Although China’s economic size on an exchange rated basis has passed Germany this year and will pass Japan in 2009 and will probably pass the United Statesin 2016, China is still classifed as a lower middle income country by the World Bank. This means that using a 3 year average of exchange rates and looking …
Capacitors in the mask: Thanks to a 100 nm thin mask made of aluminum oxide (above), the German and Korean research team were able to trickle the ceramic (PZT) onto the platinum layer (Pt). The scientists then cut off some platinum to create electrical contact to the ceramic. Image: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics …
Click on the picture for a larger image. Working in the trenches: Transmission electron microscopy image of a thin cross section of 160 nanometer trenches shows deposited nickel completely filling the features without voids. (Color added for clarity.) Materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a process to build …
Amory Lovins wrote the nuclear illusion which looks at the data from 2000 forward or 1990 forward but he claims a decades long (plural so at least two decades and Lovins has been claiming nuclear collapse since the 1970s) collapse of nuclear energy. Since 1980, nuclear power TWH has increased by over 400%. So Amory …
Silicon photonic crystal has holes of the right sizes and waveguides In computer simulations, the researchers have demonstrated an approximate cloaking effect created by concentric rings of silicon photonic crystals. The mathematical proof brings scientists a step closer to a practical solution for optical cloaking. “This is much more than a theoretical exercise,” said Harley …
The Space elevator power beaming (climber) competition is on Sept 27, 2008 Vertical Distance: 1 kilometer (ten times the 2007 distance)Speed for prizes: 2 m/s for $900,000 and 5 m/s for $2 million 11 teams have entered the 2008 power beaming / climbing contest The University of Saskatchewan space design teamThe University of Saskatchwan team …
Went to a Demo networking event last week In 1991, Stewart Alsop changed the technology conference circuit by instituting a new event with new rules: DEMO would be about the products; would require timed, live demonstrations; and would not allow PowerPoint presentations. These rules still stand. Startups communicate the power and value of emerging technologies …
General Electric has licenced and is commercializing a laser uranium enrichment process. The Silex laser uranium enrichment process has been indicated to be an order of magnitude more efficient than existing production techniques but again, the exact figure is classified. Australian scientists Michael Goldsworth and Horst Struve developed the process, and from 1996 to 2002 …
The Merryl Lynch/Cap Gemini Wealth report for 2008 is out looking back at 2007 statistics As of 2007 there are 10.1 millionaires in the world, which is an increase of 600,000 over 2006. HNWI wealth grew by 9.4%, to US$40.7 trillion—a slight deceleration from the 11.4% growth witnessed in 2006. The largest regional gains in …
University of Florida researchers have taken the concept of brain machine interfaces a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain signals into movement but also to evolve with the brain as it learns. This is a huge step forward to transhuman and technological singularity goals. The computer and the …
A fluorescent image of the cell taken four hours into the same experiment. At this time the quantum dot-siRNA complex is distributed throughout the cellular fluid. The dark region in the middle of the cell is the nucleus. Credit: University of Washington New work helps to overcome a long standing barrier in the siRNA (silence/turn …