Satellites can enable 1.2 gigabit per second communication links the Japanese Kizuna satellite. The “KIZUNA” is a communications satellite that enables super high-speed data communications of up to 1.2 Gbps to develop a society without any information availability disparity. The KIZUNA (WINDS) does not require costly ground equipment. If you install a small antenna, you …
An IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) report on Uranium until 2050 has the above chart. Market Based Demand Cases (Tons per year neededLow demand case 1 917 990Middle demand case 4 158 280High demand case 6 406 190 The conclusions of a World Nuclear Association report,The Global Nuclear Fuel Market Supply and Demand 2009-2030 are …
STAIf 2007- Mach-Lorentz Thruster (MLT)Applications presentation by Paul March. 1-G Space Drive One-G constant acceleration and deceleration space drive would mean Earth-to-moon in 4 hours, Earth to Mars in 2-5 days, Earth to Saturn in 8-9 days. If the Mach Effect is real [mass fluctations) and behaves as theorized (with some experimental confirmation) by James …
PowerSat Corporation estimates they can make 2500 megawatts of space based solar power plants for roughly $3-4 Billion. PowerSat is anticipating being able to transmit power to commercial customers in 10-12 years. Launching a powersat is very similar to launching a communications satellite, and uses the same technology and equipment. Where PowerSat’s satellites differ is …
Neuron cell architecture. (a) Despite having only four pins (discs), cell circuitry (b) can compute analog dot products of large numbers of input signals and synaptic weights, using summing amplifiers. Cell processing implements shunting dynamics. (c) Dendrites (horizontal nanowires) collect inputs from other neurons; axons (vertical nanowires) carry information to other neurons New Scientist reports …
P values were calculated by the log-rank test. Four per cent of the control mice and three per cent of rapamycin-assigned mice were removed from the experiment for technical reasons. Only five animals (three controls, two rapamycin) were removed after the start of rapamycin treatment at 600 days. Thus, there were no significant differences between …
Singularity University is pleased to invite the public to a panel discussion with leading experts on “Humanity’s Grandest Challenges,” on Thursday, July 9 at 7pm PT. Exponentially accelerating “grand challenges” will take political power, significant investments, and necessitate the development of equally accelerating technologies to affect the large numbers of people required to make a …
Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and is dead. Megamix of Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits. 25th Anniversary of Thriller Teaser Video Farrah Fawcett’s death from cancer was not unexpected. There was some speculation that Steve Jobs used his wealth to jump the queue for his liver transplant. Someone with money can get on more transplant …
Starts with a Bang hosts the 108th Carnival of Space. This site contributed two articles. One was on the blast wave accelerator launcher which could launch high gravity hardened payloads for $200-2000/kilogram. and another article a nuclear thermal rocket variant (nuclear DC-X) for launching payloads for $85-150/kilogram. Centauri dreams looks at technology for mimicking volcanoes …
Three direct cycle designs [steam indirect cycle, helium direct, supercritical CO2]were selected for further investigation: the basic design with turbine inlet temperature of 550P o PC, an advanced design with turbine inlet temperature of 650P o PC and a high-performance design with turbine inlet temperature of 700P o PC, all with the compressor outlet pressure …
Talk Polywell and IECFusiontech have uncovered details of the WB-8 contract [pdf]. Those details can give us some insight into how WB-7 has gone. The WB8 design shall use circular coils around each main face cusp axis. The device shall use emitter electron gun arrays and an ion beam drive. The machine will be operated …