Slashgear – SamMobile reports that their sources have said a new device known internally as “Project J” will be announced in April of next year, and they say it’s the Galaxy S IV, which is currently rumored to come with a 5-inch 1080p display, and quad-core processor, a couple gigabytes of RAM, and a 13MP …
Wired – The 3-D printing industry is on track to be a $3.1 billion business by 2016 and the innovations on display this week show its foundation is growing — both in revenue and in physical print size. The big news out of Euromold is really big — a 3-D printer so large that it …
A key nuclear research project for China is the demonstration Shidaowan HTR-PM. It will have 210 MWe (two reactor modules, each of 250 MWt) which is being built at Shidaowan in Shandong province, driving a single steam turbine at about 40% thermal efficiency. It is now expected to be completed in 2015. IAEA (Aug 2012 …
There are many dire warnings that Climate Change will melt the ice caps, cause a rise of 4 to 6 feet or more in sea level and cause more severe weather (like the $42 billion in damage from Hurricane Sandy) over the next 60-200 years. I am reminded of scene from the first Austin Powers …
The Guardian UK had a summary of the amount of unmanned drone stocks by country that have been declared. Data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which it has allowed us to re-publish here on the Datablog, identifies 56 different types of UAVs used in 11 different countries. Where it can calculate actual stocks, …
China has failed to build a reliable, high-performance jet engine to end its dependence on Russian and Western makers for equipping its military and commercial aircraft. Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), the country’s dominant military and commercial aviation contractor, is hopeful the government will back a multi-billion dollar plan to build a high-performance engine. …
OECD – Looking to 2060: Long-term global growth prospects – A GOING FOR GROWTH REPORT No. 03 (30 pages) This OECD forecast is using the current World Bank purchasing power parity calculation which likely understates China’s GDP by PPP by 70% A paper, Who Shrunk China? Puzzles in the Measurement of Real GDP by Robert …
A University of Missouri professor has resurrected his two-decade-old work in the contested field of cold fusion. He presented his findings at a cold fusion conference in August in South Korea. Neutron Emission from Cryogenically Cooled Metals Under Thermal Shock (7 pages) Mark Prelas, now a professor in the university’s Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, …
Westinghouse and others are pursuing the development of a true next-generation nuclear technology referred to as the High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR) for the past few years. Without too much technical detail, HTGRs are helium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactors with robust ceramic-coated fuel that operate at temperatures at or above 750 Degrees Celsius (1400 Fahrenheit) where …
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for stretching carbon nanotubes (CNT) and using them to create carbon composites that can be used as stronger, lighter materials in everything from airplanes to bicycles. By stretching the CNT material before incorporating it into a composite for use in finished products, the researchers straighten …
Texas oil production has increased about 770,000 bbl/d since January 2009, and in July 2012 averaged 1.925 million bbl/d. Texas has seen the largest volumetric increase of any state. The Permian Basin, which was already producing significant quantities of conventional oil, has experienced increases in oil production from both conventional and shale plays. EIA forecasts …