Marine Electronics & Communications

Electronic charts could be as thin as... er... paper

Taken from: Marine Electronics & Communications December/January 2011/12


Imagine high definition screens as thin as wallpaper right across a bridge showing navigational charts, radar and representing a virtual view of the outside. Imagine mobile communicators rolled up and slid behind your ear, or wrapped around the wrist, or bendy touch-screens folded into pockets. These are just some of the potential applications of a brand new material that is tougher than diamond and bends like paper. Graphene conducts electricity and heat better than any other material. It is e....

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