Forbes Michael Lynch reviews Blacklight Power as an example of potentially revolutionary energy technology that has failed to deliver on commercialization. Forbes linked to Nextbigfuture where in 2014 we had updated the claims made by Blacklight Power. There is a July 29th, 2014 audio interview. Sterling Allan, the host of Greater Things on the Rense …
Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in Japan, have developing an optical chip that can process photons in an infinite number of ways. It’s a major step forward in creating a quantum computer to solve problems such as designing new drugs, superfast database searches, and performing …
Adm. Cecil D. Haney, Strategic Command’s (Stratcom) senior leader, said during remarks at a nuclear deterrence conference that despite arms control efforts, hypersonic weapons are among several threatening strategic trends emerging in the world. China has conducted four flight tests of a 7,000 mile-per-hour maneuvering strike vehicle, and Russia is developing high-speed weapons and reportedly …
A Malaysian state-owned company invested $27 million in General Fusion. Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Khazanah Nasional Berhad, made an investment with current investors Growthworks and Jeff Bezos’s personal venture capital fund. The funds will go to commercializing the company’s key technology—a metal sphere pumped full of molten lead-lithium that spews out quantities of energy. …
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), has announced that construction for a passenger-ready Hyperloop will begin next year. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, also known as HTT, is a research company formed using a crowd collaboration approach (a mix of team collaboration and crowdsourcing) to develop a transportation system based on the Hyperloop concept, which was envisioned by Elon …
Audi is testing a new technology that eases many assembly activities: the so-called “chairless chair.” This high-tech carbon-fiber construction allows employees to sit without a chair. At the same time, it improves their posture and reduces the strain on their legs. * Three prototypes in use on assembly lines in Neckarsulm * Carbon-fiber construction supports …
E-catworld reports that Rossi has stated that the 1 megawatt energy catalyzer (ecat) has a unit that is being used by a customer for production heat. There has been constant assertions that Rossi is a fraud and scam artist. Russian Prof Parkhomov has recently claimed to have replicated the Rossi E-Cat. Parkhomov and published fully …
A new method for growing human brain cells could unlock the mysteries of dementia, mental illness, and other neurological disorders. Researchers have used brain organoids for an investigation of microcephaly, a disorder characterized by small brain size, with Andrew Jackson of the University of Edinburgh. Using cells derived from a patient with microcephaly, the team …
Google Fiber is expanding to 18 cities across four major metropolitan areas — Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, and Raleigh-Durham. Google also noted that it is continuing to explore options for bringing fiber to Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and San Jose and would have more updates on those cities this year. Google Fiber charges …
Chinese airlines are planning regular direct flights from silicon Valley to Beijing. The flights will take 12 hours instead of typical 16 hour flights now. United is using Boeing 787-9 for service between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. At a distance of 7,920 miles (6,855 nautical miles), the Los Angeles-Melbourne route is the world’s longest …
American spacecraft systems testing followed by increasingly complex flight tests and ultimately astronauts flying orbital flights will pave the way to operational missions during the next few years to the International Space Station. Those were the plans laid out Monday by NASA’s Commercial Crew Program officials and partners as they focus on developing safe, reliable …