Peter Weyand and colleagues have published a paper which details how human running speeds of 35-40 mph may be biologically possible Peter Weyands estimate of the fastest speed a human can run has been covered here before (he had indicated that 45 mph is possible for a modified human shaped runner). The newly published evidence …
The Manhattan Beach Project was a conference of leading scientists, entrepreneurs, anti-aging doctors held in Manhattan Beach, California on November 13-15, 2009. The goal of the event was to create real time lines and real budgets designed to completely change the face of aging. The Summit agenda lists a mix of well known names from …
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems division (GA-EMS) has successfully fired multiple rounds for the first time in a prototype of its new Blitzer electromagnetic railgun air defence prototype system. These tests were performed at the US Army Dugway Proving Grounds under a contract with the Office of Naval Research. Testing is scheduled to continue through to …
According to Forbes there are 79 billionaires in China Earlier in the year Forbes Mar 2009 list of world billionaires only found 28 Chinese Billionaires. The economic crisis is easing, particularly in China, so the net worth of Chinese billionaires is better than earlier in the year, Here is a link to the Forbes March …
Today is the first day of the 2009 Space Elevator Games – Climber / Power-Beaming competition UPDATE:3:00PMFirst climb was 4 minutes, 2 seconds – officially. Laser Motive qualified for the $900K prize. Live at http://ustre.am/4mZA If neither the University of Saskatchewan or the Kansas City Space Pirates can beat that time over the next few …
A link to the 14 page word document on the 2009 EMDrive research which was presented at the the CEAS 2009 European Air & Space Conference The Emdrive Programme – Implications for the Future of the Aerospace Industry Two other groups, one in China and one in the USA are working on EmDrive projects. We …
Hexus features the Colfax CXT8000; a server with eight NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and purportedly the world’s first such system. (H/T Sander Olson) Bright side of news covers the CXT8000 as well. The Colfax GPU server section of their website. The eight GPU (eight Tflop), 4U, rack-mounted supercomputer was rendered even more impressive by its specially …
Accelerating Future has the Saturday program for the Singularity Summit in New York on October 3rd and 4th, 2009. The full two day program is here Stephen Wolfram, the British polymath known as the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha and the author of A New Kind of Science, will be attending the Singularity Summit …
a, Schematic structure of our magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), comprising hexagonal (Hex.) NiAs-structure MnAs (20 nm)/GaAs (1 nm)/AlAs (2.1 nm)/GaAs:MnAs (10 nm) thin films grown on a p+GaAs(001) substrate. The GaAs:MnAs film contains zinc-blende-structure (ZB) MnAs nanoparticles. , diameter. b, Transmission electron microscopy lattice image of an MTJ. White circles indicate the areas of zinc-blende …
Light rather than electrical current: The inner or outer surfaces of glass micropipettes can be coated with nanoparticles of a narrow-band-gap semiconductor. When visible or near-infrared light is used for excitation, these micropipettes (labeled PE Stim in the image) can activate nearby neurons (labeled *) in brain tissue without the damage associated with electrical stimulation. …
The 89th Carnival of Space is hosted by the Moon Society, an organization dedicated to motivating the masses to reclaim our lunar heritage. This site provided details on progress to the Skylon spaceplane. Centauri Dreams re-examines the Drake Equation Paul Anderson (from Merid iani Journal) notes an exo-planet has been discovered that is only two …