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IMEC Introduces Software Radio Architecture that can Scale to 1 Gigabit per second and IMEC Makes Germanium Thermophotovoltaics Cheaper

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Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. Imec introduces a cognitive baseband radio (COBRA) architecture targeting 4G requirements at up to 1Gbit/s throughput and multiple asynchronous concurrent streams (for instance simultaneous digital broadcasting reception and high-speed internet access). The low-cost, flexible architecture answers a new trend in wireless communication where terminals give …

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High Volume Production of Quantum Dots for Solar Cells and Other Applications

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Solterra Renewable Technologies will be producing and distributing a Thin Film Quantum Dot PV Solar Cell, which is differentiated from other traditional PV cells by a unique technology that can result in lower cost, higher efficiency, and broader spectral performance. Solterra’s Quantum Dot Solar Cell can achieve a dramatically lower manufacturing cost per watt in …

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Nanocomp Technologies Scales Up Sheets and Rolls of Carbon Nanotubes

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Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software An example of four seamed CNT panels. Note: the people are for scale only. Image: Nanocomp Technologies Inc. Today, Nanocomp Technology sheets of carbon nanotubes are fabricated in large closed systems capable of producing panels that are 52 inches wide by about 8 feet long. Technology …

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Twenty Thousand Nanowires Enable piezoelectric nanogenerators Provide 1.2 Volts and 2.7 Milliwatts From Harvested Mechanical Energy

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Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices that draw power from the conversion of mechanical energy. The new devices can measure the pH of liquids or …

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Carnival of Space 146

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Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software Carnival of Space 146 is up at simostronomy This site provided three articles to the carnival of space: Coverage of Lasermotive (winner of the 2009 level One space elevator challenge, is setting up for another run at level Two in May 2010 The 2010 space elevator games …

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Cambridge discovery could pave the way for quantum computing

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Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Two experimental systems at the forefront of modern physics research — a single trapped ion and a quantum atomic gas — have been combined for the first time by researchers at Cambridge. The successful creation of this hybrid system opens the way to new types of experiment, …

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World Nuclear Energy in 2010

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Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software The status of nuclear reactors expected to start in 2010 Nuclear Power Reactor Details – LINGAO 3 (Ling Ao II Phase 2) (China) Connected to Electricity Grid 2010/08/31 Net Capacity 1000 MWe Commercial Operation 2010/12/15 Construction Started 2005/12/15 Nuclear Power Reactor Details – QINSHAN 2-3 (China) Connected …

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ITU sees 5 billion mobile subscriptions globally in 2010

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After reaching around 4.6 billion mobile cellular subscriptions by the end of 2009, ITU expects the number of mobile cellular subscriptions globally to reach five billion in 2010, driven by advanced services and handsets in developed countries and increased take-up of mobile health services and mobile banking in the developing world. ITU expects to see …

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Brian Wang Interviewed for Public Access Show Future Talk on an Introduction to Nanotechnology

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Public Access TV Show Future Talk has an episode on Nanotechnology and it’s future applications Host Martin Wasserman interviews technology forecaster and research director of the Lifeboat Foundation Brian Wang, and managing partner of Cleantech Circle and co-founder of the MIT-Stanford-Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum Wasiq Bokhari. The show is about 30 minutes long and was a …

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ISSCC – Silicon Could Scale to 7.9 nanometers, Graphene Favorite for Post-CMOS and Call to Increase Energy Efficiency 100 Times

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EETimes reports from International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) For processors, silicon could scale to the 7.9-nm node, which is slated for 2024. Reasons Graphene is the post-CMOS Favorite by James Meindl, director of the Joseph M. Pettit Microelectronics Research Center : 1. Graphene has a mechanical strength-to-weight ratio exceeding that of any known material. …

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Michael Naughton Talks 50% Solar Power Efficiency and Superconductors in interview by Sander Olson

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Dr. Michael Naughton is the Chairperson of the Department of Physics at Boston College. He and his colleagues have recently discovered a way to extract energy from “hot” electrons generated by solar cells. Dr. Naughton is confident that efficiencies as high as 50% could be achieved with solar power. He is currently the cofounder and …

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