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Liquidmetal cement?
OK, not quite our liquidmetal but interesting all the same..
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/researchers-turn-cement-metal-using-lasers
Cases have been proven to be possible before.. And there is the medical company (I forget the name of it) that is using Liquidmetal for a casing too...
It'll be interesting to see if this gives LQMT a boost today...
This little quote from that article is interesting...
Notably, this settlement applies to all past and future patents for the companies, meaning we shouldn't be witnessing the two fight it out in court for years to come -- at least on the patent front.
Perhaps this 10 year licence deal between Apple and HTC does allow HTC to use Liquidmetal after all..
If this were the case, would Liquidmetal get revenue from this as it might not necessarily be direct..
Perhaps so, but what Liquidmetal would gain is instant global recognition that $1 billion couldn't buy. The stock will go up, no question about that..
I looked at the article on Digitimes.com about HTC using Liquidmetal.. It's on the front page, picture and big bold text, smack in the middle of the page so it can't be missed.. If there is substance behind this rumour, Liquidmetal would likely have a better deal than the one with Apple.
Now I was wondering, Apple have a licence for 'Consumer Electronics' - a very broad description.. Do we know if there was anything in that agreement that specifically mentioned mobile telecommunications devices (for example)? Could someone else take out a licence for a specific industry, like mobile telecommunications devices. Could it be argued that mobile communications devices is a separate industry to 'consumer electronics'...?
Just thinking out aloud...
Well, this rumour seems to be doing the rounds.. It would be in Liquidmetals interest to provide their product to as many companies as possible.. Perhaps HTC has found a way around Apples exclusivity?
Glassimetal still seems more likely to me though..
We all know Liquidmetal is Apple's ace card so I find this hard to believe, unless Apple have allowed HTC to use Liquidmetal for a mobile phone before they release their own product using Liquidmetal.. Somehow, I don't see that happening..
Edit.. Having said that, Steve Jobs originally approached Corning to produce glass for the iPhone and now everyone uses Corning glass for their phones.
Another possibility is that HTC has approached W Johnson and want to use his rival Glassimetal technology.. One thing that concerns me is that this seems to be technically superior to Liquidmetal, faster to produce and far cheaper due to the materials used..
Either way, let's hope it provides a boost to LQMT...
Wasn't that to do with Swatch? Swatch, as far as I know, is the only company that is using Liquidmetal commercially... Everything else is hypothetical..
As much as I believe in the potential of this material, I'm on the verge of giving up on the company. It's like listening to a bloody parrot on the conference call. Only 2 questions were asked and I don't think they were from real institutions like last time..
Steipp did mention that there were a number of 'machines' at Visser's warehouse, perhaps that is (potentially...!!!) some good news..
Knowing my luck, I'm sure that if I sold out of my position, something would be announced to propel this into a strong up trend but at the moment, I'm getting a little bored of nothing happening with it... Will decide tomorrow...
12,000 on the BID first thing today??? 500 on the ASK.. That's a lot of demand before the CC today..
That was during the fast run up from 0.16 to 0.63 last year.. LQMT got a little mention on CNBC back then, iPhone rumours etc.. I doubt he is still long but you never know..
Nice to see progression on the fuel cell.. This will be a huge gamchanger.. I still wonder if it can be scaled up for something like a car..
Incredible the uses they're researching for this alloy..
Does anyone know if Liquidmetal Technologies still have an association with William Johnson?
Applications
Space Applications
Hardened bulk metallic glass foam may be very useful as a material for building future spacecraft for long-term space flight. The foams can also be used to build permanent structures on the Moon or Mars. Buildings and spacecraft fuselages made from bulk metallic glass foams can be extremely tough and light at the same time, thereby reducing costs while increasing the protection they provide to explorers.
Earth Applications
Bulk metallic glasses are extremely strong materials (2-3 times stronger than conventional metals) that, when molten, are viscous enough to make well-constructed solid foam. While bulk metallic glass is strong, it is also brittle. A bulk metallic glass foam is very resilient, however, much like spongy human bone. Solid foams are the best materials to make large, stiff structures due to their high strength to mass ratio. Foaming also considerably increases a material's ability to act as a temperature insulator. Foam can be difficult to study on Earth because gravity can interfere with bubble formation, causing the bubbles to rise and the liquid to sink. This is especially true when conventional metal liquid (like aluminum or titanium) is foamed. A better understanding of foaming will help investigators improve a variety of materials used in everything from medical supplies to industrial processing, sports equipment and military vehicles.
