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First Implementation of 100 and 40Gbps Ultra-High-Speed Plug-and-Play Optical Communications

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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and NTT Communications Corporation have conducted 100 and 40Gbps transmission tests in real field environments using existing installed optical fiber, and have demonstrated for the first time, plug-and-play functionality that greatly reduces the setup time previously required for configuring optical signals. This was achieved using a new technology developed by …

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EMC2 Fusion CEO Jaeyoung Park discusses the project in an interview at Cosmic Log

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Alan Boyle at Cosmiclog (MSNBC) interviews Jaeyoung Park who is working at EMC2 Fusion (Bussard, Inertial Electrostatic Fusion) EMC2 Fusion has a $7.9 million Navy contract to test a plasma technology known as inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, also known as Polywell fusion. Some of the leading team members went on leave from Los Alamos National …

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Michael Anissimov on Mitigating the Risks of Artificial Superintelligence

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Michael Anissimov ranks among the voices most prominent and effective in discussing the issue of existential risk, along with other issues related to the Singularity and the future of humanity and technology. Currently the Media Director for the Singularity Institute, as well as a Board member of Humanity+, Michael is Co-Organizer of the Singularity Summit …

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IEA World Energy Outlook 2010

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Fossil fuel subsidies were $312 billion in 2009 and were $558 billion in 2008 The Fossil fuel consumption subsidies increase with higher oil prices. If oil subsidies were removed then oil demand would be 4.7 million barrels per day lower in 2020. China’s electricity demand is projected to triple from 2008 to 2035. China and …

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Nanofiber Energy Harvesters

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Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Researchers reported the creation of piezoelectric energy harvesting nanogenerators on both silicon and polymer substrates. Energy harvesters could eventually power small electronic devices from environmental motions. A medical implant, for example, might be powered by the mechanical energy in flowing blood. So far energy harvesters have …

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China On Track to Starting Ling Ao 2 Nuclear Reactor in October and Japan Progressing to Implement New Energy Plan

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Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. China Ling Ao 2 reactor has achieved criticality and is on track for October, 2010 commercial operation. The reactor is the third CPR-1000 to be built, representing a development from a French 900 MWe design imported in the 1990s: The CPR-1000 can deliver 1080 MWe …

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ReVolt Zinc Air Batteries Store Three to four Times Lithium Iion Batteries at Half the Cost

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MIT Technology Review reports that REvolt of Switzerland claims to have solved issues with rechargeable Zinc Air Batteries. Nonrechargeable zinc-air batteries have long been on the market. But making them rechargeable has been a challenge. ReVolt Technology claims breakthrough achievements in developing a metal-air battery that overcomes all of the above barriers to deliver: ㆍ …

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Long carbon fibers could improve blast resistance of concrete structures

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long, coated carbon fibers, like those pictured in his left hand, could significantly improving a structure’s ability to withstand blasts, hurricanes and other natural disasters. In his right hand are short, uncoated fibers, which resemble clumps of human hair Missouri Univerist of Science and Technology have received $567,000 to explore how adding carbon fibers could …

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Two tech lists : MIT Tech Review 2008 and Grand Challenges for Engineering

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The National Academy of Engineering has selected the grand challenges of Engineering Throughout history engineering has driven the advance of civilization and completing any of these challenges will be game changers to the course of civilization. The challenges are in four broad categories sustainability, health, vulnerability and joy of living. MIT Technology Review magazine has …

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