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Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have invented a new type of cement mixed with aluminum oxide. While cement hardly sounds like technology from the future, this one's different: it conducts electricity and can be made into super-thin, almost transparent membranes. They're thinking they'll be able to use the stuff in LCD screens, as it's cheaper than iridium, the current favorite material used for thin-film coating.

So how 'bout it, you designers got any ideas for the stuff? Smart roads? Prison cell walls? Hi-tech mob informer shoes? Let us know.

[Via Pink Tentacle]