Problem: 8% of the world”s water supply and one third of the world’s non-ice landmass is used for raising livestock for meat and leather. At least 18% of the greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere are from the livestock industry. Solution: Fundamentally change the way meat is produced by growing the meat directly instead of raising …
A speech by Philip D. O’Brien, Regional Director for the UNICEF Regional Office for Geneva in 2008 explains the need for toilets in the developing world Why “Sanitation Matters” for children is obvious: some 2.6 billion people in the World live without access to proper toilet facilities among them some 980 million young people under …
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed an intelligent vital signs sensor module, Smart healthcare Intelligent Monitor Engine and Ecosystem; Silmee, that simultaneously senses information on key vital signs: Electric Cardio Gram, pulse, body temperature and movements, and that can deliver the data to smartphones and tablet PCs with wireless technology. Toshiba has fabricated …
Researchers have engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity research and in real-world applications. The researchers can tailor the material, which seamlessly alternates between metal and oxide layers, to achieve extraordinary superconducting properties — in particular, the ability to transport much more electrical current than non-engineered materials. The new …
A report calls for huge expansion of experimental nuclear plants in the UK. The UK will need to develop a huge fleet of currently experimental nuclear reactors by the middle of the century, to generate around two-thirds of the country’s electricity supply if it is to meet the most nuclear-intensive scenario for moving away from …
The advent of truly sophisticated and relatively cheap industrial robotics and automation technology is beginning to change the global economic landscape. Nextbigfuture covered a 60 Minutes segment which looked at the jobless recovery and the replacement of workers with automation and robotics. Nextbigfuture looked at distribution warehouse automation which are several times more efficient and …
Researchers at Georgia Tech have drawn up blueprints for a wireless antenna made from atom-thin sheets of carbon, or graphene, that could allow terabit-per-second transfer speeds at short ranges. A terabit per second could be done at a range of about one meter using a graphene antenna, which would make it possible to obtain 10 …
1. USC researchers discuss their experiences using, testing and experimenting with the Dwave Adiabatic quantum computer. * Experimental results are consistent with quantum system and not classical system * Scaling looks promising * System is surprising robust against noise Dwave Scaling 128 qubits (2010) 512 qubits (first produced late in 2011, but commercializing now) 1024 …
Harvard researchers have used single strand DNA, to self assemble custom designed nano scale structures. Each of the bricks shown to the left is, 25-nanometers on a side, they are composed of ~1,000 voxels (I think it is 500 DNA strand, 2 voxels per strand) unique single strands of DNA, each with 32 nucleotides. Each …
Researchers at Brown University have succeeded in creating the first wireless, implantable, rechargeable, long-term brain-computer interface. The wireless BCIs have been implanted in pigs and monkeys for over 13 months without issue, and human subjects are next. Inside there’s a li-ion battery, an inductive (wireless) charging loop, a chip that digitizes the signals from your …
More smartphones are forecast to be shipped globally than feature phones in 2013, the first such occurrence in the mobile phone market on an annual basis. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors will ship 918.6 million smartphones this year, or 50.1% of the total mobile phone shipments worldwide. …