True.. Just looking at Engel's website. Interesting that they have doubled production in Pyungtaek City where they make e-motion machines like the one on Liquidmetal's site..
http://www.engelglobal.com/engel_web/global/en/22_4511.htm
Apple is very secretive though, so there might be some kind of 'no publicity' clause in any order or something like that.. Though I don't see how a customer can dictate something like that..
If this does take off, I can imagine the bashers trying to scare people out of the stock.. They are welcome to mine at $100 each..
Already moving up on high volume again.. An excellent sign...
Don't forget, that machine patent that was published in January was filed back in April 2012. Engel could have been working on machines since then, or even as soon as they perfected the machine, whenever that date was..
As Steipp mentioned in a previous CC, once they have finalized the production mold, production can begin.
Could it also be feasible for Apple to start using the machines as soon as Engel makes them, rather than waiting for all of them to be made at once. That way, they could start production, assuming the gadget design is finalized, familiarizing themselves with producing high volumes with this new tech, building up a supply of liquidmetal parts as more machines are released and added to the production line. Purely speculative but it kind of makes sense..
Just an edit.. Might be easier to keep under the radar this way too.. Instead of moving 100 machines or whatever at the same time...
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/ASEB/DEPS_046692
An interesting group of people.. Includes William Johnson.. Does anyone know if he still has an association with Liquidmetal Technologies or does he just focus on his own Glassimetals Tech..?
I think we'll remember today as the day the real uptrend started.. That article basically confirms Apple's intentions and only appeared on 2 of the main Apple blogs.. It wasn't mentioned on macrumors.com, appleinsider.com, cultofmac.com or macworld.com.. If they publish something, volume will be insane..
Apple is up 2% too...
Onwards to $100.. So I can move to the Cayman Islands.. :)
Hi Matt.. I can't reply to private messages as I'm not a paying member..
I don't think it was my message that was deleted, do you have the message number?
Cheers..
I noticed that the macdailynews post attracted a lot of discussion..
I agree though, there is MUCH more going on now than when LQMT jumped from 0.16 to 0.63 last year.. That was just based on rumours of the iphone 5 being made of Liquidmetal..
The paragraph in that patent states exactly what Liquidmetal can be used for, it's a huge difference.. And it's direct from Apple, not some rumour mongering analyst or blog..
They've clearly done a lot of research on how to use Liquidmetal.. Everything is in place now, sourcing material, production mold patented etc.. I wonder, not that I'm starting another rumour, if Apple have been waiting to reduce their production dependency on Samsung before they make a move with Liquidmetal.. Ensuring that Samsung get cut out of any production or design knowledge..
I'm sure this is the first time I've seen a big Apple blog publish that paragraph about Liquidmetal and the Consumer Electronics..
Macdailynews.com also published a post about it on Saturday, linking to the Patentlyapple post so it would have received a fair bit of exposure over the weekend...
It's such a big paragraph, basically outlining Apple's vision for using Liquidmetal..
It'll be interesting to see what happens today...
New Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental..
On cnn.com http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/16/travel/lufthansa-747-8-intercontinental/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
Water cannons greet the arrival of the first 747-8 Intercontinental to Hong Kong in April. The latest version of the fabled jumbo jet, the 747-8 Intercontinental rolled out last year and is currently being built at a rate of two per month. Each 747-8 is made up of about 6 million parts and has a list price of $351.4 million.
So, how many parts on one plane alone could be replaced with Liquidmetal? Stronger, lighter, cheaper to produce.. $351.4 million each plane.. Makes you realize how much money is involved here...
And then there are the other planes too....
Interesting that this also mentions watch casings.. The Omega watch only uses Liquidmetal for the numbers on the bezel, not the actual casing.. Maybe they're working on something else.. Unless it is referring to an iWatch...
Engine valve guides - that sounds like an enormous market...
Hawaii Panel Approves Telescope Plan
I don't know if Liquidmetal Tech would be involved in making the mirror for in this.. Caltech are involved..
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/us/hawaii-approves-thirty-meter-telescope-plan.html?ref=science&_r=0
HONOLULU (AP) — A plan to build the world’s largest optical telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii has won approval from the State Board of Land and Natural Resources.
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The decision, which was made on Friday, clears the way for the group managing the Thirty Meter Telescope project to negotiate a sublease for land with the University of Hawaii. The telescope would be able to observe planets that orbit stars other than the Sun and would enable astronomers to watch new planets and stars being formed. It should also help scientists see about 13 billion light-years away for a glimpse of the early years of the universe.
Construction costs are expected to top $1 billion. The University of California system, the California Institute of Technology and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy are leading the project. China, India and Japan have signed on to be partners.
