October 25, 2017 |
Brian Wang |
China has laid out a for a comprehensive national renaissance by 2050. Xi’s report includes 12 sections, each breaking into numerous parts covering issues including housing, health, science, defense, artificial intelligence and the sharing economy. 1. The Xi plan projects …
June 13, 2017 |
Brian Wang |
Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas, with 54 per cent of the world’s population residing in urban areas in 2014. By 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population is projected to be urban. The …
December 20, 2016 |
Brian Wang |
A DARPA project could enable radio to be transmitted through water and rock. Radio frequency signals hit veritable and literal walls when they encounter materials like water, soil, and stone, which can block or otherwise ruin those radio signals. This …
December 12, 2016 |
Brian Wang |
A team of University of Washington computer scientists and electrical engineers has demonstrated that it’s possible to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times less power than conventional methods. The new Passive Wi-Fi system also consumes 1,000 times less power than …
November 20, 2016 |
Brian Wang |
The US Seawolf class submarines are special. They are newer, bigger, faster and more heavily armed than standard attack submarines, the nearly $3-billion-per-copy Seawolfs have been fitted with hundreds of millions of dollars in unique equipment and are assigned to …
January 10, 2016 |
Brian Wang |
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD1.1 billion contract for 32 C-130J Hercules turboprop transport aircraft, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 30 December. Delivery is expected by April 2020, according to the DoD. …
October 16, 2015 |
Brian Wang |
Researchers have noted that planet-sized (or larger) artificial structures could be discovered with Kepler as they transit their host star. Jason Wright and other astronomers present a general discussion of transiting megastructures, and enumerate ten potential ways their anomalous silhouettes, …
July 30, 2015 |
Brian Wang |
The Yangtze River Delta (YRD which includes Shanghai), one of the major engines of China’s economic growth, has a level of urbanisation that sees it at the head of the national league. At present, a number of the region’s provinces …
