On the left is a schematic of the first 3-D “fishnet” metamaterial that can achieve a negative index of refraction at optical frequencies. On the right is a scanning electron microscope image of the fabricated structure, developed by UC Berkeley researchers. The alternating layers form small circuits that can bend light backwards. Image by Jason …
Top: the ALS beamline 9.0.1 experiment used a uniformly redundant array (URA) 30 nanometers thick with scattering elements 44 nanometers square (left). At right is the lithograph of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. The scale bar is two micrometers long. Bottom: the FLASH experiment used a URA with 162 pinholes, next to a Spiroplasma bacterium. The …
Here is a webpage that tracks the availability of the three different Apple 3G iPhones by apple store with links to the stores in each state. It is updated every 15 minutes. There are also graphs of the percentage of stores with available Apple iPhones. It appears that around 10AM-noon each day there are bursts …
Specially designed carbon nanotube sheets, dubbed “buckypaper,” can increase in width when stretched. The buckypaper can also increase in both length and width when uniformly compressed. Illustration of the oppositely directed lateral bending on forming a nanotube sheet strip into a ring, when the Poisson’s ratio is positive (left) or negative (right). No lateral bending …
Researchers from Seoul National University and Sungkyunkwan in South Korea have developed a technique for aligning nanotubes over large areas based on the flow of a nanotube-containing solution through nanochannels. Not being able to align carbon nanotubes in a cheap and simple way has been a roadblock to making the superior commercial electronic devices that …
GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. “GE’s demonstration …
Lockheed has signed an exclusive international license to use EEStor’s power system for military and homeland-security applications–everything from advanced remote sensors and missile systems to mobile power packs and electric vehicles. Zenn motors is now expecting delivery of the energy-storage unit in mid-2008. It will be a mass-produced commercial product. Brian WangBrian Wang is a …
If you do not smoking; exercise; moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day then you will live on average an additional fourteen years compared with people who adopt none of these behaviours. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers …
The middle class earning between $30,000 and 100,000 is shrinking because more people are earning more than $100,000 There is a split into the regular middle class and a mass affluent class. Economist Stephen Rose, defining the middle class as households with annual incomes between $30,000 and $100,000, says a smaller percentage of Americans are …
This is from a pdf with 5% and 10% oil savings plans FURTHER READINGShort, mid and long term energy Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including …
Here is the wikipedia list of very light jet (VLJ) operators. Many of the VLJ operators are starting “air taxi services”. Dayjet which is flying with 12 aircraft in Florida has an on demand service. DayJet brings affordable, on-demand regional jet service to poorly connected businesses, communities and individuals across the Southeast. Today’s service launch …