12 Final Teams in the Automotive 100 MPG XPrize

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software There are twelve teams and 15 vehicles left in the Automotive XPrize Competition. To advance to the Finals Stage, team vehicles needed to demonstrate to the ability to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements. For fuel economy, this translates to at …

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Quantum Dots in Liquid Ink for Printable Lasers, Lights and TV Screens

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Australia’s CSIRO has developedliquid inks based on quantum dots that can be used to print devices. Quantum dots are made of semiconductor material grown as nanometre-sized crystals, around a millionth of a millimetre in diameter. The laser colour they produce can be selectively tuned by varying …

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Logi Aerospace Plans to Make DARPAs Flying SUV and Terra Transfugia Gets Approval for Its Flying Car

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Logi Aerospace is pitching to build DARPAs four person flying SUV. DARPA has 58 pages of specifications around what kind of flying car they want. * flying/driving range of 250 miles * measure no more than 30 feet long by 8.5′ wide and 9′ high * …

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Transformation optics make a U-turn for the better

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Schematic on the left shows the scattering of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on a metal-dielectric interface with a single protrusion. Schematic on right shows how SPP scattering is dramatically suppressed when the optical space around the protrusion is transformed. (Image courtesy of Zhang group) Powerful new …

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Status of China’s Wind Energy

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software As of summer 2009, China’s installed capacity of wind generation was 14,740 MW nationwide, 5000 MW of which was said not to be grid-connected. The non-grid connected wind power amounts to approximately 50 billion Yuan in capital investment (or ~$7.4 billion U.S.). The June 2010 estimates …

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High Temperature Superconducting Magnet Possibilities

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software High Temperature Superconducting Magnet Possibilities from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (28 page presentation) * World’s highest field superconducting magnet – 23.5 T for 1 GHz NMR (Bruker Lyon) – ~ 1 Nb-Ti outer and inner in m OD Nb Nb3Sn * World’s highest incremental …

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Military Superconductor Applications – HTS Ships and Airplanes

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software There is a review of the military applications of high temperature superconductors. * superconducting power cables reduce weight, reduce volume, save energy and lower operating costs * Superconducting generators are being evaluated for onboard utility service * Improved efficiency, smaller and lighter than conventional generators, eliminates …

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