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    Grafoid Opens Massive Facility in Ontario fr 3D Printable Graphene Materials

    Graphene has the potential to change a number of industries in massive ways. Combined with 3D printing, the sky is the limit. One company which is investing heavily into both areas is a Canadian based company called Grafoid. Grafoid has just opened a 225,000 square foot center which will allow them to further research and produce 3D printable graphene based 3D printer filament. The company is also seeking additional funding of $50 million so that they can even more quickly bring their products to market. More details on the plans of Grafoid can be found here: http://3dprint.com/12713/grafoid-3d-print-graphene

    Do you think they have what it takes to bring graphene into the mainstream with the help of 3D printing?

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    We are developing engines that need no fuel. They have no combustion and therefore do not get hot. A Graphene compound would seem ideal for 3-D printing of the parts. The markets could be huge. Grafoid might have the ability to make the necessary compound. The engines are described on our website: www.aesopinstitute.org

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    Hi Mark, just read your site. You assume that your design can "circumvent thermodynamics second law" by assuming that the second law only operates on processes that are random. The site goes on to stack more and more assumptions onto that one. This first assumption, that entropy only increases in a chaotic system, is flawed. Entropy increases in all systems, including those which are endothermic.

    The thermodynamic laws are mathematical proofs, not experimental findings. You can no more make a process with negative entropy than you can make a circle with a negative diameter.

    Sorry, it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people get to a point where they grasp concepts of science and think they know the whole thing (and can come up with new theories that they believe trump existing laws) without understanding the math behind it.

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    There's been a load of communication/announcements/advertising/bold declarations/daring mergers/BS ... from various graphene companies linked to 3d printing over the last year. I find it tiring.

    I personnally would like to stop hearing from them unless :
    - they start selling an actual product,
    - somebody writes a hands on test article,
    - a prototype is tested by someone,
    - they announce they start sending samples.

    Facts. Please.

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    Hi Feign, SECOND LAW SURPRISES under MORE at aesopinstitute.org may prove of interest. Ken Rauen has presented his circumvention to the second law at three science conferences. All were attended by physicists. None found an error in his work. He has mathematical proofs of his findings.

    The Ford Engine converted to run without fuel by Chris Hunter demonstrates this new reality. AESOP is presently converting a Briggs & Stratton engine and a Mitsubishi V6. They are a path to commercialization of what has long been assumed to be impossible. Experiments always trump theory.

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