Brillouin Energy Posts SRI evaluation which confirms net energy for Brillouin but so far a few watts

There is a 26-page technical report of the SRI investigation and testing of the Brillouin Energy low energy nuclear reaction system. In August 2012, SRI International (SRI – https://www.sri.com) was contracted by Brillouin Energy Corp. of Berkeley California (“Brillouin”, “Brillouin Energy” or “the company” – http://brillouinenergy.com) to perform independent studies of Brillouin’s low energy nuclear …

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Disney has Marvel Superhero movie roadmap out to 2028

Businessweek feature Kevin Feige who is masterminding the Marvel Superhero movies at Disney. Clearly Disney will be making Marvel superhero, Pixar animation and Star Wars on a very regular basis forever. Detailed Roadmap at least out to series 4 of Avengers, Captain America and Iron Man, but maybe out to series 6 and 2028 or …

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China officially easing the one child policy to add 1-2 million births per year and ending re-education labor camps

The Chinese government will ease its one-child family size restrictions and abolish re-education through labor camps, significantly curtailing two policies that for decades have defined the state’s power to control citizens’ lives. The changes were announced in a party decision that also laid out broad and potentially far-reaching proposals to restructure the economy by encouraging …

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Advanced LTE deployments in 2013 and 2014

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) did not originally consider LTE, WiMAX, and HSPA+ to be 4G systems Advanced LTE has download speeds of 300 mbps to 1 Gbps and is a true 4G system. A brief summary of status of mobile carriers’ LTE-A penetration is provided below. SK Telecom SK Telecom has successfully tested their …

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North Dakota Oil Economics and Forecast

Here is a 39 page presentation on North Dakota oil from Sept, 2012 A typical 2012 North Dakota Bakken well will produce for 45 years If economic, enhanced oil recovery efforts can extend the life of the well In those 45 years the average Bakken well: Produces approximately 615,000 barrels of oil Generates about $20 …

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Samsung Will Not Negotiate With Apple over Patents

Yonhap News – Top smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. does not intend to hold talks with Apple Inc. to reach an agreement on their ongoing patent war, its mobile business chief said Wednesday, raising views the company will rely on legal means rather than settling the issue out of court. “It may be true that …

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Researchers Find Way to Boost WiFi Performance 400-700 Percent

As many WiFi users know, WiFi performance is often poor in areas where there are a lot of users, such as airports or coffee shops.But researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new software program, called WiFox, which can be incorporated into existing networks and expedites data traffic in large audience WiFi environments …

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Magnets steer medical 50 micron microbots through blood vessels

IEEE Spectrum – October 2006 was the first time anyone had steered an object wirelessly through the blood vessel of a living creature. Microrobots would be able to travel deep inside the body, cruising our tiniest blood vessels to places that catheters can’t go and performing tasks that would be impossible without invasive procedures. A …

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Apple unveils the IPad Mini starting at $329 for 16GB with WIFI and $559 for 32GB with Cellular and new IPad

NBC News – The IPad Mini has an Apple A5 chip, FaceTime HD front-facing camera, a 5MP iSight camera on back, LTE cellular wireless, faster 802.11 A/B/G/N Wi-Fi and of course a Lightning connector. It’s got 10 hours of battery life, just like fourth-gen iPad. The iPad Mini will start shipping Nov. 2 (for the …

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New Metamaterials Device Focuses Sound Waves Like a Camera Lens

A team of Penn State researchers has designed and computationally tested a type of humanmade metamaterial capable for the first time of manipulating a variety of acoustic waves with one simple device. This invention will benefit almost all current sonic and ultrasonic applications, such as ultrasonic nondestructive evaluations and ultrasonic imaging. The device should also …

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