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		randartie on Nov 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Gates funds creation of graphene condoms The donation was 100 grand to 11 different teams. That's about 1 engineer per company for 1 year (if that?), is that really enough to do this? There's first the invention of this thing, then there's manufacturing process, etc.

illumen on Nov 22, 2013 [–]

Plus PR, and global debate. The mass debate has to be worth 10x that much to the cause.

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