Here is an interview of Geoffrey Fox by Sander Olson. Dr. Fox is an Indiana University Professor of informatics who is the head of Indiana University’s Pervasive Technology Institute and Director of the Community Grids Laboratory at Indiana University. He is also the director of the FutureGrid Program. The FutureGrid project is a four year, …
The Economist magazine has a special feature on how mobile money could benefit the lives of the world’s poor as much as mobile phones already have. Mobile phones have become tools of economic empowerment for the world’s poorest people. These phones compensate for inadequate infrastructure, such as bad roads and slow postal services, allowing information …
Paul March believes that the Quantum Vacuum Fluctuation / Magnetohydrodynamics of Harold White is the QM (Quantum mechanical) based version of Dr. Woodward’s M-E (Mach Effect) work Paul March comment: the GRT and QM worlds will ultimately be combined into a coherent “Quantum Gravity” theory that will better explain our current M-E experimental results and …
Seekingalpha looks at some deficit scenarios: Current law commits to the Bush tax cuts only until the end of 2010 ($7.1 trillion in deficits); but President Obama has proposed to extend most of the Bush tax cuts in his budget proposal ($9.1 – $10.3 trillion); and therefore Obama Administration tax policy is not that different …
DNA triangles patterned Placement and orientation of individual DNA shapes on lithographically patterned surfaces in the Journal Nature Nanotechnology H/T Sander Olson Scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology are claiming a major breakthrough in packing more power and speed into ICs, while making them more energy efficient and less expensive to …
Pico projectors embedded into products such as smartphones are set to experience a sixtyfold growth in shipments during the next four years [3 million/year by 2013) , according to a forecast by market research firm iSuppli Corp. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per …
A 14 page pdf has been released by Professor Bolonkin Femtotechnology: Nuclear Matter with Fantastic Properties A lot of the paper is discussing what amazing things would be possible if it could be done. The key part is what is trying to be accomplished and the beginnings of how. We are talking about customized atomic …
A blog makes a point that the healthcare funding battles are like generals fighting the last war. The new healthcare should focus on cures and cheap tests. This site covered the detailed statistics that most of the healthcare costs are focused on the chronic diseases for the sickest 5% of people. Curing cancer is worth …
J Storrs Hall, Foresight President, discusses general desktop nanofactories versus larger nanofactories and specialized nanofactories. This is part of a series of articles that have been posted at Accelerating Future, CRNano (Center for Responsible Nanotech), Foresight and this site (nextbigfuture) that consider how nanofactories will emerge and the impact. From the outside, the line from …
A–Plasma Wiffleball 8 Testing Funded The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake intends to procure on sole-sourced basis, a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract for research, analysis, development, and testing to validate the basic physics of the plasma fusion (polywell) concept as well as requirements to provide the Navy with data for potential …
There was a NASA study of hypersonic skyhooks that determined the best designs and the strength of materials needed. No show-stoppers were uncovered. However, the elements of the concept require further development and refinement and then actual implementation programs. They have to build and test hardware to make the engineering work reliably. The recent development …