This is a follow up to the news of a tuneable bandgap for graphene Graphene holds the promise of 10-times faster speed than silicon chips, plus the ability to be integrated with exiting semiconductor fabrication techniques. It was thought that 2017 sub-10 nanometer lithography would be needed to bring Graphene into the semiconductor computer roadmap. …
So FTTP (fiber to the premises) can boost the US economy by at least $440 Billion. Full Broadband (higher percentage adoption) rollout can boost $110 billion/30 million people. More from Peer to peer applications from 100 mbps symmetrical capability can provide a further increase. There is about a 15% productivity boost from broadband. Various studies …
Tom Weir, VP at EEStor Inc told BariumTitanate blog: “Our objective is to complete component testing by September 2009. In parallel, we will be finalizing our second objective which consists of the assembly processes necessary to deliver production quality components and/or EESU’s by the end of 2009. EEStor claims to have revolutionary ultracapacitors with storage …
There is some concern that if there are delays in launching replacement GPS satellites that there could a degradation in the availability and accuracy of GPS (global positioning). There are currently 31 operational GPS satellites. According to the GAO report, if the Air Force keeps to its current launch schedule, the chance that we’ll still …
Femtosecond lasers have been demonstrated for use in reading/writing hard drives 100,000 times faster. 50-femtosecond read and write times for spintronics could be possible. Abstract Nature Physics: Coherent ultrafast magnetism induced by femtosecond laser pulses The quest for ultrafast magnetic processes has triggered a new field of research—femtomagnetism: using femtosecond laser pulses to demagnetize ferromagnetic …
Artist view of the implantation of gallium ions (animated in blue) into germanium wafers followed by a reconstruction of the lattice using short-term flash-lamp annealing and, finally, of the observation of superconductivity at low temperatures. Other than in normal conductors, superconductivity is caused by the formation of electron pairs with anti-parallel momentum and spin (animated …
University of Ulster Scientists Make a Nanorod Breakthrough. Engineers at the University of Ulster are the first researchers to create diamond nanorods with a diameter as thin as 2.1 nm, which is not only smaller than all the currently reported diamond 1D nanostructures (4-300 nm) but also smaller than the theoretical calculated value (2.7-9 nm) …
Related to ultradense deuterium and monopolium is some speculation in Isreal that there could be a way to enable a form of passive femtotech, which would be stable matter from subatomic particles. AB Matter speculation is that they think that they have a series of steps whichcan be taken to use neutrons or protons; elements …
The First 43 Years from 1966 to 2009We start just a little before 1966 (when the first show of the TV series was aired, which would technically be the first 45 years) to get a sense of technology and the world while the Star Trek show was in its development phase through to today. In …
Wireless Gigabit Alliance will be creating a 60 Ghz communication standard. The group’s vision is to create a global ecosystem of interoperable products based on this specification, which will unify the next generation of entertainment, computing and communications devices at speeds more than 10 times faster than today’s wireless LANs. All products based on the …
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. have created an “astro-comb” to help astronomers detect lighter planets, more like Earth, around distant stars. Presentation CMII1, “Femtosecond Laser Frequency Comb for Precision Astrophysical Spectroscopy,” Chih-Hao Li et al, 3:45 p.m., Monday, June 1. Right now standard spectroscopy techniques can determine star movements to within a few …