If China’s leader Xi were preparing for radical reform, we probably would not know it yet. Mr Jiang took eight years before he and his premier, Zhu Rongji, were able to launch sweeping economic changes in 1997. It could be years before Mr Xi consolidates his power. His crackdown on corruption has gone further than …
As machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson — it’s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy. A riveting case for why big innovations are ahead of us … if we think of computers …
SuperPower and program partners ABB, SPX-Transformer Solutions and TECO-Westinghouse announced progress in energy device demonstration projects. * US Army Research Lab joins SMES work to develop energy storage device for tactical microgrid * DOE Smart Grid program moving toward demonstration of superconducting fault current limiting transformer * ARPA-E SMES ( superconducting magnetic energy storage) development …
A free ESA app released today turns a popular iPhone-controlled ‘home drone’ into a spacecraft. The augmented reality game lets owners of Parrot AR.Drone quadcopters attempt dockings with a simulated International Space Station while flying their drones for real – in the process helping to improve robotic rendezvous methods. This new AstroDrone app is part …
South Korea’s government-backed R&D agency has developed an RF chip that can transmit at 10Gbps, claiming to be the world’s fastest commercially viable wireless technology. The frequency will support WiGig, the next extension of the Wi-Fi platform (802.11ad), and other protocols targeted at high speed, short range links. Applications are likely to include in-home video …
46 minute podcast interview of Aubrey de Grey on Gluck radio. Aubrey is emphasizing that he wants to eliminate the diseases of aging and making people healthy. He is de-emphasizing the life extension. Meet revolutionary scientist Aubrey de Grey. Aubrey started a foundation called SENS, which is looking to do what seems like the impossible: …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 140 is up at ANS Nuclear Cafe If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News …
Arxiv – Self-assembling hybrid diamond-biological quantum devices Scalable arrangements of nitrogen vacancy centers (NV) in diamond remain an open key challenge on the way to e cient quantum information processing, quantum simulation and magnetic sensing applications at the quantum limit. Although technologies based on implanting NV centers in bulk diamond or hybrid device approaches have …
New Scientist – Elon Musk talked about getting to Alpha Centauri (4 light years away). With a nuclear thermal rocket you could definitely reach a tenth of the speed of light. It would take 40 years, though [to reach Alpha Centauri], which is a long time. You’d have to start off not too old if …
A Georgia Tech nanogenerator can convert 10 to 15 percent of the energy in mechanical motions into electricity, and thinner materials should be able to convert as much as 40 percent, Wang says. A fingernail-sized square of the triboelectric nanomaterial can produce eight milliwatts when flexed, enough power to run a pacemaker. A patch that’s …