Airbus has worked nanostitching into their plans already. MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost. The advanced materials currently used for many aerospace applications are …
This site has previously presented the concept of the one underground pulse nuclear launch cannon. It is reconfiguring Project Orion into a one pulse true nuclear space cannon with no atmospheric detonations. Only underground detonation like was done Amchitka Island in Alaska. Most of the nuclear test ban can stay in place. The Threshold test …
Technology is unlocking the Bakken oilfield potential In Saskatchewan. As of mid-October, 2008, Saskatchewan had 1,050 wells capable of producing in the Bakken. Of these, the vast majority (979) have been drilled since October 2004. Over the first eight months of 2008, the Bakken accounted for about 8.6 million bbls (an average of 35,250 bbls …
The BLEEX/HULC exoskeleton was developed in the City of Berkeley and State of California. There should be Federal stimulus dollars directed to a proposed BLEEX/e-bike electrified transportation system. * Lower medical costs * Help senior citizens stay mobile * Accelerate the electrification of transportation at lower cost than current plans * Reduce gasoline usage * …
At the Taiwan Open 2009 held in Taiwan from Feb. 10-13, the Dutch national supercomputer Huygens, which is located at SARA Computing and Networking Services in Amsterdam, defeated two human Go professionals in an official match. This is the second victory of Huygens playing Go against professional players. During the first two days of the …
The new HULC exoskeleton helps you carry 200 lbs for hours or days. For pure mobility, one could carry an electric bicycle. So what transportation options could mix in with the 200lb weight limit. The other transportation option also has to be able to carry you, your gear and the 50lb exoskeleton. Electric bike and …
This site has featured the emergence of the HULC, Human Universal Load Carrier which has been fielded for military usage. Military technology for the exoskeleton, body armor and new power sources could re-invent personal transportation so people can get around with 200lbs of gear including an electric bike. Instead of moving about in a 6000 …
Real construction work on the China’s Sanman AP1000 nuclear reactors should begin within one month. The result will be the first Westinghouse-designed AP1000 pressurized water reactors in the world, ahead of the others at Haiyang in Shandong province and more expected in the UK and the USA. Site preparation at Sanmen in Zhejiang province is …
1. Scientists have found a way to make an almost limitless supply of stem cells that could safely be used in patients while avoiding the ethical dilemma of destroying embryos. Scientists at the universities of Edinburgh and Toronto have found a way to achieve the same feat without using viruses, making so-called induced pluripotent stem …
Carnival of Space 92 is up in two parts at the Xprize.og Launchpad. You have to open your browser wide or scroll over to the right in order to get the scroll bar for the article which is inside some kind of frame. This site provided its article (by Joseph Friedlander) on four large launch …
This is analysis of past underground nuclear tests which did contain all of the radiation for the initial tests. There is a question about how well the radiation has been contained in the decades since, but the leakage is to the Ocean and is not increasing the health risk to people. The largest underground nuclear …