From: ug123@victoria.tc.ca   
      
   Some technologies are great breakthroughs scientifically and I mean great.   
   The problem is they take too long to come to market. Look at what has   
   happened to computers that drive cars. The first one I saw was a 486dx2 50   
   notebook driving a car, no foot pedal actuators just steering wheel, down   
   the road. Then look at Darpa. The problem is that the tecknology is such a   
   huge success that it will be years before it is marketed basically because   
   they want to develope it for the maximum amount to economic return, namely   
   trillions and trillions of dollars instead of mear billions. It could be   
   a while before we see those new batteries no matter how much we might want   
   or need them.   
      
   My 2c worth   
   Tom   
      
    Burt (burt@hotmail.com) wrote:   
   : I was reading somewhere that a company has patented a new battery technology   
   : that can hold 100 times more power per gram than current batteries do and it   
   : can be charged in under 6 minutes and will not wear out like current   
   : batteries do.   
      
   : Thinking more on that subject I was thinking of the future implications of   
   : some of the technologies that are coming up.   
   : Imagine when this happens  it would/could cure our environment problems and   
   : clear up all envioment problems because our cars could finally run of   
   : batteries and there would be no draw backs.   
   : Mix this in with the new solar panels Ive been reading about which also use   
   : smaller nano technology and are surpose to be  30% more efficient then   
   : imagine the future.   No reliance on the middle east for oil.(while much   
   : anyway).   
      
   : I just wondered how and where you think these types of advancements in nano   
   : technologies will lead to and how you think it will effect our efficiency in   
   : space travel.   
   : Anybody got any likely but serious predictions for the future.?   
      
   : Burt   
      
      
      
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