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Heh that' s funny, I never realized how flimsy it looks (but certainly isn't) before. Never had to eject the SIM.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
So do we file this article under "Who Cares" in the 'ol file cabinet? ]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
You cared enough to read the article and comment... Engadget and Apple thanks you. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
The alloy is nearly 50% Zirconium which is double the weight of titanium and triple the weight of Aluminum. Of course if it's twice as strong then it could be made at half the thickness. If they can't make it two times thinner than aluminum then MacBooks, iPads, and iPhones would end up weighing more. I think they definitely could use it as a coating though. Another caveat is if you hit it harder than the yield strength it can shatter like glass .. but I dont think that's a big issue now.

They could also use it for accessories like mice, remote controllers, or game controllers.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
Hey can you tell us if you can bend it (permanently) and how much force it needs? Bite it, does it scratch or dent?

Tell us and if you're brave post a youtube video.
]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
it's ....... wait for it........MAGICAL!

I would file this under "Solution Looking for Problem".]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
The second moment of area is cubic when you look at only one direction of expansion. Thus you can only reduce the thickness by ~20%.

]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/But does it bounce like LiquidMetal?]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/It may bend...but will it blend?]]>Aug 17th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/"Apple's no fan of relying on a sole supplier for anything, and given that Liquidmetal is one of a kind, it's testing the waters on a relatively non-essential part of the puzzle." That is why.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
Glad some of us still read the whole article]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
If the concern was single sourcing that part, Apple could've vendor-qualified both Staples AND Office Depot.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
I am happy that you are glad.

I actually did read the whole article but did not see how Apple is getting their "test" results back. Are they waiting for people like Waltah to bring their SIM ejector tools to an Apple Genius Bar? I do not recall anyone talking about how wonderfully strong their SIM ejector tools are. I have one in my 3G and it has never been taken out, I bet I am not alone.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
Well I'm glad that your happy....]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/It's all fun and games until the ejector warps in your hand and starts a symbiotic relationship with you...

This is exactly how superheroes are born. Watch your apple store skylines for Ejectorman]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/That way they charge you 29 bucks.]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
More likely Apple inadvertently infringed on his patent and they made amends.]]>Aug 17th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
The iPhone 5 will bring the return of the SIM ejector tool using a material they are testing for the iPhone 7: Adamantium

Snikt! Snikt! Bitches]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 18th 2010 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
Kind of neat.]]>Aug 17th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Every one of these suckers is lost within minutes of opening. They creep out of your house, slide down the road, meet up in a foundry in LA and fuse.....]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
does it blend?]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/This is the grandfather of the T-1000]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/So Apple buys the IP behind mimetic poly-alloy and they make a SIM ejector tool out of it? There are way cooler options...
]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/I figured it out in 2012 Google and Apple will merge. Apple will make the hardware while Google supplies the software and Syknet will be born. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
I'm not afraid of Apple's T-1000. Just touch it in a certain place and it shuts down.]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
Apple == Skynet.]]>Aug 17th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/
Because anything Apple is relevant! Jeez!

/s]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/STFU]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/because this shows that Apple is using the liquidmetal for something and there is a chance that if it works out on a small scale like this. Someday it could end up as the body of a macbook pro. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Aug 17th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/This is what engadget has come to, sady. yes.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Don't be mean to Clippy.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/apple-purportedly-utilizing-liquidmetal-alloy-in-sim-ejector-too/Yeah- think of all those paperclips that now won't need to be wasted, being bent out of shape and poked into a phone... only to be thrown away.
If only there was a more durable solution, perhaps using an exotic alloy of unknown environmental impact that could be manufactured to ensure no more valuable and costly steel is wasted on paperclips not fulfilling their potential.

Magic.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:32AM