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minus-squareBreakDecks@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 months agoMight be hard to assemble the functional part of a phone inside of a crystal, and you can’t bake the whole thing because silicon isn’t surviving 2000oC for 2 days.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoYeah, but it was a lot harder to make regular aluminum back in the day as well. Increasing ductility isn’t impossible, but it probably is unlikely in this case. But two halves that get glued/sealed together permanently would be possible.
Might be hard to assemble the functional part of a phone inside of a crystal, and you can’t bake the whole thing because silicon isn’t surviving 2000oC for 2 days.
Yeah, but it was a lot harder to make regular aluminum back in the day as well.
Increasing ductility isn’t impossible, but it probably is unlikely in this case.
But two halves that get glued/sealed together permanently would be possible.