Reviewing the Delta scan predictions of the Stanford humanities lab.I had already reviewed one of the predictions Here are several of the computer related predicions They predict Working prototypes of quantum computers may be demonstrated by 2040 The working prototype demo was Feb 13 of this year By next year quantums will be well scaled …
the US department of Energy provides background on particulate control research (for making coal cleaner although the goals would still leave coal the deadliest energy source. Coal kills 1 million per year from air pollution) To date, most particulate control technologies have been installed to prevent so-called “coarse” particulates from escaping into the atmosphere. Coarse …
MIT researchers have developed a computer chip that runs on microbubbles like these. Photo courtesy / Manu Prakash From physorg, in work that could dramatically boost the capabilities of “lab on a chip” devices, MIT researchers have created a way to use tiny bubbles to mimic the capabilities of a computer. A colored montage of …
A measure will be submitted to ban ordinary light bulbs in California starting in 2012 The measure will be submitted and voted upon this year. Rosenfeld, winner of the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award in 2006, said the switch from incandescent bulbs became feasible about five years ago when CFL (compact Florescent lights) performance improved. I …
Dwave systems has a current roadmap with well over 1,000 by the end of 2008. There are some quantum algorithms that can’t be run using the current architecture. The technical reason for this is that the devices that couple qubits i and j are of the sigma_z^{i} sigma_z^{j} type. There are some 16-qubit states that …
ANSOM — apertureless near-field scanning optical microscope is able to resolve less than 10 nm. Prior versions could only get to about 20nm. The Stephen Quake group, California Institute of Technology, developed a new phase filtering method. The fluorescence near-field microscope can distinguish single molecules. The microscope’s phase filtering method can also be applied to …
From IEEE spectrum, IBM is making a major research effort into services science. The goal is to measureably improve service productivity. Paul Maglio, a senior manager at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, says his services group has grown from nine people in December 2002 to more than 70 now. He estimates that 550 …
This week (Dec 11-14, 2006) CNN’s show Anderson Cooper 360 asks the question how far would you go for Health and Well Being? This link is a place where you can provide feedback. My questions are 1. What is wrong with our society that we have to go outside the United States for better, newer …
Radically new and powerful things are being done with sound. Part of what I think is the growing trend of greater control of all information, light, energy, matter and magnetism. (ILEMM) Molecular nanotechnology and advanced metamaterials would be milestones in the control of matter which will also provide greater control of energy. Better material devices …
India is targeting 24 GW on nuclear power by 2020 and 50 GW by 2030. Two thirds of the nuclear fuel should be thorium. As per the present plan of the Bhabha Atomic Research Corporation (BARC) and the Nuclear Power Corporation, the capacity by 2020 is expected to be increased to 24,000 MW. ‘There is …
From physorg.com, the CSIRO ICT Centre today announced that it has achieved over six gigabits per second over a point to point wireless connection with the highest efficiency (2.4bits/s/Hz) ever achieved for such a system. At the demonstration, the team will transmit 16 simultaneous streams of DVD quality video over a 250 metre link with …