Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Fiercewireless reports that Verizon Wireless is just months away from launching their LTE (Long term evolution) 4G wireless network There are lots of unknowns about how early LTE deployments will perform in real-world scenarios and how quickly the LTE device ecosystem beyond USB dongles and …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is a summary of the iPhone 4 compared to the Motorola Droid X specs that are being reported from different sites. Verizon LTE will not be launched with phone service until Q2 2011. UPDATE: The Droid X was officially released. Phone Apple iPhone 4 HTC …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software NASA’s Cassini probe found signatures consistent with microbial life on Titan (one of Saturn’s moon). The main candidates for life in the solar system have been Mars, Titan and Europa. Triton and Enceladus have a reasonable case for a lot of liquid water. 600 million tons …
Earth’s OceansMy own general view of the Fermi paradox (with the universe so big aliens should have visited by now) is that there is no reason to think that we are that interesting to need a visit instead of remote observation and if they visited more than 5000 years ago then we forgot or were …
I will be speaking at the Undergraduate nanotechnology conference tomorrow (Saturday, March 8, 2008) in Toronto, Canada The list of speakers is here and includes Ralph Merkle, Dr Hadi Mahabadi, Dr Rboert Wolkow and myself. There are also workshop speakers. This is my 2000th post and add some of my talk “Only Accept an Extraordinary …
A biofuel announcement and updating my energy forecast and recommended energy policy. General Motors announced a partnership with Coskata of Warrenville, IL, a new company that claims it can make ethanol from wood chips, grass, and trash–including old tires–for a dollar a gallon. Coskata is completing a pilot-scale ethanol production facility and will announce locations …