Pixel Qi is a fabless ASIC company that specializes in screens. The screen is just a big ASIC chip – we work closely with the large LCD factories. The trick – we use their standard processes and materials and can produce new screens with radical new performance in about a year. Rather than just a …
The most recent Star Trek movie is a financial success. It made $79 million in the first weekend. Therefore, a guaranteed prediction is that there will be many more Star Trek sequel movies in the future. There will also be more attempts (and likely some successful launches) at new Star Trek television series. However, any …
Wireless Gigabit Alliance will be creating a 60 Ghz communication standard. The group’s vision is to create a global ecosystem of interoperable products based on this specification, which will unify the next generation of entertainment, computing and communications devices at speeds more than 10 times faster than today’s wireless LANs. All products based on the …
This site has an interview of Dr Richard Nebel who is leading the IEC/Bussard Fusion project. Dr. Nebel commented: I believe we will know the answer for the Polywell [commercial nuclear fusion viability] in ~ 1.5-2 years. I haven’t looked at MSimons design, but I know he has a lot of good ideas. We’ll probably …
UPDATE: MIT Technology Review provides coverage fo the Mascoma Cellulostic biofuel advances and provides an estimate of the cost improvement. Mascoma, a cellulosic biofuels company based in Lebanon, NH, reports significant advances in its goal of simplifying the cellulosic ethanol process by skipping the use of costly enzymes, which could potentially reduce cellulosic ethanol’s production …
Carnival of Space 102 is up the Space Writer. This site provided an article listing eleven highly promising nuclear fission and fusion technologies. This site also provided the Sander Olson interview of Richard Nebel which gave insight into the IEC Bussard fusion project prospects. Centauri Dreams looks at sending an interstellar probe with frozen embryos …
1. Large-Area Synthesis of High-Quality and Uniform Graphene Films on Copper Foils. Graphene films of the order of centimeters were grown on copper substrates by chemical vapor deposition using methane. The films are predominantly single-layer graphene with a small percentage, 3. MIT has an overview of current graphene research. Anticipated Uses for Graphene Electronics “Graphene …
The photograph shows an experiment in which dense deuterium is irradiated by a laser. The white glow in the container in the centre of the photograph is from deuterium. A material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being produced at the University …
J Storrs Hall, President of the Foresigth Institute, has an excellent article on “Limits to Growth Model”. Above is the graph for “services per capita” — the upper purple curve [actual observed result is purple, green is the prediction] is electricity, the bottom ones are literacy. This parameter shows again just how lousy LtG is …
Darpa’s latest venture, called “Physical Intelligence” (PI) is to prove, mathematically, that the human mind is nothing more than parts and energy. In other words, all brain activities — reasoning, emoting, processing sights and smells — derive from physical mechanisms at work, acting according to the principles of “thermodynamics in open systems.” Thermodynamics is founded …
There is a 19 page pdf that describes an integrated vision for Super soldiers in 2030. Many of the pieces are being funded and developed separately. An integrated program has not been funded. However, the United states has over $50 billion per year in undisclosed/classified military projects. This site has previously covered the $3 billion …