We are now halfway from 1990 to 2038. 1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, Desert Shield, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union. …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 191 is up at Deregulatetheatom. Canadian Energy Issues looks at why Germany has some of the dirtiest and most expensive electricity in the European Union when it has the most wind and solar power. How is that possible, you ask, given that Germany also has the most wind turbines and …
Shuttle buses for technology companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter use 250 of the 2500 Muni bus stops in San Francisco. The Municipal Transportation Agency has proposed an 18-month test of a shuttle policy designed to support the private buses, which transport as many as 35,000 workers a day, mostly to and from tech companies …
MIT chemical engineers have developed a novel way to generate nanoparticles that can recognize specific molecules, opening up a new approach to building durable sensors for many different compounds, among other applications. To create these “synthetic antibodies,” the researchers used carbon nanotubes — hollow, nanometer-thick cylinders made of carbon that naturally fluoresce when exposed to …
2014 Foresight Technical Conference: Integration February 7 – 9, 2014 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Palo Alto, California, USA http://www.foresight.org/conference DEADLINE for early registration: Dec 6 For $100 discount, use code WANGNBF2014NANO Keynote: Paolo Gargini, ITRS Chairman, former Intel VP of Technology Strategy Conference Co-Chairs: Robert P. Meagley, CEO/CTO, One Nanotechnologies William A. Goddard III, Director, Materials …
China is studying new ways to measure the size of its economy to reflect ambitious reform plans that will make it easier for farmers to sell their land and to take into account property values. China’s Communist Party leaders unveiled a broad program of reforms last week. One of their objectives was to make it …
Chemically bonded graphene/carbon nanotube composites as flexible supercapacitor electrode materials are synthesized by amide bonding. Carbon nanotubes attached along the edges and onto the surface of the graphene act as spacers to increase the electrolyte-accessible surface area. Our lamellar structure electrodes demonstrate the largest volumetric capacitance (165 F cm^-3) ever shown by carbon-based electrodes. 12 …
Mobile broadband technologies have always been introduced before widespread rollout of the network itself, and 5G will be no exception, Zhou observed. Technologies behind LTE for example, came out in 2002 but the LTE networks did not get rolled out until 2008 or 2009, Zhou pointed out. Hardware infrastructure deployment for 5G would start in …
There is a lot of politics around the China Broad Group factory mass produced skyscraper. If Broad Group succeeds with the successful construction of an over 200 story skyscraper at about 30% lower cost than other competitors in China, then Broad Group will have a lot of momentum towards their goal of gaining over 30% …
Anki is a new startup that aims to bring artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics into people’s everyday lives. They gave a first sneak peek of Anki Drive at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. At first glance, it’s a racing game that pits real cars against players and each other – but after playing for a few …
1. Pakistan’s Cabinet Executive Committee approved Thursday setting up two 1,100 megawatt nuclear power plants at the Karachi coast, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said. Budget documents had revealed the setting up of only one 1,100 megawatt coastal power plant at Karachi, with Chinese assistance. 2. Vietnam is considering offers from established nuclear countries as it …