From Star Trek to real life: Transparent Aluminium is here!

Yes Sci-Fi Fans and "Trekkie's" all over the world: another Star Trek invention comes to life when scientist from DuPont using nanotechnology found out how to make transparent aluminium, creating aluminium particles that can be molded in a crystalline structure.
That kind of "glass" is more resistant than normal glass and is still at development stage at DuPont labs, there's room for improvement yet.



The first time I ever heard of such a thing was in 1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Enterprise engineer Mr Scott (or Scotty) needed to build a tank that could contain 2 adult humpback whales and the necessary water for them without adding unnecessary mass to the old Klingon "Bird of Prey". The answer was to teach that technology to someone interested in it in the 20th century as he did, no matter future repercussions. "Who said he didn't discovered transparent aluminium, huh? asked Scotty to "Bones" McCoy... Dude, I just loved that movie!

Anyway, after just 11 years, the "prophecy" has been fulfilled.

Now I just wish they made a damn tricorder as good as they have in Star Trek for Christmas... beats an iPod, don't you think?