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Reminds me of Rearden metal. With metal that unique, maybe they'll come up with some radical designs/products. Kinetic charger for touchscreen devices? Fold-up
by Tycho 16y ago
Reminds me of Rearden metal. With metal that unique, maybe they'll come up with some radical designs/products. Kinetic charger for touchscreen devices? Fold-up iPad?
- cma 16y agoTo the disappointment of Ayn Rand fans everywhere, this 'Rearden' metal originated in the (government-funded) public university system. :P
- hop 16y agoI think it's great CalTech has done so much work on such a marketable, revolutionary product. With all the money that flows to universities for research, I hope for more this. Looking through the patents for liquid metal, they are assigned to liquid metal technologies and not the university, but perhaps caltech has some equity (doubt it though).