turns the fundamental idea of a diamond on its head. The ability to manufacture diamonds could change business, products and daily life as much as the arrival of the steel age in the 1850s or the invention of the transistor in the 1940s." Going out on a branch here, but what basically happens is atoms in a gas that sort of resembles the beginning of the universe attach to small diamonds in these drums, and take over the characteristics of diamonds, allowing this guy to basically create bigger diamonds without having to mine them. This gas must be something like stem cells in a human embryo, turning into whatever they are applied to. This is great news for society in general as it allows for the creation of so many things, mainly computers. Diamonds make the best semicondoctor known to man due to their lack of changing because of heat and pressure so having wires close together at superheat would no even phase a diamond "motherboard" (wafer) 0%, which would allow for scientists to create systems that would make current computer innards melt instantly. I think the only thing that article doesn't mention is what this means for optical light technology and computers, the speeds must be rediculously high (50 ghz) considering the accepted speeds of optical light on silicon chips and wafers was 10 ghz. oh man oh man oh man, discuss.
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Post by Merry Smindmas on Oct 8, 2005 11:23:12 GMT -5
Before reading your post, I had little idea how significant the use of diamonds can be.
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Post by sanius on Oct 8, 2005 12:50:28 GMT -5
Before reading your post, I had little idea how significant the use of diamonds can be. Yup. Diamond computer hardware would be extremly awesome.
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Post by Sep on Oct 8, 2005 12:54:31 GMT -5
Now that geeks and nerds will be taking the bling bling out of bling bling, rappers will need a new source of attention and style.
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Post by sanius on Oct 8, 2005 13:09:53 GMT -5
Walking down the ghetto with your diamond motherboard.
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Post by Sz on Oct 8, 2005 13:33:26 GMT -5
Well, this'll only help computer hardware until we just skip the whole traditional concept altogether and do it all with photons (closer than you think, as this is where all the advances in physics are being made), but still neat.
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Post by Domokun Clasico on Oct 8, 2005 13:34:17 GMT -5
Diamonds are used in lasers, too.
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Post by Sz on Oct 8, 2005 13:35:09 GMT -5
Diamonds are used in lasers, too. I'm not talking about lasers.
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Post by Kulock on Oct 8, 2005 13:51:23 GMT -5
But lasers are fun.
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Post by Sep on Oct 8, 2005 13:54:48 GMT -5
Well, this'll only help computer hardware until we just skip the whole traditional concept altogether and do it all with photons (closer than you think, as this is where all the advances in physics are being made), but still neat. Yes, this is what I meant when I brought up this: "I think the only thing that article doesn't mention is what this means for optical light technology and computers, the speeds must be rediculously high (50 ghz) considering the accepted speeds of optical light on silicon chips and wafers was 10 ghz." Edit: Oh, and it will still help even during the time of photon light progression because even the housings that control the light processes will heat up also.
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Post by Andrusi on Oct 8, 2005 13:55:18 GMT -5
Nobody cares whether you're talking about lasers. Going out on a branch here, but what basically happens is atoms in a gas that sort of resembles the beginning of the universe attach to small diamonds in these drums, and take over the characteristics of diamonds, allowing this guy to basically create bigger diamonds without having to mine them. This gas must be something like stem cells in a human embryo, turning into whatever they are applied to. Did anyone else think "MegaHAL" when they read this? >_> At any rate, this is an interesting development even though I'm sure it'll turn out to be a hoax of some description.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Oct 8, 2005 14:57:40 GMT -5
Now that geeks and nerds will be taking the bling bling out of bling bling, rappers will need a new source of attention and style. They already do--platinum. That article mentions a hypothetical situation of diamond coated cars. What's next, diamond-coated armor?
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Post by NeroKid on Oct 8, 2005 15:13:52 GMT -5
Oh, they have enough diamonds in circulaton for all that stuff. Well, not in circulation anyway. DeBeers controls the market value of diamonds by stashing most of the ones they own in warehouses.
crazy diamonds!
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Post by Agent BA-0 "ZZT" on Oct 8, 2005 15:14:55 GMT -5
How much do you wanna bet that DeBeers will send out someone to try and crush this process? >_>
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Post by Oni Lukos on Oct 8, 2005 15:20:59 GMT -5
Of course they will. It would RUIN them.
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Post by H Hog on Oct 8, 2005 16:18:26 GMT -5
Just like how cars that run on water are a possibility but not a fact lest the oil price plummets, right?
Damn. WHY must greed always hinder technological progress nowadays?
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Post by Oni Lukos on Oct 8, 2005 16:31:44 GMT -5
Because we live in a highly capitalistic world?
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Post by Sz on Oct 8, 2005 16:46:08 GMT -5
Well, this'll only help computer hardware until we just skip the whole traditional concept altogether and do it all with photons (closer than you think, as this is where all the advances in physics are being made), but still neat. Yes, this is what I meant when I brought up this: "I think the only thing that article doesn't mention is what this means for optical light technology and computers, the speeds must be rediculously high (50 ghz) considering the accepted speeds of optical light on silicon chips and wafers was 10 ghz." Edit: Oh, and it will still help even during the time of photon light progression because even the housings that control the light processes will heat up also. Yeah, you're right, it'll aid the process.
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Post by zerochan on Oct 9, 2005 13:52:20 GMT -5
I thought this had been done before, just in a very, very creepy way: www.lifegem.com/but hey, it lets you give out your RPG fantasies of having your father's soul embedded in your ring! Maybe you can even use it to defeat the dark lord!
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Post by Oni Lukos on Oct 9, 2005 13:54:18 GMT -5
I saw that many many months ago.
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