This mosaic of Pluto’s largest moon Charon was taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on New Horizons shortly before closest approach on July 14, 2015; it resolves details as small as 340 yards (310 meters). The scene at bottom is about 125 miles (200 kilometers) across. Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI The …
2014 Foresight Technical Conference: Integration February 7 – 9, 2014 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Palo Alto, California, USA http://www.foresight.org/conference DEADLINE for early registration: Dec 6 For $100 discount, use code WANGNBF2014NANO Keynote: Paolo Gargini, ITRS Chairman, former Intel VP of Technology Strategy Conference Co-Chairs: Robert P. Meagley, CEO/CTO, One Nanotechnologies William A. Goddard III, Director, Materials …
The NIMS Photonic Materials Unit is developing an advanced self-assembly technique for semiconductor quantum dots called droplet epitaxy, which is an original NIMS technology, and recently succeeded in the development of a new self-assembly technique for quantum dots with the world’s highest surface density, greatly exceeding the previously reported value. Quantum dots have attracted heightened …
US Crude oil production has increased 18,000 barrels per day from the previous week and is up 612,000 bpd from the same time in 2011. US Crude oil production was at 6.245 million barrels per day. US Oil Liquid Production was 10.7 million barrels per day. If you liked this article, please give it a …
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Cosmiclog MSNBC – software billionaire Paul Allen and aerospace guru Burt Rutan are teaming up with SpaceX and other top-flight rocketeers to create an air-launched orbital delivery system. They say the venture will require the construction of the largest aircraft ever flown. The new venture is significant for the revival of the Allen-Rutan partnership, with …
Chemists from Innsbruck and New York managed to monitor single-molecule switching in action. In an article in “Nature Chemical Biology” they report their findings: The secret of bacterial riboswitches lies in their dynamics. These findings are also relevant in antibiotics research. In various ways, bacteria are one step ahead to us humans. For example, they …
Intel’s 3-D Tri-Gate transistor will be used in 22-nanometer-technology microprocessors slated for high-volume manufacturing by the end of the year. In 2000, the Berkeley researchers predicted that FinFET technology could be scaled down to at least 10 nanometers and estimated that it would take about 10 years for the new transistor to move into high-volume …
VASIMR VX-200 Performance and Near-term SEP Capability for Unmanned Mars Flight was presented at the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) Workshop Ad Astra has demonstrated 60% propulsion system efficiency (DC to jet power) at an Isp of 4800 seconds and an input power of 220 kW DC • The ratio of mass to power (alpha) of …
A very high level roadmap for OpenCog development in the next 12 years — all the way from here to advanced human-level AGI has been published. For a more specific roadmap regarding the next 2 years, please consult the wiki. OpenCog Roadmap: 2011-2023 2011-2012: A Proto-AGI Virtual Agent * Integrated “toddler-level” intelligence for video game …
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