In 2010, 57.4 million Chinese traveled out of China to see the world and to spend money on outbound tourism.For 2015, the China National Tourism Administration CNTA forecasts that 100 million travelers spending US$100 billion will turn China into the worldwide No. 1 international tourism source market. In 2010, the number of domestic tourists reached …
The National Inventors Hall of Fame inducted Ralph C. Merkle March 3 2011. The announcement included Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman. The three jointly conceived and patented Public Key Cryptography (PKC). Merkle realized PKC was possible in 1974 as an undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley. He joined forces with Diffie and Hellman in 1976. This fruitful …
MIT Technology Review – 70 Online Databases that Define Our Planet If you want to simulate the Earth, you’ll need data on the climate, health, finance, economics, traffic and lots more. Here’s where to find it. Arxiv – From Social Data Mining to Forecasting Socio-Economic Crisis Socio-economic data mining has a great potential in terms …
UCLA researchers attached a controllable molecular spring made of DNA to the enzyme. The spring is about 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. They can mechanically turn the enzyme on and off and control how fast the chemical reaction occurs. In their newest research, they attached the molecular spring at three …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Carnival of Space 172 is up at lightsinthedark. This site submitted Metamaterials could create a sublight version of the Alcubierre warp drive that could emulate up to 25% of light speed Solar wind power satellites could be an easier and nearer term way to generate …
Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC)) have verified findings by Planar Energy that could lead to dramatic cost and performance improvements in large format batteries required for practical electric vehicles. AMPAC scientists independently confirmed that Planar Energy’s new generation of solid state electrolytes have ionic conductivity …
Bill and Melinda Gates said on Friday they would spend $10 billion over the next decade to develop and deliver vaccines Over the past 10 years, the Microsoft co-founder’s charity has committed $4.5 billion to vaccines and has been instrumental in establishing the GAVI alliance, a public-private partnership that channels money for vaccines in poor …
Carnival of Space 119 is up a the Planetary Society blog. This site provided an update on attempts to modify plants to be survivable on Mars and the Moon. Centauri Dreams takes another look at advanced space propulsion. The Centauri Dreams article is triggered by a lengthy article in Air and Space magazine. A curious …
STAIf 2007- Mach-Lorentz Thruster (MLT)Applications presentation by Paul March. 1-G Space Drive One-G constant acceleration and deceleration space drive would mean Earth-to-moon in 4 hours, Earth to Mars in 2-5 days, Earth to Saturn in 8-9 days. If the Mach Effect is real [mass fluctations) and behaves as theorized (with some experimental confirmation) by James …
Ultra-high-speed wireless connectivity – capable of transferring 15 gigabits of data per second over short distances – has taken a significant step toward reality. A recent decision by an international standards group could help bring this technology to market soon. Multi-gigabit technology could also help enable “viral communications.” Viral communications scenarios envision a future of …
First Solar is the Google of solar companies. The Phoenix, Ariz.-based maker of cadmium telluride solar cells and panels has soared past the $200 a share mark. It was up to $230 today and is currently trading at about $219. They IPOd at $20 back in Nov 2006. Analysts expected revenues of $120 million and …