10 futuristic materials

[Winston001]

Check out the invisibility metamaterials. All of this stuff already exists, what a fascinating future we face. :woohoo:
http://lifeboat.com/ex/10.futuristic.materials

[Subike]

If I remember correctly,
Recently at a bike show there was a Hybusa that had its wheels made of the "visable" alloy.
Looked kind of scary, visable forks, brakes and tyres but no rim!!

[Mikkel]

Hah! Silver-dielectric layered metamaterials are exactly the subject of my research.

Don't let me dictate you what to think - but a fair bit of scepticism on the subject of invisibility coats would be advisable :yes:

[Fooman]

Ha, they've got common garden titanium fan blades pretending to be superalloys.

Other stuff is pretty cool.

FM

[Jez]

wow some really cool ideas for the future ... i especially like the Aerogel, wouldnt mind insulting my house with that ;)

[Forest]

I'm fairly certain that the guy in the metamaterials picture is simple wearing a silver reflective coat (which reflects an image from a projector).

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/30/tech/main546865.shtml

[alanzs]

wow some really cool ideas for the future ... i especially like the Aerogel, wouldnt mind insulting my house with that ;)

I was always taught to never insult your house. Houses have feelings too....:2thumbsup

[avgas]

Meh - im waiting for nano-fibres to replace kevlar in my jacket.

[R6_kid]

If I remember correctly,
Recently at a bike show there was a Hybusa that had its wheels made of the "visable" alloy.
Looked kind of scary, visable forks, brakes and tyres but no rim!!

I think you'll find that the Hayabusa you are thinking of simply had a perspex disc in the centre of the rim, probably about an inch thick, and was then bolted on to the rim. It had a single sided swingarm so you could see right through to the other side.