Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The 2010 session of the Singularity University has opened. I will be speaking on the nanotechnology track on July 16th. As in 2009, I will be providing an overview and update on developments in nanotechnology. The Powerpoint slides from my full talk will also be here …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software In 2006, Matthew Simmons and John Tierney made a bet on the average price of oil in 2010. Their final agreement was a commitment to tabulate every closing price-per-barrel of oil for each market day of 2010, then average out those prices for the entire year …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There is a development project for using sound based generators that are over 18% efficient at converting heat to electricity. The target is to mass produce the units starting in 2012. * Target of 100-150 Watts electrical thermo-acoustic generator (stove, fridge, electricity) for £20 in 1 …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Stefan Karlsson is an economist from an Austrian University (now he is working in Sweden) who used to predict that China’s economy would pass the United States in 2040-2050. He has updated his prediction to 2020-2024The new prediction is more in line with the prediction that …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There was an estimate of $30 billion to save the lives of 10 million women and children but this cost estimate does not include other heathcare improvements needed to save all of those lives. The actual cost estimate is about $100-200 billion, but those programs still …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software By 2014, EPA modeling projects that implementation of the Transport Rule, as proposed, combined with other state and EPA actions, would reduce 2005 emissions from electric generating units in the covered states by: – 6.3 million tons of SO2 per year – 1.4 million tons of …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software One millimeter of diamond methane can be accelerated to 1000 kilometers per second to produce fusion. The diamond methane impact fusion work is computer simulations and research papers now. Only the initial impact and ignition have been simulated in detail, but even that part is showing …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Nature Nanotechnology – Light-driven nanoscale plasmonic motors A plasmonic motor only 100 nanometers in size when illuminated with linearly polarized light can generate a torque sufficient to drive a micrometre-sized silica disk 4,000 times larger in volume. In addition to easily being able to control the …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A new Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) report comparing the air pollutant emissions of America’s 100 largest electric power producers offers important insights into the trends shaping the electric power industry and some of the strategies that companies are using to improve their environmental performance. NextEra …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 62% of the world’s energy usage is from coal (26%) and oil (36%). 50% of oil is used for cars and trucks. There are one billion cars and trucks in the world and we add 55-65 million each year. So getting older cars and trucks to …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software This site previously covered the number deaths per terawatt hour for all energy sources. The main reference was the Externe european energy study. Mainly those sources had deaths from accidents during mining or from the operation of the plants. Coal and oil are worse when the …