The telescope’s segmented primary mirror, which is nearly 100 feet long, will give it nine times the collecting area of the largest optical telescopes in use today. Its images will also be three times sharper.
Some Native Hawaiian groups had petitioned against the project, arguing that it would defile the mountain’s sacred summit. Tradition holds that high altitudes are sacred and are a gateway to heaven. In the past, only high chiefs and priests were allowed at Mauna Kea’s summit.
Apple moved up from the low of the day at the same time as this LQMT spike.. That spike is on pretty high volume too.. Liquidmetal.com doesn't work from the UK either.. Hmmmmmmmm........
His site gets an average 58 visitors a day.. Hardly an authority.. Pointless article for a penny stock.. Maybe he's trying to get advertising hits for his site or something like that
Very strange to have 2 similar fear mongering articles on the same day.. They must be trying to scare people out of their positions...
There must be some positive coming out that we don't know about.. Still up 3.4% today so the stock doesn't seem to be too concerned about old news! Bid size is 9 times higher than the Ask size atm..
Surely this is old news.. It's amazing how stuck in the past these so called news outlets are..
'Projectile Development Rapidly Progressing'
Again, is this anything to do with the KEPs that Liquidmetal Tech have been working on? There's no date on the brochure..
http://www.ga.com/docs/defense/Blitzer-brochure.pdf
Is this anything to do with the railgun that Liquidmetal Technologies have been working with over the past few years?
General Atomics and Boeing...
http://www.popsci.com/technology/gallery/2013-04/10-coolest-machines-sea-air-space-exposition-13?image=2
I seem to remember someone from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs asking questions at one of the recent conferences, so LQMT is on their radar...
I generally don't pay much attention to moving averages but the chart on the main page here is shows that the 20 day has now crossed above the 50 day..
Looking at the image, I'm wondering if that new patent has anything to do with the recent iPhone patent with a wraparound display.. I know it mentions a USB but it certainly looks similar at the top and bottom of the enclosure..
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/03/stunning-future-iphone-with-wraparound-display-revealed.html
Also, I think it is the first time I have seen a patent that mentions Liquidmetal Technology directly..
[0014] Figure 1 (obtained from U.S. Pat. No. 7,575,040) shows a viscosity-temperature graph of an exemplary bulk solidifying amorphous alloy, from the VIT-001 series of Zr— Ti— Ni— Cu— Be family manufactured by Liquidmetal Technology. It should be noted that there is no clear liquid/solid transformation for a bulk solidifying amorphous metal during the formation of an amorphous solid. The molten alloy becomes more and more viscous with increasing undercooling until it approaches solid form around the glass transition temperature.
And I'm guessing that the conference yesterday was well liked judging by the move so far today...
Bid Size: 7600 Ask Size: 360
This is looking good...
I did a search for liquidmetal on amazon.com to see what it brought up.. A lot of Head tennis rackets, many with 5 star ratings, the Sandisk USB sticks and a couple of Omega watches... This one is listed for just under $10k!
http://www.amazon.com/Omega-Seamaster-Chronograph-Titanium-Liquidmetal/dp/B00BD3X4NI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1364811287&sr=8-9&keywords=Liquidmetal
From what I understand, probably better to forget those times....
OK.. That image is......
The cover for a Samsung Liquidmetal Phone SCH-X199..
I can't seem to post images here so if you do a Google image search for the above phone, it appears at the top..
I'm sure anything produced by Apple would look a lot nicer..
There's a picture of a shiny one on the slide on their front page too... Looks like a cover for something.. I wondered if it is a medical gadget cover, perhaps handheld. Looks like a small screen should fit in the hole but I wouldn't think multi colours would be in the design brief for something like that..
They could be a colour test of some kind..Figuring out and testing different colour applications on a complex random shape...
Or could it be some kind of consumer electronics gadget yet to be revealed...? That might explain the colours... And we all know who holds the rights to consumer electronics....
It just gets better and better, doesn't it..? Just think how many applications NASA could use Liquidmetal for too... One announcement (from anyone...) and this will fly....
There's a good flow chart covering the start to finish process... I'd say they are near the end, just before production....
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A complex optical mirror?? I wonder if that has anything to do with a new space telescope or something like that where precision is vital..
Their new site looks good, lots of new information.. I like the way they are not only describing what they do but also have a strong call to action on the front page, 'Get started now, send in your CAD'.. They're ready to roll...
I think they need to change the pathing for their URLs though... http://036bab2.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/our-products/upload-your-cad/ isn't going to do them any good in the search engines...