Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Nature Communications – Unveiling thermal transitions of polymers in subnanometre pores Knowing how to build nanosized assemblies of polymers (long molecular chains) holds the key to improving a broad range of industrial processes, from the production of nanofibers, filters, and new materials to the manufacture of …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Here is more information on the US Air force plans for 2010-2030 (42 megabyte presentation on Technology Horizons: Key Air Force Research Priorities During 2010-2030) . The general themes are the air force is looking for more autonomous/robotic systems, modular systems that can be rapidly and flexibly …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software For more than a decade Astrox worked in semi-obscurity on several major hypersonic programmes, including the NASA X-43A scramjet and the Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) Blackswift Astrox is featured prominently in “Technology Horizons”, a 20-year roadmap for science and technology advances published by Werner …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Image Creative Commons China will spend some money and effort to put out some of their underground coal fires from now to 2012. North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region plans to extinguish smoldering fires at nearly half of its coalfields with the problems by 2012. Smoldering …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software ZDnet and tipb and many other sites provide some reviews of the new smartphones. Here is a summary. Phone Apple iPhone 4 HTC Evo 4G Droid Incredible Nexus One Price 16GB $199, $199.99 $199 with 2 yr $529 unlocked 32GB $299 with 2 year $179 with …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Arxiv – Is there a maximum magnetic field in QED? It was recently conjectured by Shabad and Usov that there exists in QED a maximum magnetic field of 10^42 Gauss, above which the magnetized vacuum becomes unstable. Using a nonperturbative analysis that consistently incorporates the effective …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software Cleantech.com reports Thorium One, a Vancouver, Canada-based company is attempting to fund ($23 million) the development of a new fuel design—called Thorium Plutonium MOX—that it says can be used in existing infrastructure for nuclear reactors in the production of nuclear energy that does not create bomb-usable …
Washington Examiner reports on Forbes magazine ranking of counties by median income (H/T instapundit) Loudoun ranks as the richest county in the United States, immediately followed by Fairfax and Howard counties, while Montgomery, traditionally one of the wealthiest, is now 10th. 12 of the top 25 are in the Washington DC area. Rank County Population …
There was the Robin Hanson – Mencius Moldbug debate in the evening of the first day of the 2010 Foresight conference. This was initiated by an article that Moldbug had where he indicated that Futarchy is considered retarded Futarchy at wikipedia Futarchy is a form of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson, in which elected …
The Tata Magic Iris has a five-seater miniature load-runner van for less than $2000. * powered by a 611cc engine (0.6-litre)* the diesel engine is capable of just 8.2kW or power (11 horsepower); in comparison, most ride-on mowers pump out at least 10.5kW. * Max speed of 55 km/h * 10-litre fuel tank* due on …
Hydropower Upgrades to Yield Added Generation at Average Costs Less Than 4 cents per kWh – Without New Dams U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $30.6 million in Recovery Act funding for the selection of seven hydropower projects that modernize hydropower infrastructure by increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impacts at existing facilities. …