Graphene is being used in a variety of ways by researchers around the world today.

You can now find graphene being used in bike helmets, headphones, battery chargers, to detect cancer cells, to design clothing, to clean water, to improve efficiency of solar cells, and a lot more.

It's a material that's stronger than steel (roughly 200x stronger), extremely light, nearly transparent, and it's an excellent conductor of electricity and heat.

Graphene can be used in many ways and we are finding it in a variety of market spaces, with lots of room still yet to grow. Industry experts say that it's hard not to be bullish when considering the future of this material and the possible impact it might have on the market.

The graphene market is expected to surpass $270 million by 2020.

And one other new product that we can soon expect to see coming to the store shelves is graphene running shoes.

The British sportswear brand that is known as inov-8 is planning on releasing their graphene runners next year,

under a partnership with the University of Manchester. They are alleged to be the first company in the world that is looking at doing this, using graphene in this way. The hope is that by 2018 that they will have their sneakers ready to sell on the market.

The benefits?

The graphene shoes are alleged to be much stronger and provide for more of a stretch, making them likely to be more durable than traditional runners to everday wear and tear. The rubber that they are allegedly planning to use has been created by the National Graphene Institute that is located at the University of Manchester.

Those behind the shoe project allege that the graphene runners are going to be at least 50 percent stronger, as well as 50 percent more resistant to wear and tear, and roughly 50 percent more stretchy.

The innovation of this new and creative product is the priority behind the teams work and they are hoping that graphene will give them the competitive edge to be able to compete with the other big sports brands that are out there on the market today.

Pics:
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inov-8.com

Sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomkonrad/2013/09/18/graphene-stock-investing-what-the-pros-think/#191639075cf1
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomkonrad/2013/09/18/graphene-stock-investing-what-the-pros-think/#191639075cf1
https://steemit.com/science/@doitvoluntarily/graphene-makes-its-way-to-the-runway
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2016/04/15/the-3-big-technologies-to-watch-over-the-next-decade-genomics-nanotechnology-and-robotics/#2f9978cc4c0c
https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/graphene.asp
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/graphene-running-shoes-coming-2018/

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