IEEE Spectrum is selecting technology winners and losers again Spectrum predicted winners* Google’s Chrome operating system * Pixel Qi’s dual-mode screen provides both e-paper readability and full-color video. * Intrinsity’s hot-rodded processor gives cellphones PC smarts.* IBM helps Russian Railways reinvent the railroad’s data infrastructure. * NanoGaN’s gallium nitride substrates will help manufacturers make better …
The Erokit electric bicycle built by Stefan Gulas was introduced in Germany. The name is pronounced “e rocket”. The 220 pound bike reaches a top speed of 50 mph and seems to get there fast watching this video where the rider is set to pass a car moving at a decent clip. It can be …
A $10 laptop (Rs 500) prototype, with 2 GB RAM capacity, would be on display in Tirupati, India on February 3 when the Indian National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology is launched. According to some unofficial reports the laptop will feature 2GB of memory, WiFi, fixed Ethernet, expandable memory, and consume just …
This article will go over some basic background about tensile strength of material and then discuss historic material strength improvement to understand what industrial production of new carbon nanotube tethers relates to past improvements in strength of materials. Understanding Tensile Strength of Material and the Measurement UnitsA Gigapascal is unit of measure for strength of …
Carnival of space 65 is up at 21st century waves Music of the spheres talks about solar power satellites This site contributed an article about the latest and future thermoelectrics which has a space related angle for better RTGs Colony Worlds talks about likely iron on Mars There is a LOT more. Go check out …
Several companies are sequencing the human genome for about $60,000 to $100,000 and taking about 4 weeks. Whole genome sequencing could be $5000 or less and take 24 hours or less by the end of 2008. Inexpensive costs that will accelerate the transformation of medicine into personal genomics and personal medicine. Prices are going to …
The world’s first gene detection platform made up entirely from self-assembled DNA nanostructures has been made. The other interesting aspect is to generalize the techniques used to rapidly create 100 trillion reactive and functional DNA components with easily readable results. If the attached differentiated labels could be rapidly scanned on mass then one could get …
The Register discusses the CRN conference, where I was one of the presenters I need to correct some misunderstanding from a lack of clarity in one of my presentation slides. Register person had stated I was saying molecular manufacturing would happen in 2015. My prediction for a nanofactory level of capability in molecular manufacturing is …
Ponoko is an attempt at an online network of people and companies of the total manufacturing chain Currently this version of the concept seems targeted at small producers. There are other attempts to leverage the internet to source components and alternative suppliers. hat tip to futurismic Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and …
The German team that developed the stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscope stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscope is reporting layer-by-layer light microscopic nanoscale images of cells and without having to prepare thin sections with a technique called optical 3D far-field microscopy. They use a chemical marker for fluorescence nanoscopy that relies on single-molecule photoswitching. They report …
“Finding a type of mouse stem that so closely resembles the human stem cells will accelerate the delivery of health benefits from stem cell research.” When asked how far away the first applications might be, Prof Pedersen said: “We’re talking five years. Those would be very early studies that involve a human individual. I think …