Universe today has the 33rd Carnival of Space I contributed my discussion about bootstrapping ground launch of magnetic sails and some discussion about the need for high volume applications and the plans of Burt Rutan and SpaceshipTwo/SpaceshipThree and spaceshipFour The Space cynic does not believe that Burt Rutan can hit his goals for space tourism. …
CORRECTION: The Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems has finally been released. Many groups were involved in the creation of the report. It was organized and led by Battelle with: Technical Leadership teamK. Eric Drexler, Nanorex; Alex Kawczak, Battelle Memorial Institute;John Randall, Zyvex Labs Project Management TeamAlex Kawczak, Battelle Memorial Institute; K. Eric Drexler, Nanorex; John …
Carnival of space 32 is up at robot guy My entry was on my favorite proposed launch systems Bad Astronomy talks about using Mass as a verb Colony worlds talks about energy in space from space solar and helium 3 Space files mentions that the Planetary Society has raised $250,000 for a second space sail …
A seven section article from Wired about how the situation in Iraq has been stabilized. 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 Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, …
Ulrich Welp at Argonne National Laboratory and colleagues have discovered a simple way to synchronize the phase of these “intrinsic” Josephson junctions in high-temperature superconductors to emit milliwatts of power at frequencies up to 0.85 THz. Schematic of the terahertz-source, which was fabricated on the top of an atomically layered superconducting crystal. The applied current …
The transcript of my talk at the Foresight unconference is up 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 Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and …
Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules’ dynamic reactions in a single living cell. They can determine in real time whether specific enzymes are activated or particular genes are expressed, all with unprecedented resolution within a single living cell. This could …
The inspiration of Help Hookup is actually a comic book called Global Frequency by Warren Ellis. My brother, Alvin Wang, took the idea to startup weekend and they launched the idea this past weekend for hooking up volunteers. It is similar to the concepts of David Brin’s “empowered citizens” and Glenn Reynolds “an army of …
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday threw out the government’s new fuel economy standards for many sport-utility vehicles, minivans and pickup trucks in a victory for environmentalists. The decision stemmed from a lawsuit filed by 11 states and environmental groups that argued federal regulators ignored the effects of carbon dioxide emissions when calculating fuel economy …
Nantero NRAM is discussed with the CEO of Nanetero at Hpcwire Nantero’s business model is to license the NRAM technology to established manufacturers, and to provide intensive support to them in getting it up and running and integrated into products. The main challenges now include increasing yield on the technical side and signing new partnerships …
Carnival of Space 29 is up. I contributed my article on the latest in rail guns which can be used as better big gun for navy ships or eventually for space launches. Hobbyspace reports on improvements to the Spacex rocket. Merlin 1C in its Falcon 9 first stage configuration has a thrust at sea level …