ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
Graphene replaced Carbon Nanotubes in 2009 as the break though in nanobotics. The current theory is create a Graphene tube, which is actually just as stable and does the job 160 times more efficiently in terms of energy conservation. Not to mention the fact that Graphene bots would be able to move significantly faster consuming way less energy. We have this tech (nanobots) more or less down pact, the only problems are the cost, being able to build a robot that small and programming it.Carbon nanotubes seems like the would be cheaper and have far more military/economic usability than graphene.
You then have to look at the large scale, with graphene being the stereotypical shield in sci-fi movies. A light weight highly charged object that can repel almost anything given the right charge. and also given the right charge it can expand and contact, making for a highly useful near indestuctible hull, or in this case armor for my Siege Tanks.