Here are highlights from Elon Musk’s recent panel discussion in Germany. Elon indicated that Gigaberlin could reach a production of 500,000 cars per year around the end of 2022. This would suggest a Gigaberlin production ramp of 60k-100k in 2021, 240k to 330k in 2022 and 500k in 2023. By inference, Giga Texas is only …
Extended the US State department graph of iraq oil production and exports with the new numbers and forecasts. Reaching 3 million barrels per day (mbpd) would be 25% higher (590,000 bpd increase) than the 2010 production and 3.26 mbpd (850,000 bpd increase) would be 25% higher than 2010. Iraq’s exports surged to a postwar record …
Automobilwoche heard in Qatar both from Piech (prior chariman of VW) and Winterkorn (Martin Winterkorn Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG) that Volkswagen will actually build a small series (about 100 first) of the 261 mpg XL1 car. Piech confirmed that the car will be made available for purchase at a yet …
Nanotechnologists have developed conducting fabrics that can survive a washing machine. Multifunctional applications have been limited by the ability to spin important materials into yarns and make sure they stay there even after washing. They make a yarn peppered with “guest” particles of interest – titanium dioxide to create self-cleaning fabrics and wrap the particles …
China’s yuan ended 2010 at 6.59 to one US dollar China preliminary reporting is 9.9% GDP growth in 2010 and a projection of maintaining 10% growth in 2011. Other analysts are forecasting a slowdown to 8-9% GDP growth in 2011. Previous Projected GDP by NBF: Year GDP(yuan) GDP growth USD/CNY China GDP China+HK US GDP …
David Brin describes his top method for Futurology: The tricky art of knowing what will happen next. The top method is simply to stay keenly attuned to trends in the laboratories and research centres around the world, taking note of even things that seem impractical or useless,” says Brin. “You then ask yourself: ‘What if …
A nanotrampoline built out of graphene can directly detect radio frequency signals, paving the way for a new generation of radios. For some time now, physicists have been hoping to find ways of using nanoelectromechanical resonators to filter and generate radio signals directly. At present, this has to be done with various kinds of mixing …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Dan Yurman of Idaho Samizdat reports Turkey may have another major nuclear reactor deal in the works. According to English language press reports from Ankara, South Korea is positioned to sign contracts by November to build a $10 billion project. An energy official said the …
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Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Jan. 12, 2010, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared light. There is no danger of the newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth. …
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) invites you to the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in the Washington DC area from March 1-3. The summit brings together all the nation’s key players in energy innovation: scientific researchers, VC investors, technology entrepreneurs, large corporations, and government officials The Program of …