High speed fiber internet is being implemented with greater speed and higher penetration around the world than in the United States. The 5-10+% [700 billion to 1.4 trillion per year initially. A nextbigfuture article that covers many studies that connect broadband to economic stimulus] boost to the GDP that would come from 100+mbps symmetrical access …
1. Colorectal cancer is especially difficult to diagnose in its early stages – usually, people are in advanced stages when the cancer is discovered, and the diagnostic process itself requires the removal of entire polyps as well as a laboratory assessment that may take weeks. Vernick’s [ doctoral student of the Department of Physical Electronics …
Previously we had an article about cloud computing, distributed computing and the importance of GPGPU acceleration. HPCwire reports that Nvidia’s next-generation GPU design, the G300, may turn out to be the biggest architectural leap the graphics chip maker has ever attempted. If the early rumors are true, NVIDIA has decided move the architecture a step …
J Storrs Hall is at the DARPA workshops for physical intelligence. It turns out they are trying to advance the concepts of entropy and cybernetics. The picture is an example of cybernetics from wikipedia. I’m currently at the Proposer’s Workshop for the program, and it turns out that what they’re actually talking about is a …
1. Dr. Tae-Su Jang, member of technical staff in the Hynix R&D Division, will deliver the paper on June 17, 2009 that highlights the operating characteristics of Z-RAM memory technology fabricated on a 50nm DRAM process. Using a 54nm x 54nm floating-body memory bitcell, the paper presents the longest floating-body retention time reported – longer …
Lack of competition is the reason why broadband speeds in the United States are not faster and at lower price. Other cable operators are concerned that not only will prices fall, but that the super-fast service will encourage customers to watch video on the Web and drop their cable service. Pretty much the fastest consumer …
The hardness of the composite aluminum and carbon nanotubes is several times greater than that of unalloyed aluminum, tensile strengths comparable to those of steel can be achieved, and the impact strength and thermal conductivity of the lightweight metal can be improved significantly. High hardness levels and tensile strengths could only be achieved in aluminum …
This week we are hosting the Carnival of Space. 1. Crowlspace has a feature on the Catalytic Nuclear Fusion Interstellar Ramjet. How do we make the reaction go faster than a regular interstellar ramjet? Physicist Daniel Whitmire proposed we burn the hydrogen via the well-known CNO Bi-Cycle. Basically a hydrogen fuses to a carbon-12, then …
1. Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence of modern human behaviour, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal Science. High population density leads to greater exchange of ideas and skills and prevents the loss of new innovations. …
J Storrs Hall, Foresight President, discusses general desktop nanofactories versus larger nanofactories and specialized nanofactories. This is part of a series of articles that have been posted at Accelerating Future, CRNano (Center for Responsible Nanotech), Foresight and this site (nextbigfuture) that consider how nanofactories will emerge and the impact. From the outside, the line from …
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Rahul Sarpeshkar, left, and Soumyajit Mandal display their RF (radio frequency) cochlea, a low-power, ultra-broadband radio chip. The chip, held by Mandal, is attached to an antenna, held by Sarpeshkar. The diagram on the computer monitor shows the wiring layout of the chip. MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, …