Howdy Fritz. Most email clients will let you, just highlight what you want to delete and hit the delete or backspace key.
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Fritz Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > Charles, > I didn't delete them because I don't know how. Guess I better learn. > Thanks for the reminder and I hope this finds you in good health. > Fritz > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 20, 2013, at 11:06 PM, Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Interesting article, and I especially like the email etiquette note at the > very bottom of your forward, and the fact that you didn't delete any of the > email addresses it came from :) > > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Fritz Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Most interesting and informative. >> Fritz >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From:* Kittymryth <[email protected]> >> *Date:* October 15, 2013 10:26:09 AM CDT >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* *Fwd: graphene* >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard J Rome <[email protected]> >> To: Undisclosed-recipients: <> >> Sent: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 7:55 am >> Subject: graphene >> >> >> Amazing Graphene >> >> Technology helps the world advance. As humans it's in our nature >> to investigate, innovate and solve problems. This curiosity means we make >> things, create things and develop new technologies. You can look back >> thousands of years for basic examples of technology pushing civilization >> forward. >> >> Most people don't understand the rapid change technology has on >> their lives... or the speed at which a sea change occurs. >> >> For example, the following are the five 'Great Ages' of human >> progress and their approximate duration: >> >> - *Stone Age* - 3.4 million years >> - *Bronze Age* - 2,500 years >> - *Iron Age* - 500 years >> - *Industrial Revolution* - 80 years >> - *Information Revolution* - 20 years >> - >> >> You'll notice the length of each 'age' diminishes as technology >> improves. The computer industry calls this trend 'Moore's Law'. It dictates >> that computer processing power doubles every 18 months. Graphene is >> >> 200 times stronger than steel... >> >> 150,000 times thinner than a human hair... >> >> More flexible than a sheet of paper >> >> You may have heard about* Graphene.* If you haven't, it's a newly >> discovered, very special refined form of graphite. It's a one-atom-thick >> sheet of densely packed carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. >> >> Take a look: >> >> <ATT1.jpeg> >> Put simply, it's a sheet of carbon atoms 150,000 times thinner than >> a human hair. Under a powerful microscope, it looks like chicken wire. But >> what's so special about it? >> >> *Everything* >> >> For starters, it's 200 times stronger than structural steel; it's so >> strong you could suspend an elephant from a single strand of Graphene,* and >> the strand would not break.* >> >> It's extremely lightweight. Soon, everything from bicycles and boats >> to airplanes and cars could be made out of graphene composites.* And >> when they are, their energy efficiency and durability could skyrocket.* >> >> But, that's just the beginning of what this new 'smart material' can >> do. Not only is it the strongest material researchers have ever tested, >> it's also one of the best conductors man has ever found. IBM has already >> created a graphene-based processor capable of executing 100 billion cycles >> per second. Researchers believe that in the future, a graphene credit card >> could store as much information as today's computers. >> >> This one material alone could prove more >> >> revolutionary than - and soon >> >> REPLACE - plastic, Kevlar and the silicon chip >> >> In fact, it's such a breakthrough that the first two scientists to >> successfully produce single-atom-thick crystals of graphene were awarded >> the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. >> >> In just two years, over 200 companies from a wide array of >> industries have researched the magical potential of graphene: >> >> >> - *Scientists in the US and China* are already using tiny >> graphene-based probes to target and identify tumors in live mice. They >> hope >> similar graphene-based particles could shuttle cancer drugs to tumors, or >> even kill tumor cells directly. >> - >> - *Engineers at Northwest University,* Seattle, found that specially >> crafted graphene electrodes could allow a lithium-ion battery, like those >> found in your smartphone or Toyota Prius, to* charge 10 times faster >> and hold 10 times more power*. >> - >> - *And in 2011, chemists at Rice University,* Houston, created >> graphene-based thin films, unlocking the secret to incredibly flexible, >> super-durable touch screens and solar cells that can wrap around just >> about >> anything. >> - >> >> <ATT2.jpeg> >> *Kiss goodbye to shattered screens* >> >> Samsung has already said its flexible displays should enter >> full-scale production later this year, and it expects to have a dozen more >> graphene based products on the market within the next five. >> >> IBM, Nokia and Apple are hot on their heels too. >> >> Touch screens, processor chips, casings, and batteries (in >> everything from PCs and HD TVs to tablets), mobile phones and hybrids could >> all be made with graphene. >> >> It could change entire industries, economies, and our lives. >> >> Imagine HD TVs as thin as wallpaper, Smart phones so skinny and >> flexible you can roll them up and put them behind your ear,* and so >> durable you can beat them with a hammer!* >> >> Imagine if you could eliminate breast cancer or prostate tumors with >> a simple injection or by swallowing a graphene-charged pill. >> >> Imagine if your house were strong enough to withstand a bush fire, >> and your windows processed enough solar energy to heat your home in winter >> and cool it in the summer. Or if your car were 6 times lighter and 20 times >> stronger. >> >> The effects would be staggering! >> >> Fuel-efficiency would shoot through the roof. >> >> People would live longer, healthier lives. >> >> Cars and airplanes would be lighter, faster and safer than ever >> before. >> >> And electronics of every type would be launched into an era of >> unprecedented growth and evolution. >> >> This is just a taste of the cutting-edge innovations coming in the >> Molecular Age, innovations that will reshape the future in the months and >> years ahead, and it's starting now. >> >> You're looking at a simultaneous eruption of >> >> new-age technologies that will alter our lives >> >> on a scale not seen for 100 years >> >> All this technological change and innovation will transform the >> world. >> >> >> - 'Nano batteries' will* charge your mobile in seconds,* and even* power >> whole cities.* >> - >> - 'Smartphones' will* carry the computing power of IBM's Watson >> Supercomputer.* >> - >> - A new era of computing mobility - none of the solid rectangular >> things we carry now but* flexible, wearable devices.* >> - >> - Handheld 'breathalyzers' will* diagnose disease* in seconds. >> - >> - Bionic limbs with human fluidity and dexterity, but the* strength >> of Superman.* >> - >> >> Spacecraft with the capacity to* take us beyond our solar system* into >> places and worlds never explored. >> >> *The Smallest Revolution* >> >> *in History* >> >> Down at the molecular level there's a lot of friction. Particles can >> stick together really easily. This means new and complicated structures can >> be formed. >> >> Today scientists are experimenting with different conditions to see >> what sorts of new molecular structures they can create. >> >> The results are astonishing. Some look like thin wires... >> >> <ATT3.jpeg> >> Some look like pancakes... >> >> <ATT4.jpeg> >> Others look like flowers... >> >> <ATT5.jpeg> >> All these different molecular structures have different properties. >> >> And soon they'll change the way we live: from solar panels you can >> spray onto your roof, to* computers and batteries so small they are >> invisible, f*rom mobile phones that you can stretch, twist and even >> imbed into your clothing, they'll make stronger houses, tougher cars, and >> even make us healthier. >> >> >> Medical researchers are already looking at using nano-particles to >> deliver drugs or hunt down cancerous tumors.* Just imagine 'nano >> medicines' patrolling your body, hunting down diseases and zapping problems >> as soon as they arise.* >> >> >> <image001.gif> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <image001.png> >> >> >> >> >> >> EMAIL ETIQUETTE: >> >> If you forward my email message, >> please, *delete* my email address, >> use bcc, and thereby, avoid spam. >> >> Thank you! 8^) >> >> >> >> >> >> >
