The U.S. Air Force has funded a test flight of the ROSA (Roll Up Solar Array) mechanism, now scheduled for a SpaceX launch in Spring 2017 to the International Space Station, where it will be deployed in space. ROSA is groundbreaking, a lightweight technology that rolls up and stows into a very compact volume, explains …
Meyer Lansky came up with the quote, We’re bigger than U.S. Steel. The we refers to organized crime. Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), known as the “Mob’s Accountant”, was a major organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles “Lucky” Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the “National Crime Syndicate” in the United States. The …
An astrophysicist says he may have found evidence of alternate or parallel universes by looking back in time to just after the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago. While mapping the so-called “cosmic microwave background,” which is the light left over from the early universe, scientist Ranga-Ram Chary found what he called a …
Tesla Motors – Third Quarter 2015 Shareholder Letter indicates the Model 3 unveiling is planned for late March 2016 * In Q3, global Model S orders increased by more than 50% from a year ago, and grew at a faster pace in North America, Europe and Asia, than during Q2 * The Model X electric …
China has 205 ships over 500 tons Japan has 78 ships over 500 tons Vietnam has 55 ships over 500 tons Indonesia has 8 ships Malaysia has 2 ships Philippines has 4 ships Not in the graphic are India, South Korea and North Korea. India has about 137 ships As of 2015, the Indian Navy …
Russia is building a military base in Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s heartland, according to American intelligence officials, in the clearest indication yet of deepening Russian support for the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad. The anonymous officials say Russia has set up an air traffic control tower and transported prefabricated housing units for up to 1,000 …
Australian researchers have developed a simple, lightweight (3 kg) fully-passive exoskeleton. This system uses Bowden cables to attached to a rigid backpack frame. The cables run down the back and legs to the base of the boot and transfer approximately two thirds of the backpack load to the ground . This load force bypasses the …
The Carnival of Space 405 is up at Universe Today The Meridiani Journal – Astronomers find first evidence of possible volcanic activity on a super-Earth exoplanet Artist’s conception of super-Earth exoplanet 55 Cancri e, before and after volcanic activity on its day side. The surface may be partially molten. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt Nextbigfuture – …
1. The goal of the Coherherent Superconducting Qubit (CSQ) program is to demonstrate a reproducible, ten-fold increase in coherence times in superconducting qubits. To achieve this goal, researchers are focused on developing 1) fundamental understanding of defects that currently limit coherence times (T1 and T2) and readout fidelity; 2) means to characterize, measure and definitively …
A number of systems have been proposed that can produce laser propulsion. One of the most promising near term possibilities involves a process called laser ablation, in which a pulsed laser beam strikes a surface, heats it up, and burns off material to create what is known as a plasma plume—a column of charged particles …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 228 is up at Yes Vermont Yankee The Areva Blog reviews the Department of Energy’s online tool for calculating the average amount of energy you consume each year. in energy-equivalent terms of coal, dynamite, and burritos (yes, burritos). Turns out the average American burns up the annual energy equivalent of …