In the four years of research on electron spins in quantum dots, all of the essential ingredients for a quantum computer have been realized. The next steps are clear. First, we need to integrate all of the basic functions into a single system. Then we need to expand the system from two quantum dots to …
Online notes for the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology conference Notes of my presentation is the second last section of this article. There is more conference coverage from Simone Syed 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 …
Two groups have made laser based Quantum computers able to run Shor’s algorithm, which would let them break financial encryption. It would take about two qubits per bit of encryption. 1024 bit encryption would need 2048 qubits to break. There are algorithms for encryption which would be resistant to Shor’s algorithm on quantum computers. So …
Cnet reports Google has funded a lunar rover robot X-prize of $30 million 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 technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging …
The 9 page executive summary from the 2007 State of the Future report The most interesting thing to me is on page 7. A summary of the work on future education possibilities, which basically gets into intelligence augmentation and AGI. The possibilities were:• National programs for improving collective intelligence• Just-in-time knowledge and learning• Individualized education• …
A new type of inkjet printer has been developed that can precisely print dots of various materials just 250 nanometers in diameter, while regular inkjet printers have 25 micron dots. The inkjet printer could make it possible to rapidly synthesize complex nanoscale structures out of various materials. This is part of a wave of new …
The method was tested separately on the nano- and micro-sized particles, and was equally successful in providing greater control than using only complementary DNA in assembling both types of particles into large or small groupings. The method, based on designed DNA shells that coat a particle’s surface, can be used to manipulate the structure – …
A new russian bomb is the largest non-nuclear explosive device and probably uses nanoparticles digg_url= ‘http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/09/russian-bomb-probably-has-nanoparticles.html’; digg_skin =’compact’;reddit_url=’http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/09/russian-bomb-probably-has-nanoparticles.html’reddit_url=advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/09/russian-bomb-probably-has-nanoparticles.html The Russian bomb contained about 7 tons of high explosives compared with more than 8 tons of explosives in the U.S. bomb, it was four times more powerful because it uses a new, highly efficient type of …
Thermochemical nanolithography uses an atomic force microscope (AFM). Researchers heat a silicon tip and run it over a thin polymer film. The heat from the tip induces a chemical reaction at the surface of the film. This reaction changes the film’s chemical reactivity and transforms it from a hydrophobic substance to a hydrophilic one that …
Nanopantography uses microlenses placed on a substrate (the surface that is being written upon) to divide a single ion beam into billions of smaller beams, each of which writes a feature on the substrate for nanotech device production. A beam of ions is then directed at the substrate. When the wafer is tilted, the desired …
Globally there are more nuclear power plants on order Date current nuclear Building now Planned Proposed #plants Power # plants Power # plants Power # plants Power Aug/07 439 372,002 MWe 34 27,838 81 89,175 223 200,445 Jul/07 438 371,258 32 25,073 74 80,531 214 179,345 May/07 437 370,040 30 22,398 74 81,601 182 151,345 …