China May set trading ranges for all currencies by 2013

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Business Week – If China’s currency reserves were to double again in the next three years and if the foreign-exchange market grows 20 percent, as it did in 2007-2010, China would hold more than the daily trading volume in all currency instruments. Foreign-exchange market trading in …

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Facebook and Skype are talking integration and Fortune magazine says Yahoo CEO is Abrasive and Clueless

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. Facebook and Skype are in talks for tight integration and business partnership. Published reports say they’re expected to combine their services, allowing Facebook members to sign in to Skype using their Facebook Connect accounts. Users could then send text messages, voice chat and video chat …

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Hyperion Power Generation will meet tomorrow with the NRC to begin talk on regulatory review

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Tomorrow, after four years of effort, Deal-Blackwell and Hyperion Power Generation co-founders will sit down with NRC officials in Washington to begin discussing how the Commission might begin regulatory review for the nation’s first small modular reactor. This month the Hyperion Power Generation signed a memorandum …

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Titanium foams replace injured bones

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Flexible yet rigid like a human bone, and immediately capable of bearing loads: A new kind of implant, made of titanium foam, resembles the inside of a bone in terms of its structural configuration. Not only does this make it less stiff than conventional massive implants. …

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Quadcopter UAVs – the Aeryon Scout and AR Drone

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The Aeryon scout is quadcopter UAV that has about a 3 kilometer range. The Aeryon scout costs $30,000 to 50,000. The AR Drone quadcopter costs $300-500 The AR Drone is half as fast (5 meters/ second instead of 10 meters/sec) and has 12 minute of flying …

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A combinatorial approach to speed discovery of metamaterials

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Combinatorial library, meta-molecules and resonant modes. (a) Schematic of a combinatorial metamaterial library. (b) Schematic of the metamaterial unit cell. (c) and (d) show scanning electron micrographs of metamaterial unit cells of size s = 500 nm with small and large gap position asymmetries, = 1/7 …

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Heated tip of Atomic Force Microscope transforms Graphene Oxide to ten thousand times more conductive Reduced GO isomer

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 12 nanometer graphene oxide circuits can be produced using heated atomic force microscope tips. Journal Science – Nanoscale Tunable Reduction of Graphene Oxide for Graphene Electronics The reduced form of graphene oxide (GO) is an attractive alternative to graphene for producing large-scale flexible conductors and for …

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SETI has One in Ten Million Chance of Finding Extraterrestrials

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Earth has changed technology and shifted from using leaky radio signals and broadcasting radios to fiber optics and short range wireless. If aliens followed our pattern then SETI is analogous to a system of detecting teenagers who have their music set to a volume of eleven. …

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Thermo-Acoustic Generator

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software There is a development project for using sound based generators that are over 18% efficient at converting heat to electricity. The target is to mass produce the units starting in 2012. * Target of 100-150 Watts electrical thermo-acoustic generator (stove, fridge, electricity) for £20 in 1 …

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iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo 4G vs HTC Droid Incredible vs Droid X and Some Other Smartphones

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 …

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Kazatomprom Plans to Increase Uranium Production to 25,000 tons/year and BHP Olympic Dam Expansion Unlikely Because of Australian Tax

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Kazakhstan’s uranium deposit map. 1. Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan’s national uranium company, plans to raise future production to 25-26,000 tons of uranium a year, the company’s vice president Nurlan Ryspanov said on Friday. Kazatomprom produced 14,000 of uranium in 2009, making Kazakhstan the largest uranium producer in the …

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