Nanoletters – 3D Printed Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Developing the ability to 3D print various classes of materials possessing distinct properties could enable the freeform generation of active electronics in unique functional, interwoven architectures. Achieving seamless integration of diverse materials with 3D printing is a significant challenge that requires overcoming discrepancies in material properties in …
A previous DARPA program yielded some remarkable insight into the potential for better soldier performance through focused brain states. Amy Kraus, a former DARPA program manager, on Monday told a group at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, the work that she presided over succeeded in finding the secret mental secret that preceded good marksmanship. …
DARPA has its budget for 2014. DARPA has several projects related cyber warfare defense and offense. (Big data and social network analysis, various cyber security research projects) DARPA has a lot of projects related to medical care for wounded soldiers (better prosthetics) DARPA has projects to rapidly detect, diagnose and counter biological attacks. DARPA has …
US crude oil production hit another post-1989 crude oil production record of 7.6 million barrels per day. This is about 20% higher than crude oil production last year. There should be about 100,000 barrels per day more from North Dakota in the next couple of months as there were delays in many new wells in …
Warren Buffet established a new position of 17,769,457 shares in Suncor (big canadian oilsand company) at a cost of $524,021,000 for an average price of $29.49. Keystone-XL Pipeline: Delayed So Long It No Longer Matters?, other pipelines and a huge build out of rail infrastructure have resolved takeaway capacity constraints. The spread in oilsand oil …
The southern half of the roof of the new Vikings football stadium will be comprised of a transparent ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) membrane supported by steel People might be familiar with ETFE from seeing it on the Beijing National Aquatics Center, commonly known as the Water Cube, during the 2008 Summer Olympics. “They talk about it …
The Chinese solar company Suntech is bankrupt and is trying to restructure its $541 million bonds (part of about $2 billion in debt). Warren Buffet has no interest in buying Suntech. If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader …
Dr. Harold White will give a talk “Warp Field Physics: An Update” He will review the space warp energy optimization techniques and analysis findings presented at the 2012 100 Year Starship Symposium. He will reintroduce and discuss an interferometer experiment identified in that talk and provide a status update of the experimental effort, along with …
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 pounds, as part of a U.S. Navy-funded project. The prototype robot, nicknamed Cyro, is a larger model of a robotic jellyfish the same team – …
A 10 petaflop supercomputer with Intel Xeon phi processors will be completed in 2 months. Stampede, scheduled to be fully operational on Jan. 7, 2013, will feature 6,400 Dell C8220X nodes comprising 12,800 Intel Xeon E5 processors plus more than 6,000 Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors. According to TACC, the Xeon processors provide more than 2 …
1. MTV – George Lucas Says Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Could Last 100 Years. I think this is underestimating it and it will be the thousand year entertainment empire. Kathy Kennedy revealed that meetings have already begun with prospective writers for the new movies. “I’m doing this so that the films will have a longer life,” …