No new successful runs in day 2. Day 2 has been completed. We have lasermotive as the only team with successful prize level 1 runs in the 2 meter/second to 5 meter/second range. They had day one speed of 3.73 meters/second. Thu, Nov 05 20096:43:48 AM PST:Good morning. First up today: USST. That will complete …
H. J. De Los Santos is with NanoMEMS Research and they have proposed a new beyond CMOS computer architecture called Nano-electron-fluidic logic. Theory of Nano-Electron-Fluidic Logic (NFL): A New Digital “Electronics” Concept A new digital “electronics” concept is introduced. The concept, called nano-electron-fluidic logic (NFL), is based on the generation, propagation and manipulation of plasmons …
Galactic Suite is a Barcelona based company that plans to have a space hotel operating in orbit by 2012. Physorg had some information on this project funded by an anonymous billionaire. The cost of three nights on the Galactic Suite Space Resort (plus a two-month training course on a Caribbean island beforehand) will be $4.4 …
Picture caption: An earlier picture of the laser motive climber. Mostly solar cells that absorb the laser light that power a motor that climbs the cable. On the right is a screenshot of Lasermotive’s climber from the ustream video 3:00:39 PM PST:LaserMotive Climber is climbing! Live at http://ustre.am/4mZA3:10:58 PST:First climb was 4 minutes, 2 seconds …
(a) Zebrafish embryo immobilized by suction capillary. (b) Needle inserted into yolk sack. (c) Electroosmotic pumping of methylene blue solution into the embryo by the application of 25 V for 10 s. (d) Needle retracted from the embryo. Credit: McMaster Engineering Physorg reports the construction and operation of a microfluidic micro-injector achieved an almost 80 …
Today is the first day of the 2009 Space Elevator Games – Climber / Power-Beaming competition UPDATE:3:00PMFirst climb was 4 minutes, 2 seconds – officially. Laser Motive qualified for the $900K prize. Live at http://ustre.am/4mZA If neither the University of Saskatchewan or the Kansas City Space Pirates can beat that time over the next few …
Here is an interview with Dr. Steven Armentrout, the CEO of Parabon Computation. Parabon has a unique approach to cloud computing – they do not own or operate any data centers. Rather, they contract out with Universities and other organizations to utilize unused compute cycles from large groups of idle computers. Parabon then leases most …
New Energy And Fuel reports on a new study which says that previous studies that tarred ethanol as an environmental villain were flawed because they looked at outdated corn and ethanol production techniques. The more modern ethanol plants – which account for about 60% of U.S. production and will account for 75% by the end …
This site had an interview with Richard Varvill, the Technical Director and Chief Designer at Reaction Engines Limited. Reaction Engines Limited is a UK company that is developing a fully reusable launch system called Skylon. There was a comment (link to the comment) by reader Goatguy which has a response from Richard Varvill Below is …
Silicon on silk: This clear silk film, about one centimeter squared, has six silicon transistors on its surface. These flexible devices can be implanted in mice like the one in this image without causing any harm, and the silk degrades over time. The orange liquid on the hair is a disinfectant used during the surgery. …
Brave New Climate reviews the work of Mark Z. Jacobson (Professor, Stanford) and Mark A. Delucchi (researcher, UC Davis) entitled “A path to sustainable energy by 2030” (p 58 – 65 Scientific American Nov 2009; they call it WWS: wind, water or sunlight). Jacobson and Delucchi argue that, by the year 2030:Wind, water and solar …