Earlier this week Nvidia announced the Tegra 4i which is their first quad-core mobile processor with integrated LTE capabilities. The entire family of Tegra 4 processors supports the new NVIDIA Chimera Computational Photography Architecture. Chimera allows consumers to instantly grab high-quality high-dynamic range photos and videos in a vast array of conditions with a single …
Business Week has a review of China’s nuclear construction program. China has 29 nuclear reactors under construction (40% of the world total). Construction on the Pebble Bed reactor began in December. The design came from Beijing’s Tsinghua University. If successful, it would be the first full-size prototype of this technology. If unsuccessful, it would be …
There are currently no treatments that can repair the damage associated with this so-called ‘myocardial infarction’ (MI), but a potential solution is now showing promise in a large-animal model. Reporting today in Science Translational Medicine, a team of bioengineers at the University of California–San Diego (UCSD) has developed a protein-rich gel that appears to help …
DARPA is looking to reduce ionizing radiation risks Darpa has three main research areas for enhancing nuclear radiation survival. 1) i“prophylactic” and “post-exposure” treatments that can neutralize ionizing radiation before it starts to cause serious cellular damage. 2) Another looks at how to survive and/or mitigate the long-term effects of radiation exposure, to include cancers …
Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born with a congenital deformity called microtia. They have developed high-fidelity, biocompatible, patient-specific tissue-engineered constructs for auricular reconstruction which largely mimic the native auricle both biomechanically and histologically, even after an …
The carnival of space 289 is up at Everyday Spacer The Meridiani Journal reports Curiosity uses drill to collect first sample from inside Martian bedrock Golden Spike to Crowdsource $240,000 for Lunar Marketing Campaign Nextbigfuture – A Meteor hit Russia with the force of 20 Hiroshima bombs and injured more than one thousand people Nextbigfuture …
The local government of the city of Yinchuan has already signed a contract with Broad group in the construction of a 100 story building using factory mass produced construction methods. Broad Group is famous for proposing to build the tallest building in the world and assembling it in only 3 months. The Skycity project has …
Carver Mead is a key pioneer of modern microelectronics. His 40-year academic and industry career touches all aspects of microelectronics, from spearheading the development of tools and techniques for modern integrated circuit design, to laying the foundation for fabless semiconductor companies, to catalyzing the electronic design automation field, to training generations of engineers, to founding …
The Inspiration Mars Foundation, a newly formed nonprofit organization led by American space traveler and entrepreneur Dennis Tito, will have a Feb 27, 2013 press conference detailing its plans to take advantage of a unique window of opportunity to launch an historic journey to Mars and back in 501 days, starting in January 2018. This …
The Chinese economy is known for its industrial might. Manufacturers, miners, utilities and builders accounted for over 45% of China’s GDP in 2012. In America, by contrast, they typically contribute less than 20%. Manufacturing’s share of China’s GDP was more than 18 percentage points above the global norm in 2005. Services, in contrast, were almost …
A new type of nanoscale engine has been proposed that would use quantum dots to generate electricity from waste heat, potentially making microcircuits more efficient. “The system is really a simple one, which exploits certain properties of quantum dots to harvest heat,” Professor Andrew Jordan of the University of Rochester said. “Despite this simplicity, the …