Sandia National Laboratory led by Sandia researcher Peter Van Blarigan that has been testing physical components of free-piston engines which could be 50% efficient. This is about twice as good as current gas combustion engines and about as efficient as fuel cells. Fuel cells are too expensive. He is assembling a complete free-piston engine prototype, …
ASML Holding NV (ASML) presents today at the 2008 International Symposium on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) on recent achievements in its EUV lithography program and unveils a production system roadmap that supports cost-effective chip manufacturing to at least 11 nanometers (nm). This would enable the ITRS roadmap to stay on track through 2022. The ASML …
Previously this site speculated on near term technology that would enable a powerful version of the science fiction Bolo supertank. Now the converged projection is that technology will soon enable effective exoskeletons with compact electric engines, mass-produced portable nuclear reactors, UAVs with electric engines, higher electrical density and longer lasting ultracapacitor/battery combinations. Hyperion Power Generation …
As reported in the journal Science: UTD/CSIRO team recently demonstrated that synthetically made carbon nanotubes can be commercially manufactured into transparent sheets that are stronger than steel sheets of the same weight. Starting from chemically grown, self-assembled structures in which nanotubes are aligned like trees in a forest, the sheets are produced at up to …
Japan’s Furukawa Battery Company signed an international commercialization and distribution agreement for the technology. The Australian UltraBattery has a life cycle that is at least four times longer and produces 50 per cent more power than conventional energy storage systems. The technology is approximately 70 per cent cheaper than the batteries currently used in hybrid …
By using magnetic links between capsules, researchers hope to build a snake-like robot that can self-assemble inside a patient’s stomach.Credit: ETH Zurich There were two advances that accelerate the integration of humans with electronic and robotic devices: 1. Modules that self-assemble inside the stomach could perform more-sophisticated diagnosis and treatment. A collaboration of researchers from …
People have mostly been comparing the current crisis to the Japanese financial crisis and decade of economic stagnation. However there have been other foreign financial crisis that may be a closer parallel. All of the foreign financial crisis provide examples of what should be avoided. A series of direct support programs in Mexico to homeowners …
Emitted droplets from an electrified fuel injector split to become smaller and smaller. A small device (less than $200 to produce) placed just before the fuel injection for the engine, producing a strong electric field to reduce the fuel viscosity, resulting in much smaller fuel droplets in atomization. Because combustion starts at the droplet surface, …
1. Two independent teams have shown that it is possible to produce stable suspensions of single-layer graphene from graphite crystals using chemical techniques. 2. A numerical model of a cell from the electric eel shows that artificial cells can be built to have higher power output densities and greater energy conversion efficiencies than natural cells, …
1. Researchers have created healthy stem cells from adult cells–no embryo required and no side effects. Until now, however, creating iPS [induced pluripotent stem] cells without integrated viruses had been a major hurdle for stem-cell researchers. Although Hochedlinger has overcome that hurdle, he says there is still some distance to travel. While retroviral techniques allow …
Spacex Exploration Technologies has successfully launched the first privately-developed all-liquid fuel rocket that was able to reach orbit. Falcon 1, a 70-foot-long rocket powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene, is the first in a family of low-cost launch vehicles priced at $7.9 million each. Besides the Falcon 1, SpaceX is developing for NASA a larger …