Blacklight Power has been saying that their technology is capable of amazing power densities — e.g. a 10 MW system would occupy one cubic foot. However, that was with a 60-toothed gear spinning at 200 rpm, making the water chamber size a few micro liters, lasting a millisecond, during which two electrodes create a supersonic-expanding …
Google developers got a preview of Google’s most ambitious Android release yet. With more than 5,000 new APIs (for non-techies, that stands for application programming interfaces) and a new, consistent design approach called material design, we’re continuing to evolve the Android platform so developers can bring to life even more beautiful, engaging mobile experiences. Google …
Researchers at Rice University, Sandia National Laboratories and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed novel terahertz detectors based on carbon nanotubes that could improve medical imaging, airport passenger screening, food inspection and other applications. Unlike current terahertz detectors, the devices are flexible, sensitive to polarization and broad bandwidth and feature large detection areas. They …
Alberta’s population is expected to expand by 2 million people through 2041, from 3.99 million in 2013 to about 6 million in 2041 according to the medium scenario. Under the low and high scenarios, Alberta’s total population is projected to surpass 5 million and 7 million respectively by 2041. The population of Alberta at the …
Are there any suggestions and volunteers for an overhaul of the nextbigfuture website ? The User Interface needs to be overhauled. Currently the site resides on blogger.com. If a good custom template could be created that might resolve some issues quickly. Ideally the URLs of the old articles should be preserved. Although if there were …
Zhang Yue is worth an estimated 1.1 billion yuan ($180 million) and has grandiose aspirations, the biggest of them to build an 838 metre tall tower he calls “Sky City” by the year’s end. It is designed to be 10 metres higher than the current title-holder, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai — which took five …
The OECD has some wealth distribution data. If China is able to reform its urbanization safety net and enable 300 million existing migrant workers and 300 million new urban migrants to catch up to the current lower level of official urban residents then China will raise up people in the $1000-2000 per capita level to …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 192 is up at ANS Nuclear Cafe Atomic Insights – Russia using oil wealth to finance nuclear energy exports In round numbers, RIANovosti reports that Russia’s federal budget is $400 billion per year, indicating that the government counts $200 billion per year from oil and gas sales towards its annual …
Canada will have urban home delivery of mail phased out over the next five years. Starting March 31, the cost of a stamp to mail a standard-size first-class letter will increase to 85 cents if bought in a pack, up from 63 cents. Individual stamps will cost a dollar. Canada Post said that over the …
It started with a single drill hole made by a team of explorers just outside the Western edge of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, home to the richest uranium deposits in the world. The fact that the team was there at all broke with conventional wisdom. Other companies believed you had to be within the boundaries of …
Swiss voters have rejected a proposal that would have limited executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. The referendum saw 65.3% vote against the plan with 34.7% in favour. The country is home to a range of giant businesses, including pharmaceutical companies Novartis and Roche, the insurance groups Zurich and Swiss Re …