There are good articles at accelerating future. 1. Michael describes the confusion around the term the Singularity 2. He describes 10 top transhumanist technologies I would expand out item number 8 Gene therapy/RNA interference with synthetic biology and synthetic life and DNA nanotechnology. I also think quantum computers will be quite important Designer materials, new …
Monolithic dome structure The dome structures can be built quickly and are very strong. digg_url= ‘http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/07/monolithic-domes.html’; digg_skin =’compact’;reddit_url=’http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/07/monolithic-domes.html’reddit_url=’advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/07/monolithic-domes.html’ The Monolithic Dome is the most disaster resistant building that can be built at a reasonable price without going underground or into a mountain. A wind of 70 miles per hour blowing against a 30 foot tall …
A New York Times review of THE CASE AGAINST PERFECTION Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering. By Michael J. Sandel. When norms change, you can always find old fogeys who grouse that things aren’t the way they used to be. In the case of football, Sandel finds a retired N.F.L. player to support his …
The cheapest launch for a moderate sized payload is the Dnepr rocket. It costs $10 million and can launch 4500 kg to LEO. $2222/kg. They are flying now and there are 150 more until 2020. digg_url= ‘http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/06/taking-space-based-solar-power-to.html’; digg_skin =’compact’;reddit_url=’http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/06/taking-space-based-solar-power-to.html’reddit_url=’advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/06/taking-space-based-solar-power-to.html’ Dnepr rocket We can either user light thin film solar cells or we can use thin …
Abstracts for the Sept 2007 SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence / Life Extension) conference are online Will stem cell-based tissue replacement work in the old? This presentation will describe steps for deciphering the molecular mechanisms by which age-specific inhibitory culprits of tissue repair exert their negative influence on stem cells. Additionally, we provide evidence …
New Scientist reports on nanowires suspended in an invisible “force field” of laser radiation could soon be peering into biological samples, taking low-cost snapshots of viruses and proteins with unprecedented resolution. The team’s prototype can already scan objects with a resolution of 100 nanometres, allowing it to capture the features the size of those on …
Wesupportlee.blogspot.com has follow up details on the local politics in Ontario to stop coal energy usage and replace it with natural gas or nuclear I had an article about Ontario’s attempts and plans to phase out coal or clean it up a lot Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science …
China intends to spend $50 billion to build 32 nuclear plants by 2020. Some analysts say the country will build 300 more by the middle of the century A Massachusetts Institute of Technology report said China may have to add as many as 200 nuclear power plants by 2050 to meet its needs. Academics from …
Here is a post on a survey of average broadband speed in different countries Japan and Canada have significantly higher broadband download speeds—61Mbps and 7.6Mbps. Hong Kong is not on the chart but is also a lot faster. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers …
According to official chinese government figures, total national hydro generating capacity will reach 270GW by 2020 China’s total hydroelectric generating capacity stood at 115GW in 2006, before the first phase of the Three Gorges hydro power plant was completed. The 155GW of hydro power to be added between 2006-2020 is the equivalent of adding 1.2 …
From Nanowerk, Thermoelectric nanostructures could double the efficiency of engines and generators by converting wasted heat to electricity Ted Harman at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory–building in part on Chen’s earlier, unrelated work–showed that by using nanostructures, you can create materials that outdo nature: Some of Harman’s materials, thanks to their unique heat-impeding qualities, are twice as …