Millipede is a data storage device based upon an array of atomic force microscopes. From wikipedia: The progress of millipede storage to a commercially useful product has been slower than expected. Huge advances in other competing storage systems, notably Flash and hard drives, has made the existing demonstrators unattractive for commercial production. Millipede appears to …
from fighting aging: The convergence of funding and estimated timelines in science is a fascinating process to watch; as a general rule, timelines only start to appear once funding is assured. Once they find out what allows salamanders to regenerate and what keeps us from being able to, they hope to create a pill or …
Robert Freitas has been involved in a lot of important work towards achieving molecular nanotechnology from a recent important computational chemistry study and paper to the Nanofactory collaboration From the nanofactory collaboration site they have announced books, experiments and papers that are being worked upon. Berhane Temelso, C. David Sherrill, Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. …
Liftport, the space elevator developers, is being paid to provide balloon based wifi towers for Lightspeed Broadband A three-balloon cluster rises above a rural area near Poulsbo, Wash., as part of LiftPort Group’s test of a system that could provide wireless data services to remote or disaster-struck areas. This technology will provide broadband for rural …
The Intel-Micron Technology joint venture, based in Lehi, Utah, announced July 25 that it has begun sampling 4-gigabit NAND flash memory chips manufactured using a new, 50-nanometer process. The memory capacity is increasing rapidly. It is double the 2005 capacity. IMFT is already working on some new technology. On June 29, it expanded its collaboration …
n less than 20 minutes, researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) can now seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in 10-foot-long, hollow thin steel tubing. Thanks to nanotech-now.com for finding this article. Until recently researchers have relied on the nanotubes which researchers purchase as a powder. The nanotubes are said to have remarkable, …
New atomic scale imaging reveals surprises about high temperature superconductors Scanning tunneling microscope “topographic map” of a sample of cuprate semiconductor shows the locations of atoms in the crystal lattice. The inset shows how the current flow at a single point of the scan varies with voltage, with “kinks” (arrows) that indicate the presence of …
Here is a pdf with a detailed hypersonic aircraft proposal. It also has a lot of background information on scramjets and hypersonic aircraft Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive …
The competition in solar power is intense and major advances are being made. Getting an installed cost well below $1 per watt would be revolutionary and highly competitive. Mass produced concentrator based solar looks like it has many advantages and should be highly successful for one or two of the dozens of companies trying to …
Anti-obesity vaccine developed US researchers have developed a vaccine which prevents weight gain in rats, offering clues about human treatments. The vaccine prompts the body to produce antibodies against ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates hunger and weight gain. Vaccinated rats put on less weight while eating the same amount as those which did not have …
An introduction to algorithms for quantum computers A list of the efficient (a lot better than algorithms for regular computers) Shor’s algorithm, an algorithm for factoring numbers, which is key to decryptionSolving pell’s equation Pell’s equation is useful for approximating things like the square root of 2Estimating certain Gauss sumsSolving hidden shift problemssolving certain hidden …