Galvorn - The New Magical Metal

Well that solves global warming. Time to coast till the next crisis.

 

Are the 2 Elves named Pons and Fleischmann?

 

Very informative - thanks. I think a potentially interesting point is how this came about, policy-wise.

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First, a lot of subsidized basic research - ARPA, CIA, USAF, DOE. Common model, good track record, but often overlooked in rhetoric. Plus university research, in this case Rice University, a great research institution.

And look at the diversity of the team they feature. Looks like (trying to find out origins from LinkedIn- may be off), the company is headed (and the primary advances shepherded by) a native born American, a Russian and an Italian, likely naturalized or with other status that recognizes how much the US benefits from attracting the best minds to a free diverse society. The Sr. Research Scientist appears conventional Anglo, but the primary engineer is a female with at least Hispanic heritage. The Production Technician appears to be African, a graduate of Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic. The Production Engineer appears to be Anglo from California.

Combining in Texas to develop a potentially revolutionary technology.

Again, I am just looking at their website and LinkedIn. But that is what it looks like. It's a beautiful thing, what truly makes America great.

 

I assume it was something cold.

 

everything except the Texas part

 

Galvorn? Sounds like something forged in the fires of Orodruin.

 

Isn’t the title slightly inaccurate? The article says made from carbon.

 

Shrimp shells contain chitin, which can be extracted and reacted into chitosan which can be polymerized into a plastic.

 

Interesting. Need to invent the tech to allow for hot mixing at the construction site as that seems to be the primary difference. Pantheon was impressive to visit and considering its age. Parts of the vatican came from metals stripped from t the pantheon. Too great of a building for the catholics to destroy so they repurposed it.

 

Whatever happened to one atom thick graphene? Its properties are amazing and held (holds?) great promise.

 

Speaking of "filling in" some new ideas about the construction of the great pyramid of Giza suggests that the pyramid was not constructed with 2.3 million finely chisled blocks weighing tons, put together to form the impressive monument that nobody can explain how could be done.

A new idea is the pyramid was built with an exoskeleton, that yes indeed was finely made and covered with wonderfully polished casing blocks, and the interior was
constructed with a series of support buttresses, the spaces between the buttresses were filled in with spoils and a slush mud binding, from the block quarries.

Think of a modern day concrete pour in a form although this is a rather rough and inaccurate comparison.

This theory suggests that 40 to 60% of the pyramids volume may consist of this material. Observations of Al Amuns 14th century tunnel lead credence to this idea.

This idea is picking up a little steam outside the stuck in the mud "Egyptology"
community led by Hawass, the self appointed I know everything about everything Egyptian beauracrat that wants to control all aspects of research and narratives regarding the most impressive example of Classical monumental architecture in the world.

 

Yeah, the construction means and methods employed by Egyptians (ARO) 4,500 years ago is of course, in all probability, the most discussed, considered, researched, excavated, and fought over, topic of Architecture that has ever existed in world history.

Me I would like to see 2 things:
1 - Go into the recently discovered 90 Meter
cavity discovered by Muon Scans.
2 - Re-excavate under the Queens chamber
and do a more comprehensive clearing of
blocks and rubble to see if further unexplored chambers are down there.