Middle-class people do not live from hand to mouth, job to job, season to season, as the poor do. A local middle-class person in a developing country begins where people have a third of their income left for discretionary spending after providing for basic food and shelter. This allows them not just to buy things …
One concern for the conversion kits is their reliability and whether they would void a vehicle’s original factory warranty. In this regard, plug-in hybrids built by automakers are a safer bet than conversion kits Hybrid Conversion Kits: 1. A123 systems has the Hymotion L5 Plug-in Conversion Modules (L5 PCMs) are expected to ship March, 2009 …
DARPA has funded the Synapse Program which seeks to break the programmable machine paradigm and define a new path forward for creating useful, intelligent machines. As compared to biological systems for example, today’s programmable machines are less efficient by a factor of one million to one billion in complex, real-world environments. The Synapse program is …
Sander Olson provided this report from the Space Transportation conference. Last week (Feb 5-6, 2009), I [Sander Olson] attended the 12th annual FAA Space Transportation Conference in Virginia, which is dedicated to promoting commercial space flight. It was a fascinating conference, and I wanted to share what I gleaned from the conference. Here is some …
Startup 4DS Inc. has emerged from stealth mode and claims to have made a major breakthrough in resistive random access memory (RRAM) technology. FRAM, MRAM, phase-change, RRAM and other technologies are vying for dominance in the ”universal memory” race. 4DS’s website and technology details are at this link. The companies chart and the announcement are …
A self published book analyzes the question are the Montreal Canadiens a hockey team or a religion? The author is Olivier Baurer who is a professor of religious studies at the University of Montreal H/T to Physorg In English, the Montreal Canadiens are referred to as the Habs, but in French the legendary hockey team …
This is a rendering of the vision of Masdar City. A small army of workers and heavy equipment currently inhabit the 6.5 square kilometer site of the future eco-city. Abu Dhabi will be making a podcar, personal rapid transit, system in its new Masdar City. The PRT vehicles will travel at speeds of approximately 7 …
U of T at Austin scientists propose destroying nuclear waste from other nuclear fission reactors using a fusion-fission hybrid reactor, the centerpiece of which is a high power Compact Fusion Neutron Source (CFNS) made possible by a crucial invention, the Super X Divertor. This has a different fusion system than the Lawrence Livermore fusion fission …
A nightmare attack on our ports. Many anti-nuclear power people repeat a few of mistakes frequently. There are other mistakes but this article will focus on the ones below. Here is a quote from the typically misguided ideas. In May 2006, the House overwhelmingly approved by a 421 to 2 vote, legislation to provide $7.4 …
Christian Bale is signed up for three Terminator Movies as the character John Conner who is the savior of humanity in the Terminator Movies. Christian Bale has a more important role in reality as the savior and revivor of major hollywood action movie franchises. Christian Bale was Batman for the fifth and sixth Batman movies. …
Current steam catapults use about 615 kg/ 1,350 pounds of steam for each aircraft launch, which is usually delivered by piping it from the nuclear reactor. Now add the required hydraulics and oils, the water required to brake the catapult, and associated pumps, motors, and control systems. The result is a large, heavy, maintenance-intensive system …