@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoWhat would be the specific applications of a room temperature superconductor?message-square33fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhat would be the specific applications of a room temperature superconductor?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
Okay, so probably more efficient electronics and power grids, MRI machines without helium, probably easier maglev tech, …?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoIn theory, the cost of getting an MRI would come way down due to not having to keep the coils crazy cold. In practice, we have capitalism, so it’ll probably go up
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•2 years agoIn practice, the medical market is one of the most heavily regulated in history. We definitely don’t have capitalism in medicine. If we did, prices would go way down.
In theory, the cost of getting an MRI would come way down due to not having to keep the coils crazy cold. In practice, we have capitalism, so it’ll probably go up
In practice, the medical market is one of the most heavily regulated in history. We definitely don’t have capitalism in medicine.
If we did, prices would go way down.