It is better for the environment for people to live in cities than the same number of people to live in rural areas. Having larger numbers of people occupying a smaller area, confines and contain the human impact. Urbanization reduces population growth. Yes, it attracts people, but people living in rural areas have higher fertility …
Invensysrail provides an analysis of high speed rail (HSR). HSR investment has commonly resulted in: * reduced travel times; * reduced congestion on established modes of transport; * improved access to markets and commerce; * decreased carbon footprint in comparison to road and air transport; * and creating industry growth and export opportunities Wikipedia – …
Technology Review – The properties of memelements that make them so good at biological computing has been hard to pin down. Which is where Di Ventra and Pershin come in. They have distilled the essential properties that ought to allow memelements to match the brain’s performance. They say these properties include the ability to store …
Brain-computer interfaces are at the cutting edge for treatment of neurological and psychological disorder, including Parkinson’s, epilepsy, and depression. Among the most promising advance is deep brain stimulation (DBS) — a method in which a silicon chip implanted under the skin ejects high frequency currents that are transferred to the brain through implanted electrodes that …
EETimes – In the midst of the Tesla Model S rollout at the company’s California manufacturing plant recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a startling prediction: “In 20 years more than half of new cars manufactured will be fully electric,” he said, according to a Reuters article. “I actually feel quite safe in that bet. …
In October 2011, I predicted that Tiger Woods would regain his number one golf ranking. Tiger Woods has won his third official PGA tournament of 2012 and is leading the one year Fedex Cup points race. He also won the unofficial Chevron World Challenge at the end of 2011. Tiger is still fourth in the …
Most batteries are made from lithium ion, and employ carbon as the anode. Other materials perform much better than carbon, and could substantially increase battery capacity. Tin anodes could potentially triple energy density, and silicon anodes might be able to hold 9 times as much charge as carbon. Such advances could lead to tablet computers …