Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A recent theory for cold fusion is that deuteron stripping reactions (1935 discovery by Oppenheimer) are occuring with Nickel-64 isotope. This would produce 8 MeV for each reaction for the 1% of the nickel that is nickel-64. 80,000 eV for each atom of nickel. 1250 times …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software James Hughes has an article on Transhumanism on IO9 and takes a relatively pro-Transhumanist position and human modifications abolitionist Francis Fukuyama as his opponent…again I understand why there is the genetic engineering fixation. There is the human word in the terms humanity, transhuman and posthuman. Humanity …
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 Journal of Proteome Research – Urinary Metabonomic Study on Colorectal Cancer Colon cancer is a cancer with the third highest amount of deaths. The graph shows that there are urine tests that can clearly differentiate between healthy people and people with colon cancer. If cheap and …
The energy density and the power density of nano vacuum tubes in comparison to other energy storage devices (a). The volumetric energy density and the gravimetric energy density of nano vacuum tubes in comparison with combustion engines and several types rechargeable batteries, including those based on lead, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, and lithium (b). Nano vacuum …
The Carnival of Space 124 is up at “We are all in the gutter” This site contributed a look at orbital launch guns from new light gas gun proposals to ram accelerators to underground nuclear cannons. Bad Astronomy has a NASA’s Swift satellite snapshot of the Andromeda galaxy in the ultraviolet spectrum. Discovery Space news …
Anders Sandberg discusses his view of the summit as a speaker and a participant. Anders provides a view into the follow up discussions that occured at lunch and other breaks. Anders also provides good analysis of the Artificial Intelligence talks from the perspective of someone in the field of AI and Brain Emulation. (H/T Michael …
CalStar Products, Inc. uses advanced technology to make architectural facing bricks and durable pavers for the green building market. Both products contain 40% post-industrial recycled material, use 90% less energy to make, and generate 90% less CO2 than traditional fired clay brick and pavers Building operations consume around 39 percent of the total energy in …
1. University of Missouri researchers are developing and testing a new type of blast-resistant glass that will be thinner, lighter and less vulnerable to small-scale explosions. Conventional blast-resistant glass is made with laminated glass that has a plastic layer between two sheets of glass. MU researchers are now replacing the plastic layer with a transparent …
Some people worry that if oil supplies were to radically drop that there would not be enough fuel to build non-fossil fuel replacement. They then promote the use of draft animals and small windmills. This article will show that there is enough oil and fuels to supply a transition build and that even if supplies …
Michael Anissimov at Accelerating Future has an article where he promotes the World Transhumanist Association discussion topic: Is Star Trek a Fascist Society? I have seen the 726 episodes across 6 TV series and 10 (and soon 11) movies and many of the books, two Vegas rides, etc… Their continuing mission (not always successful) is …