Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) claims that Programmable Metallization cell (PMC) memory could be a 1,000 times more efficient than existing flash memory and could enable devices like USB drives to greatly increase the memory of digital cameras, MP3 players and laptops. This is a follow up to my first article on …
Researchers have created human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos or using hard-to-get eggs. The technique may prove to be easier, cheaper, andmore ethically appealing than an alternative approach that requires cloning. Two separate teams of researchers say they have sidestepped thecloning method and reprogrammed mature human cells into a primordial,embryonic-like state. Those cells were …
I am not convinced that we are at peak oil/liquids and if it does occur I believe that it will not do severe damage to the economies of the developed countries or China. In the event of a peak in oil, the most vulnerable countries have a lot of oil imports. Oil producing countries would …
Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules’ dynamic reactions in a single living cell. They can determine in real time whether specific enzymes are activated or particular genes are expressed, all with unprecedented resolution within a single living cell. This could …
The inspiration of Help Hookup is actually a comic book called Global Frequency by Warren Ellis. My brother, Alvin Wang, took the idea to startup weekend and they launched the idea this past weekend for hooking up volunteers. It is similar to the concepts of David Brin’s “empowered citizens” and Glenn Reynolds “an army of …
I was interviewed for a podcast by the speculist.com website Some of things that I talked to them about was my view that many people are already making the choice to enhance some aspects of their body and mind using invasive and non-invasive approaches. Collective individual choices for future technology and the choices that are …
Researchers have improved techniques for spinning fibers of carbon nanotubes: they make the nanotubes align in the fiber, creating fibers as strong as, or stronger than, materials such as Kevlar that are used in bullet-proof vests. Also, the nanotube fibers, unlike regular ropes, can be knotted without hurting their strength much. Alan Windle, a professor …
There are serveral new services, which will let customers analyze their DNA. This will tell them how likely it is that they will contract inherited diseases by creating a personalised, genetic profile. I think personalized medicine is the way to go. This is one piece of a larger puzzle. More analysis of this and other …
Batteries that can be printed onto a surface with “nanotube ink” have been demonstrated by US researchers, who say the technique will fit well within the growing field of printed electronics, which still use conventional power sources. Solar cells could also be printed from inkjet printers Carbon nanotube production is expanding and prices are falling. …
Using a special hollow-core photonic crystal fibre, a team at the University of Bath, UK, has opened the door to what could prove to be a new sub-branch of photonics, the science of light guidance and trapping. The team, led by Dr Fetah Benabid, reports on the discovery, which relates to the emerging attotechnology, the …
Nantero is promising that NRAM could appear in consumer goods in 2008 However, they have previously promised 2005 and 2007. The thought of introducing filthy carbon nanotubes into an ultra-sensitive fab has blocked the rise of so-called NRAM or Nano Random Access Memory. Thanks, however, to a refined cleansing process and relentless browbeating start-up Nantero …