OK, I admit the headline is a cheap gimmick to broaden interest in something really geeky, but Clapton really is a small part of this story. I wrote a while back in this space that "nanotech is the next big thing that most people don't know anything about." Today I saw this story that makes the implications of nanotechnology more tangible.
Physicists at UC Berkeley have made a functional radio out of a single carbon fiber "nanotube" that is 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. And I thought it was tough keeping up with my iPod! It receives either AM or FM (no satellite?!) The first song they played on it: Layla by Derek & the Dominos (Clapton's early band). So these guys are not just nano-geniuses, they've got good taste in tunes too!
Comments (1)
I'm with you on the impressive nature of this new tech. Especially the "transmitter" function. I thought the comment in the article re: "cell phones" was also an interesting double entendre, humorous.
2 things, as far as Derek and the Dominoes being Clapton's early band, he goes back much farther than that, both Cream and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Maybe you're not old enough.
Secondly - fear could be a key response to this new tech if you've read Michael Creighton's "Prey". Check it out - the promise and dangers of nano-tech run rampant.
Thanks
JJ
Posted by JJ on December 4, 2007 11:58 PM