Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by londons_explore on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:48PM
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Note that when we invented the aeroplane, uses weren't immediately obvious.
People would have suggested things like cities in the sky, looking down on things, and traversing marshland easily.
The actual main use for planes has turned out to be fast long distance travel. But we don't actually theoretically need to be up in the air to travel fast or far - in fact, had we never invented the aeroplane, we'd probably have cars or trains by now that moved as fast as present day planes do.
The revolutionary effect of new inventions is often hard to see, particularly for basic science research like superconductors.
People would have suggested things like cities in the sky, looking down on things, and traversing marshland easily.
The actual main use for planes has turned out to be fast long distance travel. But we don't actually theoretically need to be up in the air to travel fast or far - in fact, had we never invented the aeroplane, we'd probably have cars or trains by now that moved as fast as present day planes do.
The revolutionary effect of new inventions is often hard to see, particularly for basic science research like superconductors.