Photon tether formation flying pdf presentation This is enabling technology for large scale telescopes in space using several spacecraft working together. It can enable the New worlds imager and large telescopes to monitor the earth. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His …
from New scientist, Military exoskeletons are scheduled for delivery in 2008 for Army testing The winning design and manufacturer is the company Sarcos. Sarcos has come up with a system that uses just one engine instead of lots of them. The engine, and a tank containing a 24-hour supply of fuel, will be slung “beneath …
Faster laser pulses were used to get better images of Z-pinches Z pinches use electrical energy to transform wires into plasma. The work looks at what is limiting the transfer of the electrical energy into the implosion energy. Greater efficiency could lead to practical fusion power. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and …
The technique, called “high thermal conductivity interface technology,” allows a twofold improvement in heat removal over current methods. This paves the way for continued development of creative electronic products through the use of more powerful chips without complex and costly systems simply to cool them. Using sophisticated micro-technology, the IBM researchers developed a chip cap …
From physorg, a DNA switch has been developed by British Molecular Biotechnology expert Dr Keith Firman at the University of Portsmouth working in collaboration with other European researchers. The DNA switch has immediate practical application in toxin detection, and could be used in a biodefence role as a biological sensor to detect airborne pathogens. The …
Since 1992, Thorium Power Ltd. has been working on a new kind of fuel that mixes uranium with thorium in a process that produces little plutonium-239. (a correction from Kirk Sorensen) The goal is to “sever the link” between nuclear power and weaponry. Backed by renowned nonproliferation experts and activists, including former British Conservative Party …
Electric propulsion system using charged 100m boom structures. The booms would assemble into something that looks like the X, Y and Z axis. The ion propulsion can then direct the structure in any direction. The charged beams can be used to assemble large structures in space. the system can have 100,000-200,000 ISP. It gets up …
Here is an update on the MIT design for 10 cm spherical microbots for exploring the planets 1000 microbots would have the same launch volume as the Mars Spirit rover. They could be used to explore caves and large areas. They have spinoff capabilities for helping the military to search caves and buildings. An artists …
Here is an updated pdf on the latest work on the New Worlds Imager and it has a proposal for a new Worlds Discoverer. The New Worlds Discoverer is proposed to be developed and launched in 2013. It could detect earth size plants out to 30 light years and analyze the spectroscopy of jovian (jupiter) …
A Harvard study indicates over 100,000 premature deaths from coal in China each year. Lung cancer has doubled in China. 600,000 lung cancer deaths each year About 10,000 mining deaths in the world each year 24,000 lives in the US are shortened each year from coal Another study of health impacts from coal. Issues of …
Several teams made it to the 200 ft top of the tether climbing competition. The University of Saskatchewan space Design team got to the top the fastest in 58 seconds which is what was needed to win the competition. There is a question of whether they got down within the 2 minute time allowed. Congratulations …