Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have now unveiled the long-mysterious inner workings of these semiconductor elements, which can act like the short-term memory of nerve cells. Just as the ability of one nerve cell to signal another depends on how often the cells have communicated in the recent past, the …
Ursula Le Guin, a Grand Master SciFi writer, died last week. Her “greatest greats” bibliography: The Earthsea Cycle Disposessed Left Hand of Darkness Word for World is Forest Lathe of Heaven Orsinian Tales Annals of the Western Shore She was honored with the “Living Legend” Award from the US Library of Congress. Ursula Kroeber Le …
Nick Ayers, chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence has tweeted that there are major positive ramifications for the US space industry is this [SpaceX Falcon Heavy] launch goes according to plan. The SpaceX Falcon Heavy will be able to launch 63.8 tons to low earth orbit. SpaceX will try a first launch on …
The Micron 5200 series of SATA SSDs (solid state drives) use industry-leading 64-layer 3D NAND. The Micron 5200 SSD delivers best-in-class performance and capacity on the same proven architecture as the 5100 series. Designed for virtualized server workloads that power your business, such as OLTP, BI/DSS, VDI, block/object, and media streaming, the low-latency Micron 5200 …
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that “learns” like a biological system and could connect processors and store memories in future computers operating like the human brain. Above – Illustrations showing the basic operation of NIST’s artificial synapse, which could connect processors and store memories in …
The Economist had a special report which asserts that the odds of a great power conflict – US and allies versus Russia or US versus China have increased. One of the main points is that Russia did take Crimea from Ukraine and they now have a stalemate in that still active conflict. * The US …
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a straightforward introduction to blockchain, which underpins Bitcoin and other digital currencies. (59 pages) A blockchain is essentially a decentralized ledger that maintains transaction records on many computers simultaneously. Once a group, or block, of records is entered into the ledger, the block’s information is …
None of the five finalist Google Lunar XPRIZE teams will make a launch attempt to reach the Moon by the March 31st, 2018 deadline. The grand prize of the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE will go unclaimed. Google had twice extended the deadline by two years. Originally the target date was 2014. Google has chosen not …
Elon Musk tweeted that the first flight for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch is targeting February 6, 2018. A successful launch would mean that the payload capacity would triple versus the Falcon 9 rockets. However, the price would only increase from $62 million to $90 million. The cost to launch per pound would drop in …
Elon Musk Boring company has a $600 flamethrower. It was leaked a few days ago but they changed the password pic.twitter.com/wcMXZ0ARFk — Griddy McGridfinFace (@FalconGridFin) January 25, 2018 Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News …
When treating stroke victims, time is of the essence. Doctors may have more time than previously thought. In many cases, surgeons can save brain tissue that’s on the brink of death by removing clots in the brain. That treatment option is normally only performed within 6 hours of a stroke, but a pair of new …