Carnival of space #10 is up My article with the key elements for starting a business plan for profitable solar power in space at the multi-megawatt level Centauri space has a discussion of the Mach-Lorentz Thruster and the performance it could make possible Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science …
Gene Therapy appears to reduce the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease by 70%. The improvement occurs 3 months after treatment starts. Parkison’s disease is the disease that the famous actor Michael J Fox and boxing sports legend Muhammad Ali have. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million …
The Teraflop power of the Nvidia tesla supercomputer board, desktop and workstations will be available August 2007. go to this link to sign up to get more information on buying one Tesla C870 GPU specifications ($1500 add in card):– One GPU (128 thread processors)– 518 gigaflops (peak)– 1.5 GB dedicated memory– Fits in one full-length, …
Scientific American reviews the Travellers Dilemma Basically it shows that in real world people are willing to work together so that they can both win or tie in order to get more return on average. This is relevant for economics and for choices in technology and between nations. Win-win, Tie-tie with an overall-win situations can …
A recent paper by Barry Bosworth and Susan Collins of the Washington-based Brookings Institution compares performance over the 1978-2004 period. After 1993 it compares India’s post-1991 reforms with China. Accounting for Growth: Comparing China and India, Working Paper 12943, February 2007, National Bureau of Economic Research, www.nber.org Breakdown shows close to equal service growth. With …
Quote from Deathrace 2000. Machine Gun Joe VeTurbo: Frankenstein! You want Frankenstein? I’ll give you Frankenstein! [Joe opens fire into the stands] From the times Online, the creation of insects (moths) whose flesh grows around computer parts – known from science fiction as ‘cyborgs’ – has been described as one of the most ambitious robotics …
Later this month the state’s (california) energy commission plans to tread carefully when for the first time it will review new ways to handle the radioactive waste produced by nuclear energy — the biggest legal obstacle to building new plants in California. One possible option could be to reprocess, or recycle, the waste. I support …
The Economist looks at the RNA revolution The DNA of a human cell is only a small part of the overall puzzle of what is going on within the human body. Ever since the human-genome project was completed, it has puzzled biologists that animals, be they worms, flies or people, all seem to have about …
Scientists from Spectrolab, Inc., a subsidiary of Boeing, have recently published their research on the fabrication of solar cells that surpass the 40% efficiency milestone—the highest efficiency achieved for any photovoltaic device. A pdf with levelized cost of electricity analysis for natural gas, coal and nuclear from 2006 Natural gas is 3.8 to 5.9 cents(US)/kwhCoal …
Currently carbon nanotubes are sold on the world market for $100,000 to $800,000 per kilogram. However, Cheap tubes has reduced prices significantly in May 2007. They have 90% by weight SWNT CNT for $42,000 – 50,000 per kg. They have MWNT for as little as $350/kg. One ton orders have a 90 day lead time. …
Nanowerk has a spotlight on artificial adjustable nanofluid channels Flow of fluorescein molecules through an array of five tunable elastomeric nanochannels and their accumulation at an air-filled microscale compartment. Running horizontally at the top is an air-filled microchannel. The nanochannels are triangular and are 80 nanometers high from base to top corner and 600 nm …