Center for Responsible Nanotechnology has a recent article that recalls a passage from Unbounding the Future (1991) which discusses virtual reality with sensory feedback What do we have now for the state of the art in virtual reality? We have a 100 million pixel virtual reality room The 10 foot by 10 foot cube room …
A description of how the Robert Bussard Inertial Electrostatic fusion system would work His fuel of choice is one of the earth’s most common and least exotic elements: boron. It can be scooped from the Mojave Desert in California, possibly even extracted from sea water. Boron is used in the production of hundreds of products …
Wired magazine has an interview with David Deutsch, the father of Quantum computers I agree with almost everything that he says about Dwave, Quantum computers and nanotechnology. I have pulled what are my highlights from the interview. On quantum computing gaining mind share with the Dwave announcement.He replied: the field [quantum computing] doesn’t need acceptability. …
This is the 1000th article posted on this site. There are three new membranes with nanoscale dimensions that have been created. One is silicon membrane which could filter proteins and could be used for dialysis and one is a carbon nanotube membrane that can control water flow. Be able to control and purify molecules will …
Engines of Creation 2.0: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology – Updated and Expanded is available for free at wowio.comIt has a new look and feel and includes updated information from Eric Drexler. It also includes the Drexler / Smalley debates and comments on the debate. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a …