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BMW Unveils X6 in the world’s ‘blackest black’

The one-off X6 sprayed with a Vantablack VBx2 finish will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show, where BMW will premiere the third-generation of the vehicle, according to a statement from the automaker. Read full article
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How carbon nanotubes built this bizarre ultrablack material

Imagine shining a flashlight on a black surface and seeing... nothing. This happened to me back in June outside a small coastal town in the UK. I was at Surrey NanoSystems, the company that makes the black material I was marveling at. It’s called Vantablack, and it’s one of the darkest substances on Earth. Read full article
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13 Unique Timepieces For The Only Watch 2019 Charity Auction

Every two years, some of the finest watchmakers create one-of-a-kind timepieces that will go under the hammer at the Only Watch 2019 charity auction for research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy Read full article
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HOW GESAFFELSTEIN’S COACHELLA SET TRICKED MINDS WITH THE WORLD’S BLACKEST BLACK

One of the most visually impressive performances at this year’s Coachella was special, not just because of what the audience could see, but because of what they couldn’t see. Behind Gesaffelstein, the French record producer and DJ, was a monolith covered entirely in Vantablack. Read full article
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Rethinking industrial placements

The first undergraduate student that undertook a year-long industrial placement at Surrey Nanosystems created a material that was used at the winter Olympic games. To say the placement was a success might be an understatement. ‘It was a fantastic result,’ says Ben Jensen, chief technology officer and founder of the company. Read full article
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Asif Khan Vantablack Pavilion makes it into the top 10 of 2018

British architect ASIF KHAN applied a sprayable version of the ultra-dark Vantablack pigment to the exterior of this pavilion, to make it the "darkest building on earth". Read full article
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How Vantablack, the darkest material ever, can take gaming to a new level

Have you ever gotten up to use the restroom during a movie screening, then struggled to find your seat when you re-enter the darkened theater? Now imagine how much tougher it would be if the theater wasn’t just dark, but literally the blackest black you’ve ever seen. Or not been able to see, in this case.
That’s the kind of disorienting effect that a major games developer recently turned to the U.K. company Surrey NanoSystems to create. And, boy, did Surrey NanoSystems deliver! Read full article
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Ultrablack room makes everything disappear except you and the game

Stand in front of a surface coated in Vantablack and it feels like you might fall in. The nanotech material isn’t just the blackest black you’ve ever seen, it looks like there’s nothing there. A hole in space.
Step into a room painted floor to ceiling with the stuff and the world disappears. It’s a little like being in a sensory deprivation tank. Your eyes and ears strain to get a grip on something, anything Read full article
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CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4 PLAYED IN TOTAL BLACKOUT

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 00.01 BST, 10TH OCTOBER 2018 – In a world first, the creators of Vantablack, the super-black coating that holds the world record as the darkest substance made by man, have... Read full article
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The Blackest Black Ever Finally Makes Sense on a Watch

Over the last number of years, H. MOSER HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN for its Concept line of watches, which do away with the markings and branding usually placed on watch dials, opting instead for a clean, open look that lets the materials and finishes speak for themselves. The latest installment in that series is the Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept, which really takes things to the next level. The dial of this watch is coated in VANTABLACK, a proprietary material that uses carbon nanotubes to absorb light. The result is a black that appears blacker than any other manmade substance. Read full article
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Delving Into Dark Matter with Spectroscopy

Researchers have developed a new instrument that can analyze light reflected from very small or extremely dark materials such as some meteorite samples and VANTABlack, the darkest manmade substance created. The instrument is already revealing new information about these and other difficult-to-analyze surfaces. Read full article
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  • Source: ANSYS OPTIS
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Vantablack® | Enhanced safety and quality in HUDs

Vantablack is an ultra black coating originally developed by Surrey NanoSystems for use in satellite-borne instruments. It achieved space heritage in 2015, eliminating the Sun’s glare in satellite positioning systems. Vantablack now incorporates a range of ultra-black coatings that are distinguished by exhibiting the lowest known reflectance in any of their target applications. This generally results in one of the Vantablack coatings being the material of choice in resolving critical stray light problems in challenging environments Read full article