New Energy and Fuel has some additional information about Brillouin Energy Corp. I covered Brillouin Energy a few days ago Brillouin Energy is in Berkeley California has another Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) method in the development and proving stage. The new method comes at fusion from a different path than the Rossi E-Cat. Brillouin …
Moon Express, Inc. (MoonEx) is targeting mining the moon. Major Moon Markets * Mining for Space and Terrestrial Markets * Generating space-based solar power * space-based manufacturing, research and development * space tourism and entertainment Mining the moon * water. at least 1 billion tons in the poles * precious metals (platinum, other platinum grade …
The Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture is a key addition to the company’s existing products, including Intel Xeon processors, and expected to help lead the industry into the era of exascale computing. The first Intel MIC product, codenamed “Knights Corner,” is planned for production on Intel’s 22-nanometer technology that featuring innovative 3-D Tri-Gate transistors. …
Ny Teknik recently participated in two new tests of the Italian ‘energy catalyzer’, providing more accurate measurements to reduce possible error sources. The new tests with the energy catalyzer, which seems to generate heat by an unknown nuclear reaction, took place in Bologna on 19 and 28 April, 2011. As in previous tests the objective …
The structure of the new carbon allotrope, T-carbon, is shown from different directions. T-carbon is obtained by replacing each carbon atom in diamond with a carbon tetrahedron. Image credit: Sheng, et al. ©2011 American Physical Society. Physical Review Letters – T-Carbon: A Novel Carbon Allotrope Previous work had used computational chemistry to propose T-carbon A …
In a laboratory at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart machines have just begun to produce an unusual product: human skin. Each month, this skin factory will produce 5,000 discs of tissue about the size of a one-cent coin, with a projected price of €50 …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 47 is up at Cool Hand Nuke Nuclear Wire discusses the views of Massachusetts Institute of Technology nuclear scientist Richard Lester Nuclear advocates should treat the crisis as an opportunity to launch innovation programs and make the sector safer and more cost-effective, Lester writes. “This is not the time for …
Japan’s earthquake damage costs are ranging from $35 billion to $171 billion UPDATE: Bloomberg March 23, 2011 – Japan’s government estimated the damage from this month’s record earthquake and tsunami at as much as 25 trillion yen ($309 billion), an amount almost four times the hit imposed by Hurricane Katrina on the U.S. The destruction …
Several nuclear reactors in northeast Japan shut down during today’s massive earthquake in Japan. Work is ongoing to stabilise three reactors at Fukushima Daiichi continues into the morning. An International Atomic Energy Agency announcement at 4.20am confirmed the work to restore power using mobile power supplies. There is increase pressure at unit 1 and said …
Here is a Future in Space Operations (FISO) presentation that summarizes nuclear propulsion for space by George Schmidt If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog …
Using a single Xbox Kinect and standard graphics chips, MIT researchers demonstrate the highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video. Naturally for the hologram demo (video below), one of the group’s members donned full Princess Leia garb to re-enact the fabled “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope,” scene from Star Wars. The …