A key factor for what will happen with the future world economy is how fast will Chinas economy grow over the next twenty years. In 2010, the Asian Development Bank projected that China might grow at a 5.5 percent average during the two decades to 2030, and if it improves education, research, and property rights, …
Texai is a remote presence system prototype developed at Willow Garage. Based on the amount of interest in Texai, Willow Garage has created a new company called Suitable Technologies, Inc., to bring the technology to market. There are many companies working on commercializing tablet headed robots. iRobot (the makers of Roomba -vacuum cleaner robots) has …
Yesterday I was at the Tech Museum of Innovation in downtown San Jose and saw and programmed a Willow Garage PR2 robot. I spoke with some Willow Garage employees. Here is some information I got from speaking with the Willow Garage employees. * There are now 50 employees of Willow Garage * There are 60 …
China Dialogue – Unlike other export-oriented industries, China consumes 80% of its own production of electric bikes. China has over 150 million electric bikes on the road, while Europe, with 18 million units, comes a distant second. India, with less than 500,000 vehicles produced, is low down on the list. In 2010, the world produced …
The Carnival of Space 265 is up at Vintage Space. Weird warp – The Mars science lab (nicknamed curiosity) has a laser! It is not for self defense but for analyzing rocks. It has fired nearly 500 shots so far and it has produced strong clear data about the Mars surface. There were many articles …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 120 is up at Hiroshima Syndrome Atomic Power Review interviews Matt Miles about the B&W Small Medium sized nuclear reactor project , which (jointly with Bechtel) is marketed by Generation mPower. The mPower is an integral PWR rated 180 MWe for each reactor, and which can be built either as …
IEEE Spectrum – Todays armies marches on its batteries. Without them, soldiers can’t see in the dark, work their radios, or determine their positions. But even the best storage batteries—accounting for one-fifth of the load in a typical infantryman’s 45-kilogram pack—can’t last the week or so that field soldiers require. Better energy storage is taking …
Fierce Broadband Wireless – A consortium of higher education associations, public interest groups and high-tech companies today announced a partnership named AIR.U (Advanced Internet Regions) to deploy Super Wi-Fi networks to upgrade the broadband available to underserved campuses and their surrounding communities. By using unlicensed access to unused television channels (TV band “white spaces”), universities …
Science News – Australian scientists have suggested that a protein called Grb10 plays a crucial role in increasing muscle mass during development By identifying a novel mechanism regulating muscle development, our work has revealed potential new strategies to increase muscle mass,” said lead author Dr Lowenna Holt of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Program at …
CNET – Columbia researcher Nina Tandon believes that the era of engineered tissues — think ultimately of a replacement kidney grown in the lab — is just beginning. Medical science, boosted by manufacturing and information technology, is on the cusp of being able to grow human tissue. So believes Nina Tandon, a senior fellow at …
The Singularity Summit is the world’s leading dialog on the Singularity, bringing together scientists, technologists, skeptics, and enthusiasts alike. It was created to provide a much needed forum to discuss the risks and opportunities presented by our expanding relationship with technology. Visit our registration page for the 2012 Summit, where you can buy tickets before …