[Newsweek] Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Russian forces had been deployed in Ukrainian territory amid claims that around 15,000 Russian soldiers have been sent to the Donetsk region. Reports of intensifying Russian military activity on its border with eastern Ukraine have increased in the last 12 hours with Reuters reporting spotting two Russian military …
Introducing metal 3D printing to the world as a viable solution for fully functional firearm prototypes. At http://www.solidconcepts.com you can learn more about the reliability, usability, durability and accuracy of DMLS as a functioning prototype or product, and this gun is a successful demonstration of each of those attributes. Its chamber sees pressure above 20,000 …
NBC and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson on Friday announced an agreement to track the development of the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane on television — climaxing in a flight that will put Branson and his children into outer space. If all the flight tests proceed according to plan, that inaugural passenger spaceflight could take off from …
Some parts of the body, like the liver, can regenerate themselves after damage. But others, such as our nervous system, are considered either irreparable or slow to recover, leaving thousands with a lifetime of pain, limited mobility, or even paralysis. Researchers in Israel have invented a method for repairing damaged peripheral nerves. Through a biodegradable …
The difference between 28 and 20 nm is about 20 to 25 percent accord to Nvidia’s Chief Scientist Dally. Therefore, process doesn’t matter that much anymore. If Nvidia is clever about architecture and circuit design, then can make up for the fact that Nvidia has competitors [Intel] that are a node ahead. Chip stacking is …
The Whitehouse has a petition site “We the People”. Any petition that gets 25,000 signatures will be given a formal response from the White House. Successful Petition – Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016. Those who sign here petition the United States government to secure funding and resources, …
XG Sciences, Inc. announced today that it had launched a joint program with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop a titanium-graphene composite using an advanced powder metallurgy manufacturing process. Titanium is an important structural material for a variety of industrial, commercial, and military applications due to its light weight, high strength, and corrosion resistance. …
ITProPortal – China’s Huawei Ascend Mate smartphone is rumored to have a display of 6.1 inches diagonal which is bigger than the 5.5 inches of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and not far from the 7in diagonal that’s common on most small form factor tablets. The Ascend Mate specs on Chinese website MyDrivers * 10mm …
Technology Review – Academic researchers have improved wireless bandwidth by an order of magnitude—not by adding base stations, tapping more spectrum, or cranking up transmitter wattage, but by using algebra to banish the network-clogging task of resending dropped packets. The practical benefits of the technology, known as coded TCP, were seen on a recent test …
NASA and The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) of Pensacola, Fla., with the help of engineers from Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, have jointly developed a robotic exoskeleton called X1. The 57-pound device is a robot that a human could wear over his or her body either to assist or inhibit movement …
In part one of a Seeking Alpha series by Michael Filloon, he addressed some issues with the Oildrum article Is Shale Oil Headed for a Run with “The Red Queen”? Its author, Rune Likvern, has a bearish view of Bakken production. He believes Bakken production is close to hitting a plateau. Seeking Alpha – the …