Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Atlas Devices has a new Powered Rope Ascender can climb can hold a target load capacity up to 600 pounds at a 6-feet per second rate of ascension. The lightweight ATLAS Ascender can pull a fully-loaded soldier or firefighter up a rappelling line at up to …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software LIUS (Low Intensity UltraSound) has been used to enhance bone healing, repair of damaged muscle, and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts or chondrocytes. Ultrasound can improve cell viability, thanks to its ability to get molecules moving, and researchers have used it to increase blood …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Inquirer reports that the Nvidia Fermi GPGPU is a power hungry chip, which poses problems for the HPC (High Performance Computing) customers To accommodate Tesla boards Mannel said that SGI and its customers have had to “scale up the cooling infrastructure” to meet the higher …
BBC News reports that North Korea is to cut all relations with South Korea The North was also expelling all South Korean workers from a jointly-run factory north of the border. Amid the rising tensions, South Korea has said it will drop propaganda leaflets into the North to tell people about the Cheonan incident, as …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported holographic, adaptive, optics research may help transform software into computer-free, electronics for unmanned aerial vehicles, high energy lasers and free-space optical communications that will enable each to run faster and more efficiently than before “The current system for UAV imagery, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Lawrenceville Plasma Physics is running dense plasma focus fusion experiments and are getting good levels of current and voltage. The April 2010 technical report gives the March experimental results. Analysis of shots we did in March gives more convincing evidence of high ion energies, certainly more …
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Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software A team of researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki has developed a computer model reproducing population-level variation in complex structures like teeth and organs. The research takes a step towards the growing of correctly shaped teeth and other organs. The results were …
By reworking a theory first proposed by physicists in the 1920s, the researchers discovered a new way to predict important characteristics of a new material before it’s been created. The new formula allows computers to model the properties of a material up to 100,000 times faster than previously possible and vastly expands the range of …
2009 Thermoelectrics Applications Workshop – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) 79 page pdf – The Growth Potential of Thermoelectrics Why Use Thermoelectrics? If the 220 M Personal Vehicles in the US had Thermoelectric Generators powering Thermoelectric Coolers/Heaters (HVAC) * Save 4.5 Billion gals/year of fuel * Reduce Greenhouse Gases by 69.5 Million Metric Tons …
1. Imperial College of London- Parts of a car’s bodywork could one day double up as its battery, according to the scientists behind a new €3.4 million project announced today. Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype material which can store and discharge electrical energy …