How different will the future be from today? As different as we can imagine, and possibly stranger and more wonderful than we ever HAVE imagined. The key is turning our visions for the future into the future itself. And that begins with articulating our visions. In this collection of essays compiled by the hosts of …
There was an analysis of why the Soviet Union fell behind the USA and the west so badly in key technology. In 1957, the Soviet Union surprised the world by successfully launching Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite, and then consolidating itself as a superpower by achieving nuclear parity with the United States in the …
In 2015, Japan built the world’s largest-class superconducting flywheel power storage system with a superconducting magnetic bearings. The completed system is the world’s largest-class flywheel power storage system using a superconducting magnetic bearing. It has 300-kW output capability and 100-kWh storage capacity, and contains a CFRP (carbon-fiber-reinforced-plastic) flywheel. This flywheel is 2 meters in diameter …
Global nuclear generating capacity increased slightly in 2016 to 391.4 GWe net, up from 382.2 GWe at the end of 2015, according to data from the World Nuclear Association. Construction of three large reactor projects also started during 2016, while three units were permanently shut down. Ten new nuclear power reactors with a combined generating …
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. Bruce Schneier claims that there is evidence over the past year or two that Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet Bruce is the author of 13 books–including Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data …
Dwave’s next quantum chip, due in 2017, will be able to handle 2,000 qubits which is double the usable number in the existing D-Wave 2X system chip. It will be capable of solving certain problems 1,000x faster than its predecessor. The new processor will also support additional features that allow for more efficient calculations. “From …
Pokemon Go became the top US mobile game within days of its launch. Many see it reaching 1 billion global installs to surpass the 550 million peak of Candy Crush. Pokemon Go and the follow on Mario and Zelda augmented reality games could get to over 1.6 billion mobile phone installs to surpass Facebook. Nintendo …
1. Arxiv – A LEGO Watt Balance: An apparatus to demonstrate the definition of mass based on the new SI National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have designed and built a watt balance based on LEGO blocks. Planck’s constant describes the relationship between the energy and frequency of an electromagnetic wave. One kind …
Strategy Page describes the situation in Syria. US Air strikes have forced ISIS to disperse but the US is also experienced with dealing the dispersal tactics. Americans are listening and they have proven tactics to defeat the dispersal tactics ISIL is using to avoid air attack. Dispersal will not make ISIL safe from attack bur …
The Sydney Morning Herald has photos of the transformation of a couple of islands in the South China Sea. This is an update on the construction of islands and airfieldsin the South China Sea. Before in May After End of July The Planned Airfields The CGI plans show a runway, hangars for fast jets, a …
US crude oil production is at 8.075 million barrels per day. Production is increasing significantly in North Dakota, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. If the 2013 pace of increase can be maintained then the US will likely exceed the all time crude oil production peak of 9.637 million barrels per day in late 2015 …