According to the Independent (UK) arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading. The current deadline for the currency transition is 2018. UPDATE:Gold hits a record high on rumor of the dollar replacement deal.END UPDATE The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both …
Satellites can enable 1.2 gigabit per second communication links the Japanese Kizuna satellite. The “KIZUNA” is a communications satellite that enables super high-speed data communications of up to 1.2 Gbps to develop a society without any information availability disparity. The KIZUNA (WINDS) does not require costly ground equipment. If you install a small antenna, you …
Carnival of Space 123 is up at Weird Warp This site provided an update on the Space elevator games. Finally they are almost ready to go and the University of Saskatchewan team is a favorite to win. Planetary society runs down all of the current robotic space mission activity. Centauri Dreams indicates how robotic space …
Computer scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have for the first time successfully demonstrated the ability to run more than a million Linux kernels as virtual machines. The Sandia work will be helped in future by being able to use bug free code for operating system kernels developed by the University of New …
Dwave Systems researchers have written a paper describing a novel rf-SQUID flux qubit. It is robust against fabrication variations in Josephson junction critical currents and device inductance has been implemented. Experimental results were shown to be in agreement withpredictions of a quantum mechanical Hamiltonian whose parameters were independently calibrated, thus justifying the identification of this …
1. A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have found a substantial link between increased levels of nitrates in our environment and food with increased deaths from diseases, including Alzheimer’s, diabetes mellitus and Parkinson’s. The study was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers graphed and analyzed mortality rates, and compared …
University of Ulster Scientists Make a Nanorod Breakthrough. Engineers at the University of Ulster are the first researchers to create diamond nanorods with a diameter as thin as 2.1 nm, which is not only smaller than all the currently reported diamond 1D nanostructures (4-300 nm) but also smaller than the theoretical calculated value (2.7-9 nm) …
There is a 19 page pdf that describes an integrated vision for Super soldiers in 2030. Many of the pieces are being funded and developed separately. An integrated program has not been funded. However, the United states has over $50 billion per year in undisclosed/classified military projects. This site has previously covered the $3 billion …
1. Heartland Robotics Update Rod Brooks, of Heartland Robotics, pointed out that between iRobot and Foster-Miller, New England has a virtual lock on the military robot business. Brooks wouldn’t give details about what his own company, Heartland Robotics, is up to—but he did say that it’s working on systems that will help American workers be …