Materials Of The Future: Magnetic Ink, Stone Paper And More
I have another list for ya. I’m a fan of lists, even biased lists (not that unbiased lists exist, right?). But my main problem with lists are putting them across a ton of pages. Forbes does this. I can’t stand it!
This list is brought to you by Popular Mechanics, who also puts one per page. I know they are getting impressions for their advertisers, and they have a right to. But we also have a right to bitch about it. Not to mention their crappy Sharp expanding-ad that won’t close. CLOSE DAMNIT!
So anyways, this list is 16 Wild Materials You May Find In Future Products. The people over at Inventables picked the 16 materials. I found this one fascinating and loaded with keywords.
- Magnetic Ink. This ink contains particles of iron, making it magnetic and conductive. How could this be useful? instead of circuit boards, we could have circuit paper made using your printer and using circuit fonts.
- Ceramic Cloth. Can be used to insulate against extreme temperatures.
- Flavor Changing Additives. Nanospeheres encapsulated in microspheres. You taste the microspheres first, and then later the nanospeheres. Willy Wonka wants his everlasting gobstopper recipe back.
- Electronic Paper. Flexible display technology.
- Conductive Velcro. They call it “Hook & Loop” since Velcro is technically a trademark. Anyways, this is interesting because once you connect the Velcro, it completes a circuit. Backpack alarms!
- Translucent Concrete. Concrete that allows light to pass through. Perhaps a way to collect solar energy?
- Temperature Sensitive Glass Tiles. Not sure how useful these can be as they seem to be just novelty. But novelty has its uses…
- Anti-graffiti Film. Quite interesting and obviously quite useful.
- Stone Paper. Paper made from calcium carbonate as opposed to wood. In other words, it’s environmentally friendly.
- Water Expanding Plastic. Plastic that expands in water. I sat and thought about this and am really unsure how this can be useful. The article says it can be used to produce a cast for enlarging sculptures or fossils. But why?
- Anti-fog Film. Water slides off the surface instead of fogging it up.
- Water Soluble Glass. Again, quite interesting. But not sure how it can be used.
- Magnetic-attracting Paint. The paint contains iron powder, making it magentic and conductive.
- Compostable Stretch Fabric. Contains wool and ramie. Ramie is strong and expensive. It is used as industrial sewing thread and fishing nets.
- Edible Glitter. Um… Looks like fish food.
- Paper Honeycomb. Lightweight and strong packing material.
Now, before you go registering anything based off of these keywords, be sure to check the trademarks. It’s possible the companies are trying to trademark these, if they haven’t already.
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“Translucent Concrete. Concrete that allows light to pass through. Perhaps a way to collect solar energy?”
Interesting concept. I was reading an article either yesterday or two days ago that they were actually developing “spray-on” solar panels. More efficient future coming soon? Hopefully!
Enjoyed the read! Really cool stuff.
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Thanks, Sammy. I’ve read about so many different ways to collect solar power, it’s amazing. The trick is figuring out which ideas will pan out and which will not. And at that point it’s a crap shoot. But still interesting!
-Scott
Great ideas for domainers! Even in this lousy economy there is opportunity! I tweeted this!
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Thanks Kelly! When I began writing the article CeramicCloth.com was available. I didn’t register it immediately for a reason I can’t recall. But when I went to register it right before I posted the article I noticed it was taken. Someone is reading the same articles as me!
-Scott
Darn! Remember “Transparent Aluminum” in Star Trek IV? Taken: TransparentAluminum.com
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You know, you may be on to something there. Many new scientific discoveries have been inspired by science-fiction television and movies. Perhaps if you don’t get too crazy, like the flux capacitor, you may be able to find some decent domains.
-Scott
Excellent idea for collecting solar power!