Month: March 2012

Theory of High-TC Superconductivity: Accurate Predictions of TC and Predicts Room Temperature Superconductors

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Theory of High-TC Superconductivity: Accurate Predictions of TC The superconducting transition temperatures of high-TC compounds based on copper, iron, ruthenium and certain organic molecules are discovered to be dependent on bond lengths, ionic valences, and Coulomb coupling between electronic bands in adjacent, spatially separated layers.1 Optimal transition temperature, denoted as TC0, is given by the …

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China 2030 study from the World Bank and China Research Center

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The World Bank and the Development Research Center of the State Council, the People’s Republic of China has a 468 study called China 2030 – Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society The lengthy report addresses all aspects of reform and policy. (financial reform, enterprise reform, urbanization /hukou reform, research and development, etc…) In …

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Kitegen reveals some progress with the 3 megawatt kite wind power system

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Here is the english translation of a recent post from Kitegen. Success with Kitegen could lead to radical improvement in the cost and amount of energy from wind. The original page in italian is here Nextbigfuture’s coverage from May 2011. This is the preproduction sample of Kitegen (3 Megawatt prototype) that was being developed in …

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Electric bike production could catch up to motorbikes in 2015 with 70 million units

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In 2010, the world produced 60 million motorbikes that ran on fossil fuel and 32 million electric and hybrid two-wheelers. With a near average yearly growth of 20%, electric-powered units will close the gap by 2015, both producing 70 million units individually. Most of these are low-powered units of 200 watts fitted with reusable lead …

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Starkey Aerospace developing Mach 1.4 to 1.7 supersonic UAVs for $50,000 to 100,000 each

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Starcor (Starkey Aerospace) is currently developing a high-efficiency, lubrication-free turbojet engine for unmanned aircraft and cruise missiles. The L-FX00 promises reduced engine weight, higher fuel efficiency, and longer time-between-overhaul than turbojet engines on the market with similar thrust output. Variants of the L-FX00 include fluidic thrust vectoring and afterburner capability. A pilot inlet feeds air …

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On The Path to 1 Terabit-Per-Second Networks and Graphene based optical modulators soon to set speed records

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1. As IP traffic continues to increase and the router interface rate extends beyond 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), future optical networks—ones that would achieve unprecedented speeds of 1 terabit-per-second (Tb/s)—will be required to support the rapid growth of data services with different capacities and patterns on the same optical platform. To address this issue, researchers at …

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Henry Markram wants €1 billion to model the entire human brain

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Nature – Officially, the Swiss Academy of Sciences meeting in Bern on 20 January was an overview of large-scale computer modelling in neuroscience. Unofficially, it was neuroscientists’ first real chance to get answers about Markram’s controversial proposal for the Human Brain Project (HBP) — an effort to build a supercomputer simulation that integrates everything known …

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Rich Political Leaders in China, USA and the World

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Bloomberg – the 70 richest delegates in China’s National People’s Congress have a combined net worth of 565.8 billion yuan or $89.8 billion. That’s more than 10 times the combined net worths of all the members of Congress, the Supreme Court and the President. (Their collective riches are only $7.5 billion.) What’s more, China’s politicians …

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Wealthy Individuals in China and India

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WealthInsight has a study of high net worth individuals in China. They report that there are currently 1.3 million HNWIs in China with a combined wealth of US$4.3 trillion, which equates to 26% of the total wealth held in the country. WealthInsight has a study of the wealthy in India. In 2011, there are 251,000 …

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If Alcubierre warp drive was feasible there would be big radiation problems

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Universe Today has the full 11 page article, The Alcubierre Warp Drive: On the Matter of Matter by the University of Sydney The region of space behind a superluminally travelling warp bubble is almost entirely devoid of forward travelling particles, however it contains a sparse distribution of particles with greatly reduced energy. Meanwhile the region …

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