Other tech: Gene Therapy advance
New gene therapy study shows a new way to deliver genes to nearly every muscle cell in the body with a single injection.
bulk material: Carbon fiber for cars
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is trying to get commercial-grade carbon fiber to the a price between $3 and $5 per pound. (It is $8-10 per pound now). At the target price, it would become feasible for automakers to use more than a million tons of composites – approximately 300 pounds of composites per vehicle – …
other tech/ related tech: Solar panels improving and getting cheaper
A discussion of advances in solar panels is here. The industry needs to get its price down to about $0.52 per watt (cost $0.26) to achieve installed price of under a $1.00/W, (for 13% efficiency Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide / CIGS panels). Daystar Technology may be reaching $3.00-$3.50/W installed price in 2007 with their Gen …
Molecular Nanotechnology and nanofactory references
The places to start are crnano.org, foresight, e-drexler.org, molecularassembler.com, zyvex inc and this site The diamondoid pathway is described by Robert Freitas walking molecules,protein based nano-actuatorsmore physics new other state of the art Molecular Manipulation for Mechanosynthesis (Experimental) [put together by Robert Freitas] Wilson Ho, Hyojune Lee, “Single bond formation and characterization with a scanning …
References for space related predictions
The place to start is the Nasa Institute for Advanced Concepts Some key concepts and work here or which have been available for some time:Magnetic systems that can utilize the solar wind or use a magnetic plasma. Advantages: reasonable power levels, does not require megascale engineeringMagbeam, Magbeam reference and plasma magnet Magbeam can use 3,000t …
Information related to robotics and other misc. predictions
RoboticsBerkeley robotic suitJapanese Bionic suitsiRobot Roomba robotsMore on RoombaJapanese robot maker tmsuktmsuk makes a 3.5 meter tall $600,000 rescue robotpictures of other funky japanese robots Diesel Hybrid cars Artificial intelligence at wikipedia Plastic circuits 1000 processors for under $100K Spintronics at wikipediamore on spintronics spintronics and MRAM growing diamondMore on manmade diamond Wikipedia on nuclear …
Current and Future materials related
M5 fiber exists now. It is a “designer” fiber, carefully engineered over a 10-year period. It is currently the strongest bulk fiber. Carbon nanotubes have not been able to translate their full strength. M5 will have about 9.5 GPa of strength about one fifth of what carbon nanotubes could potentially have. A pilot plant should …
Future medicine, longevity and human enhancement related
Longevity prizeEngineering approach to fixing the damage of time to the body Mighty Mice Regrow Organs and regenerate Gene therapy and gene doping IGene therapy and gene doping IIMore on gene therapy Were athletes already using gene doping in Torino ? Muscle gene therapy Human enhancementSite about the book “More than Human” which is all …
Stuff related to faking out the senses – false reality
Helping the blind see article oneHelping the blind see article twoSilicon chips implanted to help blind see in 2000, 2005 Nervous system interfaces in 2001Nervous system interfaces more recent Brain neural interfacesBrain gate deviceNon-invasive neural mapping technologyNeural interfaces Artificial neurons Enzyme computer which is implantable
References related to my Quantum computer predictions
A Quantum Information Science and Technology Roadmap, Quantum Information Science and Technology Experts Panel, April 2004. Scalable quantum computer chip Dwave systems is a venture funded company Draper Fisher Jurvetsun is the VC They will be rolling out access to a superconducting limited quantum computing capability that will be able to solve large optimization problems. …
Articles related to my energy predictions
These are important recent developments for the future of energy in our world. Mutant Algae Is Hydrogen Factory MIT labs ultracapacitor article 1MIT labs ultracapacitor related article 2 The MIT lab thinks that they can increase the energy density of ultracapacitors up to 60Wh/kg by using the nano-tubes and at the same time achieve a …