There is some concern that if there are delays in launching replacement GPS satellites that there could a degradation in the availability and accuracy of GPS (global positioning). There are currently 31 operational GPS satellites. According to the GAO report, if the Air Force keeps to its current launch schedule, the chance that we’ll still …
Vistec’s Gaussian Beam systems which are characterized by a 3nm spot size at 100keV acceleration voltage are the system of choice for nanotechnology and most advanced research applications. Vistec’s Variable Shaped Beam systems are most advanced systems for electron-beam direct write in terms of throughput, accuracy and automation. Vistec has a range of systems. The …
Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a method of nanofabrication using an atom pinhole camera. The technique could produce individual nanostructures down to 30 nm, a size reduction of 10,000 times compared with the original object. Present experimental results show the resolution about 30 nm, but calculations (the theoretical prediction) say that the resolution can …
The Carnival of Space 105 is up at Discovery Space This site contributed an article with details on the space elevator hoop variant. Spacex Falcon 9 rocket launch has been delayed from summer 2009 into 2010 because of delays complying with air force regulations. 21st Century waves discusses how useful Mercury could be in the …
Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient’s individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham. The new technique would utilise ultrasound technology — more commonly used to look at whole bodies such as fetal scanners — to look inside cells. The …
University of New South Wales (UNSW) medical researchers have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease. Sight was significantly improved within weeks of the procedure, which is simple, inexpensive and requires a minimal hospital stay. The research team from UNSW’s School of Medical Sciences …
I made about 156 prediction back in March 2006 in a nanotech-now article. I reviewed the predictions in September 2007 PREDICTION: Thousand CPU, FPGA simulator 2007-2008 – CORRECT The RAMP Blue v3.0 rack, with 21 BEE2s, each with 48 cores, for a total of 1008 MicroBlaze cores PREDICTION: Advanced microscopes with 0.5 angstrom accuracy and …
Business news network has an eight minute video on Petrobank THAI oil process. Inject steam first to heat up the bitumen.Then inject oxygen to ignite the bitumen like a charcoal briquet.Proven oil technology must have 6-12 months of uninterrupted operation.Ramping up its 100,000 barrel per day operation. Almost 6 minutes of video on ET Energy’s …
At the beginning of 2009, I had written that Christian Bale would be the savior of the Terminator Franchise and that the new movie could achieve Dark Knight level box office. I even made a bet with reader Joe Ardent that the new movie would achieve half of the box office of the Dark Knight. …
Michael Anissimov has an article which mentions the inevitability of global governance in a future with full blown molecular manufacturing nanofactories. This case has been made by some others that the revolutionary manufacturing capabilities of unrestricted nanofactories would require extreme security measures. If someone could do whatever they want with a atomically precise nanofactory, they …
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers presented data from two late-stage trials demonstrating that injections that stimulate the immune system to attack tumors benefitted patients with lymphoma and advanced melanoma, two deadly cancers with limited treatment options. “These results should open the door for more work with vaccines, for both blood cancers and …