The kids these days are so spoiled. Silicon doping was discovered like when? And how long did it take to make a practical transistor?
Seriously through, it's not every new discovered phenomena owes you something.
Lol I'm obviously joking, I'm probably younger than both OP and 70% of people out here. But my point that the nature doesn't owe us anything still stands. University press releases are really to blame for building up unrealistic expectations, but then you can't expect them to honestly tell you "we spend millions on things with zero practical applicability just because it's awesome".
It’s okay. Next year we will defeat and reverse aging with one simple trick so you can wait longer, at least according to the latest health science click bait.
I will not rest until I have you immortal, flying your fusion powered car, using augmented reality VR controls, to your very own immersive shopping experience with AI assistant android sexbots catering to your every whim and I will not REM enhanced super-sleep until that happens!
And we have been able to produce graphene around 2004 I believe, so we are going soon to cross that threshold.