The short and less technical version from Classical Values. 1. The machine is working way better than the usual theories predict2. No one knows why (lots of suspicions floating around)3. New instruments are being added 4. The current machine is called WB-7. WB 7.1 (no details) is in progress. The technical version mainly in Dr. …
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Rice University, United States, have successfully created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today’s best technology. The Rice-NTU team plans to follow its proof-of-concept work on encryption with proof-of-concept tests on microchips for cell phones, graphics cards and medical implants. The microchip …
From Green Car Congress: Wal-Mart Stores has set of goal of increasing total fleet efficiency by 100% from 2005 to 2015, and has already exceeded its 2008 interim goal of a 25% increase, according to Chris Sultemeier, Wal-Mart’s Senior Vice President of Transportation. Total fleet efficiency is a combination of driving and operational practices as …
As previously noted on this site Ray Kurzweil (inventor, author of the Singularity is Near) and Peter Diamandis (Xprize founder and co-founder of the International Space University) are starting up a Singularity University. This site has noted that the term “University” has some getting their expectations messed up. By examining the program and its stated …
This plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity consists of a silica interior that is coated with a thin layer of silver. It improves on the quality of current plasmonic microcavities by better than an order of magnitude and paves the way for plasmonic nanolasers. (Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) 1. The principle behind whispering …
* item 10 – An array of parallel Casimir Channels with conducting strips* item 22 – A pump for providing gas through the tunnels* item 24 – something to capture the emitted energy – a heat sink* item 26 – something to convert heat to electricity a thermal solar cell Jovion Corp is trying to …
Drexler is discussing stages of increasing control over self assembly. This will set up a later post where he will discuss strong control over self assembly. He will show a quantitative measure which will rank the selection of suitability of material for strongly controlled self assembly. The general ranking of suitability of material for strongly …
Carnival of Space Week 88 is up at the Space Writer This site provided the article on laser array space launch details The Music of the Spheres provides an introduction to electric propulsion rockets. Electric Propulsion rockets were also featured in the latest Popular Science magazine. Orbital Hub looks at the Kepler exo-planet hunter mission …
Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are leading a multi-institution initiative to produce a bio-compatible compound designed to mend serious leg fractures. Explosions can shatter bones into what is called a non-union fracture. The bones generally will not heal in a timely manner. It can lead to amputation. If …
Scientists at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako, and co-workers at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), have shown for the first time that the Casimir force has a complex dependence on temperature. They propose a related experiment that could clarify the theory around this important interaction, which has widespread applications in …
Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88. Famous for Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island and Khan Noonien Singh on Star Trek. Patrick McGoohan Dead At 80 famous for being Number Six on the Prisoner. The Prisoner Number Six on a Break from the Island Village Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist …