Boeing’s new metal is 99.99% air and can be used for almost anything
Oct12
A new video released by Boeing this week touts that the company has invented a metal that’s “99.99 percent air” for future use in airplanes, cars and other objects. The metal is a microlattice, made up of a series of tubes in a criss-cross pattern and air gaps between each intersection. The microlattice is one of the lightest materials known to man and Boeing says it’s almost ready to go. The metal can be compressed to high levels without breaking, and absorb more energy than normal metals making it incredibly flexible for a wide range of applications. For example, the video says…
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