Submarines could use new nanotube technology for sonar and stealth
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 13:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Speakers made from carbon nanotube sheets that are a fraction of the width of a human hair can both generate sound and cancel out noise -- properties ideal for submarine sonar to probe the ocean depths and make subs invisible to enemies. That's the topic of a report on these "nanotube speakers."