An application has been filed for nuclear plants near Peace River Alberta. Projected completion 2017. Energy Alberta, which teamed with state-owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, said it would first build one twin-unit reactor that could produce 2,200 megawatts of electricity by early 2017. I have had several articles discussing the oilsands and using nuclear …
Carnival of Space week 13 is up at the liftport blog My submission was the improvement/variant of a hypersonic skyhook Colony Worlds discusses a skyhook for Mars that would reach down to within 11 kilometers of the surface He refers to it as an orbital space elevator. Mars orbiting space elevator reaching out from Phobos …
What made North America any better than uninhabited parts of Europe ? People who left were able to start fresh. They were able to tap into a different resource base. We can think of the world as your parents house and the unfinished basement as the Gobi Desert. What makes moving out better than living …
A british study calculates the average change in income earned caused by the loss of a loved one For a typical person, that level of unhappiness equated to the following necessary financial amounts in compensation for bereavement. Loss of a Partner £312,000 Loss of a Child 126,000 Loss of a Mother 22,000 Loss of a …
Nanofiber scaffolds can help nerves grow 4 millimeters in 5 days anda method developed at the University of Miami shows how magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) may be used to create mechanical tension that stimulates the growth and elongation of axons of the central nervous system neurons. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a …
Nanoparticles with a completely new shape may lead to cheaper catalysts that could make many experimental-energy technologies more practical. Nano geometry: This 24-sided platinum nanoparticle could lead to cheaper alternative energy. Credit: Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Tech The 24-sided platinum nanoparticles have surfaces that show up to four times greater catalytic activity compared with commercial …
NASA will likely shut down its Institute for Advanced Concepts, which funds research into futuristic ideas in spaceflight and aeronautics in August 2007 unless there is budgetary change. I hope they do not shutdown the NIAC because it is doing fantastic work. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger …
If anyone has heard the Vernor Vinge talk of non-singularity futures, please provide information in the comments here. He spoke in San Francisco Feb 15, 2007. Update: I guess a podcast or other recording of the talk will be up or is up on the longnow site Update: The text and slides from the speech …
It again reviews the uncertainty associated with whether it is quantum computing now and whether it will still quantum compute when it is scaled Here is link to my quantum computer article section This is my first of three articles related to the Feb 13 Dwave demo The second article has a picture taken by …
Infinera packs dozens of optical components onto photonic integrated circuits for ultrafast optical networks. fourteen 100-gigabit photonic integrated circuits sitting in a plastic carrier for performance testing The company has demonstrated a 400-gigabit chip and is well along in the development of what it describes as the fastest optical chip in the world–a 1.6-terabit version …
