North Dakota ended 2011 with another record in oil production. They produce 534884 barrels of oil per day in December of 2011. This was an increase from 510638 barrels of oil per day in November 2011 It was over 190,000 barrels of oil per day more than the beginning of the 2011. If you liked …
Nextbigfuture has covered nuclear thermal gaseous core reactor rockets before We will review nuclear thermal gaseous core reactor rockets again in light of the new Bifrost project for nuclear thermal rockets. We had an interview with Tabitha Smith who is leading that project A brief recap of the Liberty ship and then some information on …
National Science Foundation – Elastic electronics offer less invasive, more convenient medical treatment Imagine if there were electronics able to prevent epileptic seizures before they happen. Or electronics that could be placed on the surface of a beating heart to monitor its functions. The problem is that such devices are a tough fit. Body tissue …
Blueseed (seasteading startup) plans to launch in the third quarter of 2013, offering living and office space in an elegantly designed modern tech environment so compelling that it will be called the “Googleplex of the Sea”, attracting top entrepreneurial and technology talent from all over the world to Silicon Valley, where they can create companies …
Researchers at Kyoto University have announced a breakthrough with broad implications for semiconductor-based devices. The findings may lead to the development of ultra-high-speed transistors and high-efficiency photovoltaic cells. Working with standard semiconductor material (gallium arsenide, GaAs), the team observed that exposing the sample to a terahertz (1,000 gigahertz) range electric field pulse caused an avalanche …
UK Guaridan – Uruguay, like other South American economies, ran into its own debt crisis in 2003. Uruguay was able, via a $1.5 billion bridging loan from the US treasury, to open negotiations with its creditors, overseen by the IMF. A bond-swap was offered, replacing shorter-term bonds with longer maturities. Over 90% of bond-holders agreed …
NY Times – Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56. The death was announced by Apple. Link to quotes from …
1. MSNBC – “The recovery is close to faltering.” Those are the words of Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke. You can’t get much closer to the R-word these days without just coming out and saying “recession.” Central bankers typically avoid warning of impending recessions for fear of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. But private economists …
Greencarcongress – Mazda Motor Corporation, in collaboration with Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd., has become the first automaker to successfully develop vehicle components using 1,800 MPa ultra-high tensile steel. The super-strength steel will debut in the new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV that will commence its global launch in early 2012. Mazda’s …
The fittest sled dogs are actually able to repair themselves as the Iditarod race goes on. “You take dogs out and you run them 100 miles per day today and tomorrow and the next day, and they come back, sleep, eat, do it again without having any outward sign of it mattering,” Veternarian Mike Davis …
NPR had a claim – two years ago, America was importing about two thirds of its oil. Today, according to the Energy Information Administration, it imports less than half. The actual levels seem to be more of a shift from 61-63% imports to 47% imports. 3.8 million barrels per day of lower oil imports but …