Kuro Ultra Contrast is so last week

[WickyWoo]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...902617_pf.html

Researchers in New York reported this month that they have created a paper-thin material that absorbs 99.955 percent of the light that hits it, making it by far the darkest substance ever made -- about 30 times as dark as the government's current standard for blackest black.

The material, made of hollow fibers, is a Roach Motel for photons -- light checks in, but it never checks out. By voraciously sucking up all surrounding illumination, it can give those who gaze on it a dizzying sensation of nothingness.

"It's very deep, like in a forest on the darkest night," said Shawn-Yu Lin, a scientist who helped create the material at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. "Nothing comes back to you. It's very, very, very dark."

[MaleManGuy]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...902617_pf.html

That is quite excellent! I guess that makes LCD TV's last year? lol
Well, the new 2008 panasonics and pioneer plasmas coming out are outstanding.

JL

[ikbradley]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...902617_pf.html

Pretty cool article. Thanks for that.

[Rustmonsteru]

a dizzying sense of nothingness... sounds evil .

[aphex]

When visitor's gaze at the material, blood slowly pours out from every orafice.

like when talking to that evil thing in the 5th element.

[Balian]

Reading that article reminds me of the cloaking device in Predator.

[Brain Sturgeon]

"It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black"

[fronn]

Originally Posted by Brain Sturgeon

"It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black"

Haha... I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought of that.

[Sylin]

I just found it funny that they refer to a dark forest. Art imitates life, indeed, when your best comparison to technology is reality.

Now I wanna see this thing IRL...

[HDJK]

Now wouldn't that be the perfect material for Projector-screen masking

[nelsona]

Originally Posted by HDJK

Now wouldn't that be the perfect material for Projector-screen masking

Haha, I thought the same thing.