This is the seventh set of highlights for Next Big Future for 2009.
Here is the link to the highlights for weeks 39-45
Here is the link to the highlights for weeks 33-38
Here is the link to the highlights for weeks 20-32
Here is the link to the highlights for weeks 13-19
Here is the link to the highlights for weeks 7-12.
Here is the link to the highlights for weeks 1-6
Nanotechnology and nanoscale tech
3. Singapore has 5 nanometer resolution electron beam
4. Fujitsu labs can form graphene transistors on silicon
5. Switchable DNA nanostructures for energy and data storage
6. DNA origami makes large area of ordered gold nanoparticles
7. Graphene quilts used to cool electronics
9. Self assembled 20 nanometer transistors using diblock coploymer lithography
Space
13. Electron-cyclotron Resonance thrusters for space propulsion
14. Maxing out VASIMR plasma rocket performance with vapor core fission reactors or IEC fusion reactors. Both VASIMR plasma rockets and vapor Core fission are enabled with powerful superconducting magnets.
Superconductors and Energy
15. Superconducting wire is improving fast and will enable many applications but lower cost and high volume production of wire is critical. Expect breakthroughs around 2016.
16. Development path for Helion Energy Nuclear Fusion
17. Magneto Inertial fusion development status
19. Glitter sized solar photovoltaics generate the same amount of energy using 100 times less silicon
AI and computers
20. Peter Voss was Interviewed by Sander Olson on AGI (artificial general intelligence
21. Nvidia Fermi GPU lowers supercomputing costs by ten times
22. Roadmap for organic and printed electronics
Lasers, Metamaterials and Plasmonics
23. Shattering traditional notions of laser limits with plasmonic lasers
24. Nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a practical possibility
26. Spintronics in silicon at room temperature
DARPA and Supersoldier tech
27. DARPA will build and ground test 750 kg 150 kilowatt laser in 2012
28. Super soldier technology update
29. Myostatin inhibiting gene therapy advance in monkeys
30. Reak SARM steroids are available online for purchase
Transportation
31. CEO of China’s Cosco is seriously considering nuclear merchant ships.
34. China will be the world leader in high speed rail by 2012 with even more by 2020
35. Jacob innovations designs first class comfort in economy class space.
36. Suborbital tourism as a stepping stone around the world hypersonic travel.
Medical Related
37. Fighting fat with brown fat cells
39. Immortality Inc extreme life extension effort
40. IBM has silicon chip tests for rapid disease detection
41. Faster and cheaper DNA sequencing
42. 3D bioprinters
Controversial
43. Blacklight Power plans for 2010-2013
44. Astronomical evidence of what might be parallel universes
45. Possible detection of dark matter particles
Advertising
Trading Futures
Nano Technology
Netbook Technology News
Computer Software
Future Predictions
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
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