NASA creates the blackest material known to man

[David Wyatt]

Made of carbon nanotubes grown on titanium & 10 times blacker than the blackest paint known to man, NASA has developed this material to coat cameras and telescopes, reducing photon contamination by absorbing errant light. Personally I can't wait to see this stuff in cine lenses!! :drool:

http://gizmodo.com/5706700/why-did-nasa-create-a-material-ten-times-blacker-than-the-blackest-black-paint

 

[Mark Phelan]

Very interesting.

But a story ripe for late-night...

"NASA has recently created the blackest material known to man. They were able to do so by obtaining heart biopsies from a select group of politicians."

 

[christopher witzke]

yes... but they are fashionably late as everyone knows that brown is the new black.

Although..... I'd imagine a great place for such a light suck would be inside a lens, mirror box, film/sensor chamber, or any other void within the path of light.

 

[michael zaletel]

And matte boxes...

-michael zaletel

 

[DCC Erickson]

Black is black

 

[ericyoung]

Ah, but is it blacker than Spinal Tap's album cover?

"How much more black could this be? and the answer is ‘None. None...more black’ " :biggrin:

 

[Brent J. Craig]

This would be perfect for a true black patch on color charts! DSC, Xrite, are you listening?

 

[Richard Foster]

Black is black
I want my baby back.
It's grey, it's grey
Since she went away

 

[David W. Jones]

Ah, but is it blacker than Spinal Tap's album cover?

It goes up to 11.