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dense plasma focusLPP Fusion Funded and prepping for Berylium electrode experiments

February 5, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
LPPF is preparing actively for both the experiments with beryllium electrodes expected in the spring and for the shift to hydrogen-boron fuel expected before year-end. The research team is planning the new vacuum system that will ensure that any beryllium …
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LPP Fusion is 90% of the way to hitting funding goal

dense plasma focusLPP Fusion is 90% of the way to hitting funding goal

December 14, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
LPP Fusion is nearing their minimum funding level for their latest round of financing. LPPFusion has raised $370,000 out of a minimum $400,000 funding round. LPPFusion is a small New Jersey R and D firm with the ambitious goal of …
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dense plasma focusLPP Fusion raising $1 million via equity crowdfunding

November 10, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
LPPFusion has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise $1 million to fund the next major stage of their research to develop a cheap, clean, safe and unlimited source of energy. The campaign, which went live at Noon EST, Nov. …
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commercial100 bits recorded in e coli bacteria using CRISPR editing

June 11, 2016 | Brian Wang |
 
Utilizing the bacterial CRISPR/Cas adaptive immune system, researchers at Harvard have developed a method for permanently recording molecular events in living cells Before this experiment, the most information any scientist had ever permanently uploaded into a living cell was 11 …
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dense plasma focusTelsa working on new third generation platform for model 3 and crossover model Y

October 18, 2015 | Brian Wang |
 
Tesla’s Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel said that Tesla mostly shifted their staff to work on the next generation Model 3 (26 minutes into the video below). The Model 3 is expected to have a starting price of $35,000 before …
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dense plasma focusLexus also has a magnetic hoverboard that works over metals like steel

June 24, 2015 | Brian Wang |
 
Lexus announced Wednesday it has created a hoverboard. “It works. It’s not a hoax,” says spokesman Moe Durand. Lexus says it won’t be sold. It’s for demonstration purposes. It operates using magnetic levitation, with liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors and permanent magnets …
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dense plasma focusStanford brings commercial fast recharging aluminum batteries closer

April 11, 2015 | Brian Wang |
 
Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that’s fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today. “We have developed a rechargeable aluminum battery that …
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dense plasma focusRussia plan improbable supersonic mach 1.6 heavy lift transport plane

March 25, 2015 | Brian Wang |
 
Russia is planning to make a fleet of 80 heavy transport aircraft that will reportedly for moving a strategic unit of 400 Armata tanks, with ammunition, to anywhere in the world. The PAK TA program envisages an order of 80 …
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dense plasma focusCarnival of Space 384

December 16, 2014 | Brian Wang |
 
The Carnival of Space 384 is up at The Venus Transit blog Universe Today – A Universe of 10 Dimensions Superstring theory posits that the universe exists in 10 dimensions at once. Image Credit: National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. The …
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dense plasma focusStanford researchers are building layers of logic and memory into skyscraper chips

December 15, 2014 | Brian Wang |
 
Skyscraper chip researchers’ leveraged three breakthroughs. 1. a new technology for creating transistors, those tiny gates that switch electricity on and off to create digital zeroes and ones. 2. a new type of computer memory that lends itself to multistory …
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