Desert sand is made hydrophobic be adding the additive SP-HFS 1609. The additive creates a capilliary breaking hydrophobic encapsulation of the sand making it resistant to salts, particularly sodium chloride salts. The Federal Environment Agency (FEA) in Berlin has approved Hydrophobic Sand as being environmentally safe. The product comes with a 30 year guarantee for …
This plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity consists of a silica interior that is coated with a thin layer of silver. It improves on the quality of current plasmonic microcavities by better than an order of magnitude and paves the way for plasmonic nanolasers. (Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) 1. The principle behind whispering …
The judge is tossing the positive drug tests and the calendars of drug test supposedly related to Barry Bonds. The prosecution just will have a tape recording of Anderson talking about injecting someone with performance enhancers. Here is the link to the transcript of that conversation. Lawyers for Bonds, who goes on trial next month …
Waterproof sand – or as German scientist Helmut F. Schulze calls it – hydrophobic sand, a nanotechnology wonder seven years in the making. By simply laying down a 10-centimetre blanket of DIME Hydrophobic Materials sand beneath typical desert topsoils, the new super sand stops water below the roots level of the plants and maintains a …
1. China looks to make the official nuclear target 70GW for 2020 and 160GW for 2030 China is poised to up its nuclear energy capacity targets to 70 GWe by 2020, according to reports in Chinese state media. The revision is awaiting approval by the State Council. The reports also say that NEA officials have …
If radically improved technologies start arriving and being deployed over the next few years and then continue to be introduced at a faster pace, then almost everyone will not be ready. This site has profiled various technologies that have a possibility of having very disruptive capabilities. If those technologies interact for more rapid dissemination then …
Jamais Cascio does not like the Singularity University and suggests a Futurist liberal arts program. No corporate executive will pay $25,000 for future social studies/liberal arts crash course with a future twist. The target is Singularity executive MBA and advanced tech business brainstorming. People who have money or super techie geeks who have money or …
Cyclone Green Revolution Engine can burn any fuel and use any heat source (even focused sunlight) The Schoell cycle engine is a cross between a Rankine, Diesel and Carnot cycle engine. Rankine cycle is sometimes referred to as a practical Carnot cycle as, when an efficient turbine is used, the TS diagram will begin to …
Open ended modular robotic learning system are being developed in the UK. Evolutionary Modular Neural Nets uses their animat robots as a test bed. Basically it is way to develop some flexibility and learning in a small but manageable neural net when you are unable to evolve a larger neural net to handle all of …
1. Dawning of the age of Thorium? From Resource Investor: I am personally aware of the fact that, even as I write, major American, Canadian, French and British nuclear engineering companies are forming strategic alliances to seek funding under Hatch-Reid to go forward with the development of thorium-based nuclear power reactors for the production of …
This is a rendering of the vision of Masdar City. A small army of workers and heavy equipment currently inhabit the 6.5 square kilometer site of the future eco-city. Abu Dhabi will be making a podcar, personal rapid transit, system in its new Masdar City. The PRT vehicles will travel at speeds of approximately 7 …