It's 40 Times Harder Than Diamond

Baltimore, Maryland Mon., Dec. 5th, 2005

It's 40 Times Harder Than Diamond

In this Issue...

* New Nano Material is 40 Times Harder Than Diamonds
* Color Changing Paint

Dear Archimedes Lever reader:

Before we into the meat and potatoes of Archimedes' Lever today I want
to take a quick look at two Archimedes' Lever recommendations.

Recommendation #1 Candela (NASDAQ:CLZR)

Back in the beginning of July I recommended Candela for immediate
purchase at $10.50.

Today the company is trading near its 52-wk high of $14.80.

Take a look:

Candela is up over 40% since I first recommended it.

You see I still believe in Candela's profit potential because although
the company has two or three major competitors, Candela manufactures the
most comprehensive and technologically sophisticated laser systems in
its industry.

The funds have begun buying Candela to position themselves in 2006. In
fact, the latest report shows a net of 1.8 million shares purchased by
institutions. I'm bullish on CLZR.

Recommendation #2 Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS)

I just recommended this stock last week to buy up to $5 and the company
is still trading below the recommendation.

But trees don't grow straight to the sky. Neither do stocks. It takes
some time.

I'm uber bullish on IPTV as well as OBAS.

If you haven't secured a position in this company there's good news for
you, there's still plenty of time. For the time being don't chase this
stock above $5. If it blasts above $5 again, just hold off and wait for
it to come back a little.

Ok, onto business.

Harder Than Diamond
Scientists Discover a New Nano Material that's 40 Times Harder

Nothing is harder than diamond, right?

Not any longer.

Using nanotechnology, Israeli scientists say that they have discovered a
material that is 40 times harder than diamond.

The researchers broke the world hardness record by combining quantum
mechanics, chemistry and mechanical engineering.

Surely these were guys in high school who went to the prom alone. But
they're having the last laugh, as they'll probably be gazillionaires
before the end of the year.

The scientists synthesized polyyne, a superhard molecular rod comprised
of acetylene units that resists 40 times more longitudinal compression
than a diamond.

Ok, so they've created something 40 times harder than diamond. What's
the big deal?

Well, these materials can be used in a number of practical applications.
One good example is body armor.

Using this new material, body armor can be made to protect soldiers from
bullets shot from some of the world's most powerful rifles and even
absorb fragments from grenades.

And that's only the beginning of the countless possibilities.

Although this new material may be the hardest material known to man
right now, nanotechnology still has a long way to go developmentally,
and will certainly produced even harder materials.

The fact is scientists don't yet know all the rules of the nano world.

For example, they're not sure if I-shaped beams, which are the strong
structures used for construction of houses and railway ties, are also
the optimally strong structure in the nano world, where materials are
measured in microns.

Researchers still have a lot of work to do. This latest discovery is
only the threshold which scientist and engineers have just crossed.

Color Changing Paint
Beyond Hypercolor, Beyond Mood Rings

Nowadays we have color changing paint known to car enthusiasts as pearl
paint.

Take a look at the car to the right.

The color of the paint appears to change depending where light hits the
car.

In this case the color of the paint appears to change from black to red.

The appearance of color change is created because light is reflected by
several layers of regularly arranged colloid particles, where individual
colors are either removed or strengthened depending on the thickness of
the layers.

But now, German researchers have taken color changing paint a step
further.

They've used ion bombardment and gold metallization to produce new
particles whose bonding behavior can be chemically tailored.

This researcher could lead to new shimmering car finishes which can
change with temperature or humidity

New cosmetics could also be created that change color depending on mood.
Instead of a mood ring we might have mood lipstick or mood eye shadow.

Ok so this technology isn't going to change the face of humanity. But
this certainly will open the door to several new trends.

Until next week,

Luke Burgess

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