The 2014 Rejuvenation Biotechnology conference is in the San Francisco Bay area this year. It is Aug 21-23, 2014 in Santa Clara. Use the passcode NEXTBIGFUTURE25 for a 25% discount. They have extended early bird pricing to July 14th so you can get the 25% on top of the early bird pricing until then. The …
DARPA will have conceptual design reviews for four vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) X-Plane contenders in the coming weeks. The VTOL X-Plane programme is geared at demonstrating efficient hover and high-speed flight. The specific requirements are that the aircraft achieve a top sustained flight speed of 300 kt to 400 kt; raise aircraft hover efficiency …
Researchers from Facebook, Cornell and UCSF published a paper describing a mass-scale experiment in which [689,000] Facebook users’ pages were manipulated to see if this could induce and spread certain emotional states. They say it was legal to do this without consent, because Facebook’s terms of service require you to give consent for, basically, anything. …
The Carnival of Space 360 is up at PhototoSpace In a galaxy four billion light-years away, three supermassive black holes are locked in a whirling embrace. It’s the tightest trio of black holes known to date and even suggests that these closely packed systems are more common than previously thought. The violent blazer 3C 454.3 …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 215 is up at Hiroshima Syndrome Atomic Insights – Cheap, emission-free way to boil water H2O had always been important for people, but when they learned to pump it as a liquid, heat it into a pressurized gas, and condense it back down into a liquid, H2O became the vital …
Here is a summarize the relevant gleanings briefly from an attendee from Talk Polywell 1) Dr. Park is interested in trying to form the potential well as the next step in the research program. 2) There was a discussion between Dr. Park and Prof. Forest about MHD (magneto hydro dynamics) and the lack of axial …
The first production HondaJet achieved its initial flight, marking another milestone toward aircraft certification and entry into service in 2015. The event took place at the company’s world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. “With this first flight, the HondaJet program has entered the next exciting phase as we prepare for delivery,” said Honda Aircraft Company …
China’s high-speed railroad network surpassed 10,000 kilometers in length, not even counting the track still being built, Li Keqiang has continued his efforts to seek overseas projects. The latest progress came during Li’s three-day visit to Britain in mid-June. The two countries released a statement stating that they “agree to promote substantive cooperation on rail, …
China’s yuan is currently the 7th most used currency for world trade payments. It will likely be the 5th most used currency by the end of this year and the 4th most used currency by the middle of 2015. Europe has seen the strongest year-on-year growth in yuan payment value. The yuan has become the …
General Fusion, working on magnetized target nuclear fusion, won gold in DigiBC’s NextBC high-tech showcase. General Fusion will build a ~3-metre diameter spherical tank filled with liquid metal (lead-lithium mixture). The liquid is spun to open up a vertical cylindrical cavity in the centre of the sphere (vortex). This vortex flow is established and maintained …
Scientists at LPP Fusion, led by Chief Scientist Eric Lerner, are just one step away from technically proving out dense plasma focus fusion and you a few thousand other people can help for the final push. They are already 72% of the way to the $200,000 they needed for a few key experiments with 8 …