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Processor | Xeon w 3520 |
Motherboard | DFI Lanparty |
Cooling | Big tower thing |
Memory | 6 gb Ballistix Tracer |
Video Card(s) | HD 7970 |
Case | a plank of wood |
Audio Device(s) | seperate amp and 6 big speakers |
Power Supply | Corsair |
Mouse | cheap |
Keyboard | under going restoration |
Researchers and auto component makers say a material made from wood pulp weighs just one fifth of steel and is up to five times stronger.
The material, cellulose nanofibres, could become a viable alternative to steel in the decades ahead and could also be used in aviation, they say.
Experts are currently developing a prototype car using cellulose nanofibre-based parts to be completed in 2020.
Researchers at Kyoto University and major parts suppliers such as Denso Corp, Toyota's biggest supplier, and DaikyoNishikawa Corp, are working with plastics incorporated with the nanofibres.
They are made by breaking down wood pulp fibres into several hundredths of a micron (one thousandth of a millimetre).
Cellulose nanofibres have been used in a variety of products ranging from ink to transparent displays.
But their potential use in cars has been enabled by the 'Kyoto Process', under which chemically treated wood fibres are kneaded into plastics while simultaneously being broken down into nanofibres.
This slashes the cost of production to roughly one-fifth that of other processes.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-japan-wood-idUSKCN1AU2FX
The material, cellulose nanofibres, could become a viable alternative to steel in the decades ahead and could also be used in aviation, they say.
Experts are currently developing a prototype car using cellulose nanofibre-based parts to be completed in 2020.
Researchers at Kyoto University and major parts suppliers such as Denso Corp, Toyota's biggest supplier, and DaikyoNishikawa Corp, are working with plastics incorporated with the nanofibres.
They are made by breaking down wood pulp fibres into several hundredths of a micron (one thousandth of a millimetre).
Cellulose nanofibres have been used in a variety of products ranging from ink to transparent displays.
But their potential use in cars has been enabled by the 'Kyoto Process', under which chemically treated wood fibres are kneaded into plastics while simultaneously being broken down into nanofibres.
This slashes the cost of production to roughly one-fifth that of other processes.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-japan-wood-idUSKCN1AU2FX