Tech teardown — how 2019 faded to black
The colour specialists Pantone like to try to sum up a year in a colour. For 2019, it was Living Coral. For 2020, it is Classic Blue, which it says is “suggestive of the sky at dusk”.
Moser Endeavor Vantablack Tourbillon: Absolute black without logo
For this new 42mm white gold, the independent house Moser & Cie. chose materials derived from astrophysics or borrowed from the aerospace industry. Result? A Vantablack dial with no index or logo and aluminum components that showcase the tourbillon sublimating its hypnotic beauty.
Vantablack – More Than Just the Darkest Material in the World
The first time I heard about Vantablack was within space applications, such as telescopes, before starting to see the material popping up all over the internet for aesthetic purposes. The main uses have been around optical sensor systems, such as camera lenses and space optics. Now that the automotive industry has developed into a technology-focused sector, it’s starting to be used in lenses and radar systems that will be implemented in vehicles over the next few years as we approach the age of autonomy.
BMW have created the World’s first Vantablack Car
THE FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW will be the backdrop for the unveiling of the first and only vehicle in the world to feature a Vantablack® VBx2 coating in a collaboration between BMW, Surrey Nano Systems...
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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".
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!
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