Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software An unmanned probe riding a solar sail through space has felt its first accelerating push from sunlight in a successful test of its novel propulsion system “The small solar power sail demonstrator ‘Ikaros,’ which successfully deployed its solar sail, was confirmed to accelerate by [the] solar …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A fragment of a superconducting thin film patterned with nano-loops measuring 150 nanometers on a side (small) and 500 nanometers on a side (large), where the nano wires making up each loop have a diameter of 25 nanometers. Brookhaven National Laboratory has fabricated thin films patterned …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The LA Times reports that the US Global Positioning System is getting an $8 billion upgrade. The upgrade GPS will have accuracy to less than one meter. Typically unenhanced accuracy now is about 15 meters (50 feet). Scientists and engineers — including those at a sprawling …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software At Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, scientists working with graphene have made the first observation of the energy bands of complex particles known as plasmarons. Their discovery may hasten the day when graphene can be used to build ultrafast computers and other electronic, photonic, and plasmonic …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software James Hughes has an article on Transhumanism on IO9 and takes a relatively pro-Transhumanist position and human modifications abolitionist Francis Fukuyama as his opponent…again I understand why there is the genetic engineering fixation. There is the human word in the terms humanity, transhuman and posthuman. Humanity …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software Genescient received $500,000 in additional funding in December, 2009 Genescient Corporation is a California evolutionary genomics company. Its technology is based on the genomics of model organisms (methuselah flies that live over four times longer than regular flies) selectively bred for health and longevity over 30 …
There are various drugs and procedures in clinical trials on humans to enable myostatin inhibition to boost muscles against muscle wasting diseases Boosting follistatin seems to be the more promising way to inhibit myostatin for effective muscle boosting effects Myostatin inhibition can be four times more effective at boosting muscles than high doses of steroids …
University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing and textiles. These nano-sized generators have “piezoelectric” properties that allow them to convert into electricity the energy created through mechanical stress, stretches and twists. “This technology could eventually lead to wearable ‘smart clothes’ that can power hand-held electronics …
There is a 208 page EMP (electromagnetic Pulse)Commission report which discusses the interconnections between critical infrastructure and specific steps to increase robustness and recoverability The Department of Homeland Security has responsibility in the USA to get these kinds of plans implemented. There is an office of infrastructure protection. The plans and documents that are on …
Bruce Dunn is a Professor of Materials Science at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Follow him (video below) around UCLA’s campus as he discusses 3-dimensional batteries and demonstrates fuel cells powered by sugar. Today’s batteries are two-dimensional, with a layer of anode, a layer of cathode and a layer of electrolyte. …
MIT Technology Review – Skin Cells Turned into Brain Cells Skin cells called fibroblasts can be transformed into neurons quickly and efficiently with just a few genetic tweaks, according to new research. The surprisingly simple conversion, which doesn’t require the cells to be returned to an embryonic state, suggests that differentiated adult cells are much …