UCLA Anderson Forecasts Predicts High Unemployment and Low Economic growth until 2012

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software In its third quarterly report of 2010, the UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts “very sluggish growth” for the foreseeable future as the U.S. economy continues to recover from the recession. As for the California economy, the state is looking at a difficult period ahead as it attempts …

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Pipeline Accidents in the US

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software There was a gas pipeline leak and explosion in San Bruno yesterday night that killed at least four people and destroyed 53 homes. It was likely that the leak was happening for a couple of weaks and saturated the soil before it exploded. Here is the …

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Gearbox will Finish and Ship Duke Nukem Forever in 2011 – Really

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Borderlands developer Gearbox Software confirmed it is in the “polishing phase” of development of the near-mythical Duke Nukem Forever. The story of how Gearbox got the rights to Duke Nukem is here If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on Reddit, or …

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Carbon nanotube sheet can make better sonar systems and create anti-sonar frequencies

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Research scientist Ali Aliev, of the University of Texas at Dallas, has determined that the low-frequency sound waves created by carbon nanotube sheets can be used by sonar systems to determine the location, depth, and speed of underwater objects. Aliev and his team also determined that …

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China, Japan and Vietnam Nuclear Updates

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. Nuclear development in China has continued apace with the grid connection of a new reactor, the completion of a reactor building and a heavy forging deal. * The third reactor (650 MWe) at Qinshan Phase II nuclear power plant was connected to the East China …

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Very Low Air Pressure Maglev Train Could Double Speed for 10-20% Incremental Cost

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The laboratory at Southwest Jiaotong University told Beijing-based Legal Evening News that it was working on a prototype with an average speed of 500 to 600kph. A much smaller model train traveling at 600 to 1,000kph in a vacuum tube will be introduced in two or …

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Liveblogging the Techonomy Conference Today and Tomorrow

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software I will be liveblogging the Techonomy conference (Technology and Innovation) conference today and tomorrow. I will start at about noon today. Besides high powered speakers there are many high powered attendees a list of some of them is below. Jeffrey Fulgham Chief Sustainability Officer and ecomagination …

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More Pictures of Buildings Made With ETFE

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Interface magazine looked at the inside of the Eden Project Greenhouse (ETFE Geodesic domes) and the Radclyffe School which has a ETFE roof. These pictures show that it can be very pleasant inside a well designed ETFE dome. Modern Materials featured the Beijing Olympics Watercube that …

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Box Spring Mattresses Might Be Increasing Your Cancer Risks – From Swedish Misleader of the Year 2004

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Following many years of public assertions and cocksure, blatant warnings of numerous negative health effects allegedly caused by electromagnetic fields, associate professor Olle Johansson has been awarded the title “Misleader of the year 2004”. (H/T to reader XPT) Olle Johansson receives the award as one of …

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Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo (STEP) Carbon Capture could Reduce Atmospheric CO2 to Pre-industrial Levels in Ten Years

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo (STEP) Carbon Capture can be up to 50% efficient at removing CO2 from the atmosphere using solar power. * 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) of this system would extract the excess CO2 within ten years * Research is also looking STEP …

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