a 100 Tesla magnet is needed to test the properties of new high-temperature superconductors like iron oxyarsenide, which may improve the performance of MRI machines and high-voltage power lines while lowering their cost. A 100‑T magnet would also let you conduct certain zero-gravity experiments without traveling into space and let you develop magnetic propulsion systems …
Went to a Demo networking event last week In 1991, Stewart Alsop changed the technology conference circuit by instituting a new event with new rules: DEMO would be about the products; would require timed, live demonstrations; and would not allow PowerPoint presentations. These rules still stand. Startups communicate the power and value of emerging technologies …
When Crescent Point first acquired Bakken lands and production in the Viewfield area near Stoughton in 2006, the initial estimate was 500 million to one billion barrels of oil in place. Saskatchwen Bakken production is at least 56,000 barrels of oil per day (Just adding recent Crescent Point, Petrobank and Tristar numbers at the end …
Aubrey de Grey is the main proponent for the SENS life extension strategy Here is a link to the Aubrey de Grey interview with Stephen Colbert at the Comedy Central site Here is the link to the youtube video RELATED NEWS ON MUNDANE METHODS TO INCREASE LIFESPANA total of 970 men (41%) survived to at …
The KMT, pro-China party, won 81 of 113 seats in the legislative elections. I have predicted that KMT victories in the legislative election and then in the presidential election in Taiwan would lead to better relations between Taiwan, China and the USA This is the first third of that prediction. Landslide legislative victory. Then a …
Planetary.org has the latest carnival of Space. My contribution is about the overall lessons that should be taken from the recent Technology prize competitions (robotic cars, space elevators and lunar landers). The carnival had a response to a Guardian op-ed. The carnival article indicated that there is no need to keep the moon pristine. I …