Dwave says papers coming showing speedup over classical in narrow cases by their quantum computers

Some important third-party results [will soon be published] that can demonstrate speedups over classical algorithms in certain narrow cases by DWave Quantum computers. Those are results that you won’t see from DWave; it’s more credible for one of our partners to do that. It is going to be an important milestone for Dwave. If you …

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Integrated Molten Salt Reactor should demonstrate the lowest lifetime cost of energy any known technology

Canada’s Terrestrial Energy Corporation is a leader in molten salt reactors. Nextbigfuture believes they have a good chance at creating an energy revolution because of their low cost and low development risk design. Their main advantage is the Canadian oilsands. Hundreds of IMSR reactor can be used to generate steam for oil recovery. Low cost …

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Molten Salt Reactor Projects in the UK

A feasibility study for a next-gen Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) has won funding from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK government’s strategic innovation agency. The bid was led by the indefatigable Jasper Tomlinson and Professor Trevor Griffiths. In a first for the UK, the project will produce a rigorous desk- and computer-based study of the …

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Broad Group CEO explains why technological innovation in construction is stagnant

The construction and infrastructure industry is antiquated and out of date. Most work is still performed manually and on site, which is costly and time consuming. For example, today a skyscraper can take five years or more to complete. When the Empire State Building was constructed, it only took about 13 months. Why technological innovation …

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Facebook pushing ahead towards thousands of internet delivering drones

Facebook solar powered internet delivering drones will have the wingspan of a jumbo jet and fly at 17 mile height. Facebook will create thousands of semi-autonomous drones the size of jumbo jets which will fly 17 miles above the Earth to provide wireless internet access to the four billion people currently unable to get online. …

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Update on the construction of islands and airfields in the South China Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald has photos of the transformation of a couple of islands in the South China Sea. This is an update on the construction of islands and airfieldsin the South China Sea. Before in May After End of July The Planned Airfields The CGI plans show a runway, hangars for fast jets, a …

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Hope that India will get back to 7% or better GDP growth and sustain it

The Blackrock and the Confederation of Indian Industry are optimistic that India can get to 7% GDP growth in 2015 and sustain it at that level. BlackRock expects India’s GDP growth to accelerate to 7% annually in 2015, 2016 and beyond – when many other emerging economies are expected to slow. This will be driven …

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Goldman see China sustaining about 7% GDP Growth until 2019

Goldman Sachs today cut its 2015 GDP growth forecast from 7.6% to 7.1% but left its 2014 forecast of 7.3% unchanged, saying Beijing recognizes the 7.5% growth target is not sustainable in the long-run. Using the classical three-factor GDP growth model, Goldman said “China’s potential growth would gradually slow to just over 7% over the …

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DWave Systems implies that conclusive quantum speedup will be shown with their next 1152 qubit quantum chip

DWave Systems CEO Vern Brownell says we are at the dawn of the quantum computing age, so things will change over time, and we’ll see a broader and broader set of applications. But today DWave focuses on three problem domains that they think are best suited to this particular type of quantum computing. 1. Machine …

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China’s nine page position on climate change – fund at least to antipoverty level and toss in related intellectual property

China provided a nine page position paper on climate change. Here are the highlights * If the developed countries are serious about this then fund it at least to the level of anti-poverty to 1% of GDP in the long run (a $100 billion pledge to the same fund should be reached by $10 billion …

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Nextbigfuture Open Discussion Thread

This is a Nextbigfuture open discussion thread. Please share links or start discussion of future, technology or science related topics. Please be polite. Thanks If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 …

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