North Dakota Production is over 177,000 barrels per day in August, 2008. Barrels per well increasing from 1000 last year to 1400 this year. This does not include about 50,000 bopd from Montana or the Saskatechwan bakken oil. The Three Forks Sanish Formation which is the geological layer below the Bakken Oil formation shows promise …
The UK Guardian newspaper reports, Hyperion Power Generation CRO Deal claims to have more than 100 firm orders, largely from the oil and electricity industries, but says the company is also targeting developing countries and isolated communities. The company plans to set up three factories to produce 4,000 plants between 2013 and 2023. ‘We already …
Previously this site had speculated on using current and in development technology to create a Bolo supertank from science fiction. From Roland Piquepaille’s Technology Trends : Caterpillar engineers and computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to develop an autonomous 700 ton mining truck. The super-large mining truck was a baseline from which …
A patient with leukemia and aids had his bone marrow cells replaced with those from a donor who has a naturally occurring genetic mutation that renders his cells immune to almost all strains of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Doctors have not been able to detect the virus in his blood for more than …
Carnival of of Space week 78 is up at Simostronomy This site contributed an article about minimagnetosphere’s for ion radiation protection for future astronauts. Potentia Tenebras Repellendi also had coverage on the same topic and had more pictures. Radiation with an inherent electric charge can be stopped by the cheap, lightweight and low power shield. …
You can be part of validating a promising anti-cancer therapy. If you are under the age of 30 and have no history of cancer in your family (parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, brothers and sisters all with no cancer) then there is a private effort where you can donate some blood and find out if you …
From Foresight Institutes Nanodot report of new Japanese research. Robert Freitas (author of Nanomedicine) commented on the new Japanese work: This paper reports purely mechanical-based covalent bond-making and bond-breaking (true mechanosynthesis) involving atom by atom substitution of silicon (Si) atoms for tin (Sn) atoms in an Sn monolayer surface on a Si(111) surface; also demonstrates …
IO9 asks can futurism escape the 1990s. People should consider diverting $100-150 per year in science fiction movies, DVD, books, toys and games towards actual scientific attempts at life extension and molecular nanotechnology. This does not include another average of $60-100 per person on cosmetic surgery, vitamins and dietary supplements. Why settle for imagination, illusion …
The Sonic RAREFACTION WAVE GUN (RAVEN) is a Projectile Launch Method that achieves:– Unprecedented Reductions in Recoil Impulse. It can shoot faster, cooler and can be lighter than a current gun while packing the same punch or more. The latest raven gun will be shown at the 26th Army Science conference Dec 1-4, 2008 in …
Carnival of Space 76 is at at as(si)tronomi. The Carnival of Space 77 is up at tomorrow is hereHighlightsAstroengine talks about five things to pack for one way mission to Mars Centauri Dreams talks about why extraterrestrials might make interstellar beacons Out of the cradle talks about asteroids and orbital debris This site had sent …
There were two interesting developments in physics : 1. higher volume metamaterial production could enable practical uses out of the lab and 2.small magnetosphere (several hundred of meters instead of 100+ kilometers wide) radiation protection for space travellers. This could enable light weight and safe protection for astronauts going to Mars. UPDATE: The minimagnetosphere system …