Dwave has a 1000 qubit quantum computer now in their lab and will release in later in 2014

The Washington Post reports that Dwave has a 1000 qubit quantum computer in their lab. The Washington Post interviewed Jeremy Hilton, D-Wave’s vice president of processor development. Jeremy has been at the company since 2000. Right now, we [Dwave Systems] have a 1000 qubit processor in our lab. Dwave has a plan to release it …

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Imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution

Water/solid interfaces are vital to our daily lives and are also a central theme across an incredibly wide range of scientific disciplines. Resolving the internal structure, that is, the O–H directionality, of water molecules adsorbed on solid surfaces has been one of the key issues of water science yet it remains challenging. Using a low-temperature …

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Google is everywhere in technology with game changing potential

Google or the Google Founders are making well funded attempts to conquer big technological challenges. Success in these major endeavors will alter the trajectory of the future of humanity. Google just has not gotten into radical transformation of transportation other than robotic cars. Elon Musk has transportation covered with Spacex reusable rockets and Tesla electric …

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Calculations show carbyne chains will be twice the tensile strength of graphene three times the stiffness of diamond

Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk. If they do, they’ll find carbyne nanorods or nanoropes have a host of remarkable and useful properties, as described in a new paper by Rice University theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson and his group. Carbyne …

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Stem cell breakthrough could set up future transplant therapies

A new method for developing stem cells enables the production of liver and pancreatic cells in “clinically relevant” quantities for the first time, paving the way for regenerative therapies. A new method for creating stem cells for the human liver and pancreas, which could enable both cell types to be grown in sufficient quantities for …

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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 175

The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 175 is up Deregulate the Atom ANS Nuclear Cafe – Are Nuclear Plant Closures Due to Market Manipulation and Decommissioning Fund Rules? Many are having a hard time understanding Entergy’s decision to schedule the closing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant next year. Jim Hopf examines the issues, as …

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Starship Congress Day 3 video, schedule and abstracts

Day 3 – Interstellar Future (50 years +) | Saturday August 17th, 2013 The Icarus Interstellar Starship Congress aims to bring together the interstellar community to foster discussion and generate tangible action. Our ambition is to move humanity toward becoming an interstellar civilization, with a broad campaign of exploration and migration to begin by the …

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Quantum diamond nanosensors measure temperature in living cells and will be used for measuring magnetic and electric fields and for compact atomic clocks

How do you take the temperature of a cell? The familiar thermometer from a doctor’s office is slightly too big considering the average human skin cell is only 30 millionths of a meter wide. But the capability is significant; developing the right technology to gauge and control the internal temperatures of cells and other nanospaces …

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Neural dust could make a long duration, low power brain machine interface with thousands of sensor connections at the 10-100 micron scale

Arxiv – Neural Dust: An Ultrasonic, Low Power Solution for Chronic Brain-Machine Interfaces A major hurdle in brain-machine interfaces (BMI) is the lack of an implantable neural interface system that remains viable for a lifetime. This paper explores the fundamental system design trade-offs and ultimate size, power, and bandwidth scaling limits of neural recording systems …

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Seven Multi-trillion dollar technologies

The McKinsey Global Institute identifies 12 technologies that could drive truly massive economic transformations and disruptions in the coming years. Applications of the 12 technologies discussed in the report could have a potential economic impact between $14 trillion and $33 trillion a year in 2025. This estimate is neither predictive nor comprehensive. It is based …

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Unmanned A10 will be the UAV under complete control of spotter soldiers starting in about 2016

The goal of the DARPA Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program is to demonstrate the capability for a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) [soldier with radio and camera system designated to direct attack] on the ground “to visualize, select and employ weapons at the time of his choosing from an optionally manned/unmanned A-10 platform. An …

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