Here is a blog post from the xprize organization with pictures UPDATE: There appears to be no winner in the lunar lander competition for 2007 as Armadillo’s entry failed and burned in its fourth attempt Wired magazine is blogging the lunar lander xprize cup competition as well The Armadillo Aerospace had one of two good …
Under Monday’s settlement, Microsoft said it would allow open-source software developers access to inter-operability information for work-group servers used by businesses and other large organisations. Other technology companies using this information will only have to pay a €10,000 ($14,300) one-off fee rather than a percentage of revenues from any software developed as a result. Also, …
BioNanomatrix Inc. and Complete Genomics Inc. said Thursday they have formed a joint venture that has received an $8.8 million government grant to develop a system capable of sequencing the entire human genome in eight hours at a cost of less than $100. Today, the cost of sequencing the roughly 3 billion base pairs in …
The Register discusses the CRN conference, where I was one of the presenters I need to correct some misunderstanding from a lack of clarity in one of my presentation slides. Register person had stated I was saying molecular manufacturing would happen in 2015. My prediction for a nanofactory level of capability in molecular manufacturing is …
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 …