Comments on: Carbon nanotube carpet darkest thing ever made

Scientists from Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute figured out a way to trap light efficiently with nanotubes; 99.955 percent of the light that hits gets absorbed.

[epitone]

Isn't there...

...a Spinal Tap album cover joke to be made here?

[aetherial]

It's like...how much more black could it be?

And the answer is none. None more black.

[xxwildchild]

Spinal Tap

If you weren't going to say it... i was

[aboration]

Application to radar

I would be interesting to see if they could develop a similar product to absorb
radar.

[JohnMcGrew]

Excellent uses in photography

One of the biggest problems in photography is stray light reflecting off of internal components within lenses and cameras. This would virtually eliminate that problem, resulting in more sensitive cameras.

[Shankland]

Great, until a nanofiber sticks to your sensor

Nonreflective black is good, but somebody will have to engineer something that's durable, too, before it's useful, I'd imagine.

[cyde01]

Any way you could use this material to make a TV?

imagine the contrast ratio.

[hlwdjsd]

need this in a fabric

My girlfriends and I often say we wear black, at least until they come up with something darker. Looks like our wishes have come true.

[mstaindl]

I like your blackf humour :)