Justin Rattner, CTO of Intel, agrees with Ray Kurzweil that the Singularity (the time when computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence) is near. Rattner thinks the Singularity will happen before 2050. In the bottom of this article, there is a large update on the Carnegie Mellon University/Intel work on claytronics. Justin and his colleagues then showed …
Ben Gulak has developed a 15 mph unocycle all electric (battery powered) based on Segway balancing technology. Ben Gulak, suspects it could go as high as 40 mph. Jake Loniak (Art College Student) has a wearable motorcycle concept. The wearable motorcycle would have nano phosphate batteries and artificial muscles to give it a theoretical top …
Ben Gulak has developed a 15 mph unocycle all electric (battery powered) based on Segway balancing technology. Ben Gulak, suspects it could go as high as 40 mph. Jake Loniak (Art College Student) has a wearable motorcycle concept. The wearable motorcycle would have nano phosphate batteries and artificial muscles to give it a theoretical top …
A better biodiesel process has been developed with no waste products and lower costs. Raw fats and oils of any type are combined with an alcohol. This mixture is run through a sulfated zirconia column heated to 300 degrees Celsius. Easy Fatty Acid Removal (EFAR) system recycles any unreacted raw material back through the reactor. …
Existing Nuclear power can be uprated. Over 2008-10 EdF (France) plans to uprate five of its 900 MWe reactors by 3% [135Mwe, 1.1TWh/yr]. Then in 2007 EdF announced that the twenty 1300 MWe reactors would be uprated some 7% from 2015 [1820MWe], within existing licence limits, and adding about 15 TWh/yr to output. Spain has …
Existing Nuclear power can be uprated. Over 2008-10 EdF (France) plans to uprate five of its 900 MWe reactors by 3% [135Mwe, 1.1TWh/yr]. Then in 2007 EdF announced that the twenty 1300 MWe reactors would be uprated some 7% from 2015 [1820MWe], within existing licence limits, and adding about 15 TWh/yr to output. Spain has …
What if the Soviet Union still existed ?GDP estimates from wikipedia This GDP table is in billions. Country GDP (2008 nominal) GDP (2009 nominal) PPP 2009 Population Russia 1,700 2,016 2462 141.9 Ukraine 183 221 366 46.1 Belarus 53 61 125 9.7 Kazakhstan 134 148 196 15.4 Azerbaijan 49 63 93 8.5 Georgia 13.5 16.6 …
What if the Soviet Union still existed ?GDP estimates from wikipedia This GDP table is in billions. Country GDP (2008 nominal) GDP (2009 nominal) PPP 2009 Population Russia 1,700 2,016 2462 141.9 Ukraine 183 221 366 46.1 Belarus 53 61 125 9.7 Kazakhstan 134 148 196 15.4 Azerbaijan 49 63 93 8.5 Georgia 13.5 16.6 …
If the Soviet Union would not have broken up, they would have won the most medals in the Beijing Olympics. (H/T to reader Sera Jones and wisegeek) There would have been some reduction or shifts in the medal total Because a unified team would not have been able to send multiple teams to rhythmic gymnastics …
If the Soviet Union would not have broken up, they would have won the most medals in the Beijing Olympics. (H/T to reader Sera Jones and wisegeek) There would have been some reduction or shifts in the medal total Because a unified team would not have been able to send multiple teams to rhythmic gymnastics …
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new and fast method for making biological ‘chips’ – technology that could lead to quick testing for serious diseases, fast detection of MRSA infections and rapid discovery of new drugs. They are aiming to develop ‘nanoarrays’. These would be much smaller than existing ‘micro arrays’ and …