The Rolltop concept proposes wrapping a flexible OLED display around a central column for easy transport, and unrolling it when needed for tablet, monitor or laptop functionality (All images: Orkin Design) Germany’s Orkin Design proposes rolling up (like a yoga mat) both laptops and display devices into one ultra-portable package. Rolltop is a portable computer …
GTRI researcher Jason Nadler displays a sample of thin silver-diamond composite material. (Credit: Gary Meek) Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a solid composite material to help cool small, powerful microelectronics used in defense systems. The material, composed of silver and diamond, promises an exceptional degree of thermal conductivity compared to …
1. Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells (RPCs), (kidney stem cells derived from self-donors), into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis – a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney – has been found to improve kidney structure and function. Autografting of Renal Progenitor Cells Ameliorates Kidney Damage in Experimental Model of Pyelonephritis …
Composite image: The new jet from Honda, pictured here, is built largely of composite materials and features a unique over-the-wing engine mount. Credit: Honda Honda has moved closer to bringing its first jet to market—one that uses 20 percent less fuel than similar-sized planes while also flying faster. A prototype of Honda’s light jet, which …
Fox News – Iran’s nuclear program is still in chaos despite its leaders’ adamant claim that they have contained the computer worm that attacked their facilities, cybersecurity experts in the United States and Europe say. Eric Byres, a computer expert who has studied the worm, said his site was hit with a surge in traffic …
A team from the University of California, Santa Barbara, led by Professor Frank Zok has successfully modeled correlations in digital manufacturing processing (DM) that may lead to advances in manufacturing and cut costs for the Department of Defense. They won a DARPA challenge to develop models that predicted the maximum compressive load that could be …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Silicene ribbons have been prepared for the first time by physicists in France. The leaders of that effort, Hamid Oughaddou from Cergy-Pontoise University and Bernard Aufray of the French National Center for Scientific Research say that silicene ought to be able to do everything graphene can, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software For problems with up to 128 variables, the adiabatic times for the simulated processor architecture are about 4 and 6 orders (10,000 to 1 million times faster) of magnitude shorter than the two classical solvers’ times. This performance difference shows that, even in the potential absence …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software Transonic Combustion, based in Camarillo, CA, has developed a gasoline fuel injection system that can improve the efficiency of gasoline engines by 50 to 75 percent, beating the fuel economy of hybrid vehicles. A test vehicle the size and weight of a Toyota Prius (but without hybrid …
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1. Depleted Cranium has an excellent article on the problems of making a nuclear bomb from material taken from a commercial nuclaer reactor and even taking material during reprocessing. The issue is the percentage of Plutonium 240 and Plutonium 241 mixed in with Plutonium 239. Having too much Plutonium 240 and 241 means you will …