Atomtronics has the goal of developing a one-to-one analogy of electronic systems, components and devices with ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices It is being researched at the University of Colorado. The Atomtronic Anderson Group of Optical Physics Their atom-optical analogy to electronic circuits begins with the definition of the `atomtronic battery’, which is composed …
There has been a renaissance of renewed construction for nuclear fission. Hundreds of nuclear fission reactors were built in the 1970s in the US and then in the 1980s in France and other places. Now there is renewed activity in China, Russia, India, South Korea and other places. This is a good thing and there …
An atomic-scale map of the interface between an atomic dot and its substrate. Each peak represents a single atom. The map, made with high-intensity X-rays, is a slice through a vertical cross-section of the dot. University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of …
1. India could have 470 GWe of nuclear capacity by 2050 if it thinks big and manages its program correctly, said the country’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh. Singh’s prediction of a future Indian reactor fleet bigger than the current global total came at the opening of the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy …
The HALO ODST project started as a Halo movie project involving Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings. HALO is fiction that has one of the more well thought out looks at a world with supersoldiers, combat exoskeletons, interstellar travel, artificial intelligence and other future technologies. Players in HALO ODST assume the roles of elite …
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 …
Here is the link to the 3banana page where a comment can be added in support of the antiaging project SENS. Winning the contest via the most comments will provide and more valudable publicity. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog …
Will machines ever be as smart as humans? Intel CTO Justin Rattner thinks that someday, they might. He is mostly looking at cognitive enhancement and advanced robotics. Machine intelligence is constantly increasing due to laws of accelerating returns, “of which Moore’s Law is perhaps the best example.” “There will be a surprising amount of machines …
Carl Zeiss, the world’s leading manufacturer of optical systems for chip fabrication, has now delivered a complete optical system for production-ready Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL), a new technology for microchip fabrication. This optical system forms a core module of the first EUVL production system from the Dutch manufacturer and long-term partner to Carl Zeiss, ASML. …
Chris Phoenix looks at carbohydrate strands, a new molecular building block Cells in a multicellular organism are surrounded by a matrix of molecules called, appropriately enough, the extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM is made up of protein and carbohydrate. It anchors the cells and provides structure to the organism. It also provides signaling for mobile …
An IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) report on Uranium until 2050 has the above chart. Market Based Demand Cases (Tons per year neededLow demand case 1 917 990Middle demand case 4 158 280High demand case 6 406 190 The conclusions of a World Nuclear Association report,The Global Nuclear Fuel Market Supply and Demand 2009-2030 are …