Graphene Jacket?

For years I have been hearing how graphene was going to revolutionize all sorts of products…
Usual marketing spin doctor BS.
Meaningless.

Cheers

So you pay $695 to be part of an experiment.

If you have the money and are really bored , why not ?

I am not that bored.

Cheers

You denizens of Oz are real party poopers.

But we have big knives.

Roger

I really wouldn’t underestimate the potential of graphene for new fabrics and materials – it’s being widely accepted as a disruptive technology:

https://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/learn/applications/

I’ve had a chat with someone at Inov8 who was involved in developing their new outsole with the Nobel-winning team in Manchester, and they are claiming that it offers a combination of grip and longevity that simply isn’t possible with conventional materials. Reviewers seem to agree.

Kudos to Inov8 for being such early movers. But it will be some considerable time before we see many graphene based products on the consumer market. It is exotically difficult to manufacture and work with, so we will have to wait while new techniques are developed. There was 100 years  between the discovery of silicone and the invention of the silicone chip. We’ve barely scratched the potential for graphene.

The folks at Vollebak seem honest enough in their marketing, but at the moment their jacket does seem like a toy for rich boys. Still, it’s an interesting glimpse into the future.

@Geoff

I am all for the technology and the R&D. That’s my life.
But I do tend to be a bit harsh on the spin doctors. They deserve it.

Cheers

“There was 100 years between the discovery of silicone and the invention of the silicone chip”

FYI silicone is NOT silicon!

Silicone is a polymer while silicon is a chemical element (element 14).

One of silicon’s many uses is in semiconductors.

@Pedestrian

Oops – typo…

This stuff may be the “Unobtanium” we’ve all been waiting for.

To heck with carbon fiber hiking poles. I want Graphene fiber hiking poles!