1. Digg reader seems to have a user interface that is more like the Google reader immediately after it imports the Google reader settings. 2. Feedly has some easy configurations to allow for organization by subscription and several other views such as magazine style. 3. The old reader requires that you get the subscription.xml file. …
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, singled out the SABRE project that will power Skylon into space in his 2013 spending review delivered to Parliament. The rumored funding amount is £60Million ($90Million). This would not be full Phase 3 funding. It would help get private cofunding. The hybrid engine – its name stands …
The project for the first head transplant in man is code-named HEAVEN/GEMINI (Head Anastomosis Venture with Cord Fusion. UPDATE – Welcome Reddit readers. This article made the front page of reddit. Thanks for the upvotes. UPDATE – I cover the internet and news reactions to this article and added technical information. UPDATE I consider this …
Targeting a specific set of applications where a wearer needs some partial assistance from a robot, Wyss Institute researchers are pursuing a new paradigm: the use of soft clothing-like “exosuits.” An exosuit does not contain any rigid elements, so the wearer’s bone structure must sustain all the compressive forces normally encountered by the body — …
With 27 hours left to go on its Kickstarter campaign, Planetary Resources has raised close to $1.3 million. At 3:00 PM PT tomorrow, Planetary Resources will have a live web event. Planetary Resources will be going ALL OUT for this event. What does “ALL OUT” mean? * A Tesla Cannon * 3D Printed Rocket Nozzles. …
The Carnival of Space 308 is up at Pam Hoffma’s Spacer blog Andrew Fracknoi – Exploring the Universe – On the discovery of 6 or 7 planets around the nearby faint star Gliese 667c, at least three of which are in the star’s habitable zone. Discusses the implications of the discovery for the search for …
Researchers analyzing the three-year WMAP data using the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect, found evidence of a “surprisingly coherent” 600–1000 km/s flow of clusters toward a 20-degree patch of sky between the constellations of Centaurus and Vela. Evidence of the existence of ‘multiverse’ was revealed for the first time by a cosmic map of background radiation data …
If our universe slammed into a neighboring one during a growth spurt in its first second, the collision would have left a mark. Half of the young cosmos was slightly coarser than the other. Details about the Higgs Boson also suggest that there is a multiverse. ““When they smack into each other, there’s kind of …
In order for the Higgs boson to make sense with the mass (or equivalent energy) it was determined to have, the LHC needed to find a swarm of other particles, too. However, None turned up. With the discovery of only one particle, the LHC experiments deepened a profound problem in physics that had been brewing …
Tri-alpha Energy has been operating since 1998. They are the largest privately funded nuclear fusion project with over $140 million raised plus even more new funding from Rusnano (multi-billion dollar Russian fund). This article is reviewing the 79 page presentation that was released in 2012. Their goal is aneutronic fusion utilising boron-11 and protons from …
Canada is the country with the world’s best reputation according to Reputation Institute’s 2013 Country RepTrak™ Study. The win marks the third year in a row that the North American nation has been ranked first in the 2013 Country RepTrak™ Study, which surveys more than 27,000 people from the G8 countries. Reputation Institute released its …