Amazing Aerogel videos

Inspired by this Sunday Times story about Aerogel - the world changing 'frozen smoke', here are three clips of the stuff for real. They're not very informative, but this stuff is just hypnotic:

Comments

[Jaceroo]

If they put the aerogel in a container so the things it obsorbed could be released they could use the oil or what ever it obsorbed, like in an oil spill. If they put the "used" aerogel in a container and broke it the oil would come out and be ready to be sent on to the refinery.

[A. C.]

2 Quyen: no, raw materials for aerogels are quite common (IIRC there are silicon, carbon and even aluminium oxide varieties) But process is quite tricky and requires high temperatures and pressures. (BTW, pieces like this one are rejects, neat up-to-specs sheets are even more expensive.)

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[Quyen]

Well, i wonder, this product is highly expensive; it must have been produce by either complicated procedures or by rare materials. We might improve the procedure over time, but rare material? We only exhaust it, this may do more harm than help. Beside, this material cannot solve the issues of pollution in the long term. It absorb the pollutants, but where are those pollutants going to? Mass production of this will require mass disposal. This may (or may not) be problematic, especially if it was made in rare material and contain pollutants because those material tend to cause difficulty in disposing them. (I'm not trying to be negative here, Just thinking)

[dennis]

too bad it can't improve cinematography skills.

[Indian in the machine]

This stuff is likely back engineered from Sylphs......check out my site indianinthemachine com to read more about sylphs, the sky elementals.

Dieter

[geoff dunn]

When they manage to produce this stuff cheaply, it could literally save the planet - by massively reducing the amount of fossil fuels we need to burn to create heat. And it also helps to clean the environment too. It really seems too good to be true! (I hope its not another 'cold-fusion' type claim though!). I will follow this story with great interest.

[capt skedaddlehop]

No, but seriously folks, this stuff can be used to insulate from the cold. I can see it now, Dr Scholl's shoe inserts, on sale now for $159.99 + tax.

[capt skedaddlehop]

I can't wait till they have aerogel underwear!

[Steve Matt]

Is it eco-friendly? Post your comments and reviews of aerogel at one-earth.com

[Liztron]

I think the next 20 years are going to blow my mind.