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Materials: What exactly can Apple's new Liquidmetal do?
The web is abuzz with news of Apple's acquisition of a company called Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., a onetime NASA collaborator whose namesake material is a fast-cooling alloy mix twice as strong as titanium.
We can expect tons of speculation on what Apple might do with such a metal, design-wise, and 99% of the rumors will of course be nonsense. But for an example of what can actually, and has been, done with this material, check out this manufacturing vid from watchmaker Omega:
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Apple has received approved patents in recent months concerning specific uses of Liquidmetal, so the products are coming, for sure. Imagine finally having a nice MacBook Pro or an iPhone that needs a diamond awl to scratch it. Stand by for a new era of Apple products coming soon.
Unfortunately, Liquidmetal is sworn to keep its mouth muzzled until Apple actually unveils its new Liquidmetal products. As a result, share prices for Liquidmetal stock have plummeted. Therefore, it is a GREAT buying opportunity to purchase LQMT.OB stock. Did you ever wish you could have purchased Coca Cola stock when it was an IPO? Here's another chance.
Hope this is not another Apple commercial campain. It would certainly get them out of the Antenna issue by showing they are goign after a solution. But whether its an old process with a new name or truely something new, is yet to be seen.
Apple does have great products but I could really do without the hype and BS.
"Look we've got this cool new material that's 2x as strong as titanium, what should we do with it?"
"I know, let's make numbers out of it!"
"But, couldn't we just cast the numbers out of ceramics?"
"No, no, no. . . sure we could do that but don't you understand, if we fill in the numbers with a material that is 2x as strong as titanium, they'll be there. . .. f o r e v e r."
"Do I want my numbers to last f o r e v e r?"
"Um, yeah. Is that a rhetorical question?"
"No, I'm serious, do I want my numbers to last f o r e v e r?"
"Look, forget about f o r e v e r. The point is this stuff is 2x as strong as titanium, numbers are just the beginning. Here I've got some sketches of, get this, 'letters' made from the stuff. Bob's working on exclamation points as we speak. I think we're gonna be here all weekend so you better order a pizza."