NASA has a space power and energy storage technology roadmap. Power system composes 20-30 percent of the spacecraft mass. The flaw in the NASA analysis is that they are focused on enabling space science missions using the technology roadmaps. They are not focused on developing a systematic plan changing the game in space. Spacex is …
The global 3d printing industry, growing 30 percent annually, is expected to be worth $6 billion by 2020, with China accounting for 15 to 20 percent of supply. Impact on traditional manufacturing Because of material, cost and other developmental issues, some industry experts consider 3D printing a startup even as others maintain it could alter …
U.S. troops operating on the African continent are now using the recently-launched Chinese Apstar-7 satellite to keep in touch and share information. Every new drone feed and every new soldier with a satellite radio creates more appetite for bandwidth — an appetite the military can’t hope to fill with military spacecraft alone. To try to …
Israel’s air force is on track to developing drones that within four to five decades would carry out nearly every battlefield operation executed today by piloted aircraft, a high-ranking Israeli officer told The Associated Press Sunday. The officer, who works in the field of unmanned aerial vehicle intelligence, said Israel is speeding up research and …
South Korean rapper has PSY apparently cracked the formula for repeatably making Youtube videos that have or will get over 1 billion views. His Gangnam Style video has over 1.5 billion views His new Gentleman video has over 110 million views in just over 4 days. I like his concert video The music video itself …
Olathe, Kansas approved an agreement to bring Google Fiber to their city. Olathe has a population of 125000. In the UK, Arkholme a village in rural Lancashire is a community that is working together to install gigabit internet. B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) is a community fibre network offering fibre to every home providing …
Lightbridge has an investor presentation which describes the economic case and technical details of their annular metallic fuel for uprating the power in nuclear reactors. * Testing, design and validation of the metallic fuel is from 2013-2018 * Regulatory approval will be in the 2014-2018+ timeframe * First commercial installation will be 1-2 years after …
Countries trying to understand what’s next for their export industries often call Ricardo Hausmann. The Harvard economist and onetime planning minister for Venezuela has developed a kind of economic aptitude test for nations. Using complexity theory and trade data, Hausmann looks at what a country is good at making and predicts what types of more …
Honda Motor will launch the new Accord hybrid sedan in Japan in June offering fuel economy of 29 km/l (68 mpg US, 3.4 l/100km). The new Accord hybrid will feature Honda’s two-motor hybrid drive system which will also be applied in the 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid. Its mileage will far outpace the 23.4km per liter …
The University of Warwick researchers have created a simple and inexpensive conductive plastic composite that can be used to produce electronic devices using the latest generation of low-cost 3D printers designed for use by hobbyists and even in the home.The material, nicknamed ‘carbomorph’, enables users to lay down electronic tracks and sensors as part of …
1. BGR.com – Digitimes cites unnamed market observers in stating that a number of Apple’s component suppliers are looking forward to strong first-quarter performance ahead of two big product launches slated to take place by mid-2013. 2. iPhone6newsblog – we will likely see a refreshed iPhone 5S in 2013 than a full-fledged iPhone 6 in …