A World of Wolverines Wolverine is a Marvel comic hero (anti-hero?) whose bones are laced with the made up steel "adamantium". Adamantium is the material of convenience for unimaginative writers needing a crutch - due to it's complete indestructibility. Such things are needed in a comic universe whenever one needs something even The Hulk can't smash. So Wolverine has a bone structure that can't be beat, so to speak. In an earlier blog, I made an offhand remark about wanting carbone nanotubes incorporated into my bones. Apparently my remark wasn't exactly prescient, as scientists have already started on it. What especially kills me about this article is the line The nanotubes were chemically treated to attract calcium ions and produce the growth of hydroxyapatite crystals on their surfaces. Of course, it seems carbon nanotubes can be chemically modified to do nearly anything.Maybe someday we'll all be able to leap tall buildings.

Wolverine is a Marvel comic hero (anti-hero?) whose bones are laced with the made up steel "adamantium". Adamantium is the material of convenience for unimaginative writers needing a crutch - due to it's complete indestructibility. Such things are needed in a comic universe whenever one needs something even The Hulk can't smash. So Wolverine has a bone structure that can't be beat, so to speak.

In an earlier blog, I made an offhand remark about wanting carbone nanotubes incorporated into my bones. Apparently my remark wasn't exactly prescient, as scientists have already started on it. What especially kills me about this article is the line The nanotubes were chemically treated to attract calcium ions and produce the growth of hydroxyapatite crystals on their surfaces. Of course, it seems carbon nanotubes can be chemically modified to do nearly anything.

Maybe someday we'll all be able to leap tall buildings.