<story><title>A room-temperature superconductor? New developments</title><url>https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/room-temperature-superconductor-new-developments</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jtchang</author><text>The ramifications of the inflection point we are currently at is mind boggling. I had a hard time explaining this last night but we may very well be witnessing the beginnings of a technological transformation era much like when the p-n junction was invented. From the 1940s standpoint it would be hard to envision all we had today.&lt;p&gt;- Lossless transport of energy
- Batteries that don&amp;#x27;t take any time to recharge
- Faster CPUs. Much faster with no heat to burn your lap.&lt;p&gt;Can I have my flying car now?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fsh</author><text>None of the things you listed are limited by the &lt;i&gt;conductors&lt;/i&gt; in them. The efficiency of high voltage AC power lines is limited by capacitive coupling to ground. Battery charging is limited by the cell chemistry. CPU heat output is limited by the resistance of the semiconductors.&lt;p&gt;Turns out metals (in particular copper) are already incredibly good conductors.</text></comment>
<story><title>A room-temperature superconductor? New developments</title><url>https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/room-temperature-superconductor-new-developments</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jtchang</author><text>The ramifications of the inflection point we are currently at is mind boggling. I had a hard time explaining this last night but we may very well be witnessing the beginnings of a technological transformation era much like when the p-n junction was invented. From the 1940s standpoint it would be hard to envision all we had today.&lt;p&gt;- Lossless transport of energy
- Batteries that don&amp;#x27;t take any time to recharge
- Faster CPUs. Much faster with no heat to burn your lap.&lt;p&gt;Can I have my flying car now?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>klysm</author><text>&amp;gt; Batteries that don&amp;#x27;t take any time to recharge&lt;p&gt;Huh? Is this actually a thing that this enables? I don&amp;#x27;t initially see how</text></comment>