Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow

Why is this article on the front page of HN? Graphene is old news as are all the &quot;it could revolutionize .....&quot; statements. Nothing is imminent to market, but it sure seems like someone wants to acquire investments. No MVP&#x27;s that can do anything w&#x2F;o all that sweet investment manna? For something which lends itself to soooooo many applications, we can&#x27;t even get the mundane out the door?<p>I may be long-term bullish, but I&#x27;m done with the hype.<p>Let&#x27;s call it a gold rush and ambiguously tie it to the last monstrous movement - semiconductors. Maybe we should throw some other buzz in about quantum computers and sensor-laden clothing - because everybody has been clamoring to wire up their hoodies.<p>It, of course, doesn&#x27;t even mention the toxicity risks. Asbestos is one helluva insulator. Asbestos would compliment graphene very well.<p>Only missing a link to arxiv.

This reminds me of my excitement in the early 2000&#x27;s about Holographic disc techonology:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Holographic_Versatile_Disc</a><p>It seems like it&#x27;s never coming. It is a technology before its time.

They fail to mention it causes hypegasms :-) But more seriously, it is going to change the world over time, and carbon based electronics. But I am not sure why this article other than to mention Samsung&#x27;s press releases (<a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/news/newsIrRead.do?news_ctgry=irnewsrelease&amp;news_seq=20176" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.samsung.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;aboutsamsung&#x2F;news&#x2F;newsIrRead.do?ne...</a>) or to just give out a tech &#x27;feel good&#x27; vibe.

When and if graphene is in production in new products: What comes after that? We&#x27;re always building something harder, better, faster, stronger (sorry I can&#x27;t help myself). Can we even fathom something beyond graphene? Or do we plateau? Charging a cell phone in 15 minutes is awesome, but what about instantly? Shoot, lets just embed cell phones into our bodies, and we&#x27;ll power them with our cells!

I am looking forward to this actually being used. It has been a big deal for a while and all we&#x27;ve got so far is... a condom?<p>It&#x27;s much more affordable now. What would be really cool is if the iWatch had this (not planning on buying one, but still)

I wonder if graphene devices could be fabricated using 3D printers. Now, that would be a game changer even if their performance was below silicon devices.

More graphene goodness from the MIT Tech Review today:<p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512496/first-graphene-audio-speaker-easily-outperforms-traditional-designs/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.technologyreview.com&#x2F;view&#x2F;512496&#x2F;first-graphene-a...</a><p>Apparently it makes great speakers...

So, if Graphene is so awesome, what are the problems with its application? So far it seems it&#x27;s still mostly in research. From a HN front page article I expect a little more than simply listing research efforts etc.

Something comes to mind. Read some old science fiction. The Asimov Foundation series provides good examples. Fission&#x2F;atomic power was all the range when the book were written. It reads as hopi

&quot;Benjamin, I want to say one word to you. Just one word … ”<p>&quot;Yes … What is is, Mr. McGuire?”<p>&quot;Plastics.”<p><pre><code> http:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;PSxihhBzCjk</code></pre>

Looking forward to see cross country skiing poles made from graphene :-)

does anyone know where one can buy this material for experiments etc?

Didn&#x27;t Daft Punk write a song called Technologic about graphene? ;)<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozitqabi6UM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ozitqabi6UM</a>

Wooow! this is freaking awesome if this really can happen!

Does it cure cancer too?