Kevin Hassett, chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, forecasts US GDP growth will be over 3% in 2019. Hassett predicted 3.1 percent GDP growth for 2018. This would be correct if the fourth-quarter numbers come in as expected at about 2.5 percent. US 2018 GDP should be $20.8 trillion. The US ended the …
Lockheed has offered India a new F-21 fighter jet. The F-21 will have some parts and technology from the F-35 and the F-22 stealth fighter. The F-21 seems to be a modified version of the F-16. The F-21 will have new AESA (anti-stealth) radar and cockpit electronics that similar to the F-35 cockpit. There are …
Samsung Electronics will launch 5G on the Galaxy S10 5G. It will have much faster streaming and download speeds, powerful mobile hot-spotting and 4K video calling. It will have up to 1 Terabyte of microSD and better cameras. The Galaxy S10 will have a 6.4-inch display while the S9 display was 6.2 inches. Samsung Galaxy …
Elon Musk has left OpenAI. OpenAI had recently published a paper about their AI system for generating text that can mimick different writing styles. The AI text generator could be used to generate fake news or a new generation of spam. Elon mainly indicated that he needed to spend more time on hard problems at …
Today, China released a new grand plan for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou would be the four key cities of the bay area and the core engines for regional development. Finance, Insurance Industry Support for Hong Kong The plan supports Hong Kong as an international …
What if we could stop temperature rise and roll back world temperatures as needed? What if we could fix the atmosphere without wrecking the economy but just added a profitable business? Do we have to completely change energy, transportation and the economy BEFORE the effects of climate change are very large and clear? Do we …
Trees can help with climate change and CO2 emissions but we would need about 150 Brazilian rain forests to offset current global emissions. This would be about 50 trillion trees. A more powerful biological offset would be to use kelp forests. Kelp can grow thirty times faster than trees. 40% of the world’s land is …
Researchers at the OMEGA Laser Facility at the University of Rochester in New York improved the fusion yield by a factor of three compared with OMEGA’s previous record. The OMEGA facility focuses 60 high-power laser beams are directed onto a millimeter-sized capsule that contains fusion fuel. The intense light produces large pressures, imploding the fuel …
SpaceX is developing stronger steel superalloys. SpaceX is making improved versions of Inconel alloys. SpaceX metallurgy team developed SX500 superalloy for 12000 psi, hot oxygen-rich gas. It was hard. Almost any metal turns into a flare in those conditions. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 23, 2018 Inconel is a family of austenitic nickel-chromium-based superalloys. Inconel …
The Nuclear Fusion industry has been working towards various kinds of milestones in energy generation and various kinds of energy breakeven. The public only cares about the point when the fusion reactor will continually generate commercial power at a price and performance that is superior to a nuclear fission reactor or to coal. The fusion …
Asteroid Day is the official United Nations’ day of global awareness and education about asteroids. The World will celebrate the fifth anniversary on June 30, 2019. There will be thousands of independent events organized by citizens around the world on all five continents. Asteroid Day global programs, including Asteroid Day LIVE, are programs of the …