Carbon nanotube arrays grown that are 2cm long. More importantly the process can be scaled up A scalable process for building a lot of long carbon nanotubes could spin fibers into large components with most of the strength of carbon nanotubes. If we are able to make the light and strong carbon nanotubes cheaply for …
The Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems has examined what can be developed in labs today and then mapped out a step-by-step plan for the pathways of development that must take place to achieve productive nanosystems. This has been a long anticipated event by those (like myself) who follow molecular nanotechnology. Here is the Technology Roadmap …
Consultant Wendell Cox shows shifting 25 percent of the goods moved by truck with trains could save commuters more than 40 hours per year by reducing traffic, save $44 billion in fuel, and could also take 3 million trucks off the road during the rush hours across the country. Depending on the type of train, …
A unique computer model designed by a mathematician at the University of Liverpool has shown that it is possible to make objects, such as aeroplanes and submarines, appear invisible at close range. Scientists predict that metamaterials could be of use in military technology, such as in the construction of fighter jets and submarines, but it …
Loss of only one of the genes, a gene encoding the protein PHA-4, negated the lifespan-enhancing effect of calorie-restriction in worms. And, when researchers undertook the opposite experiment—by overexpressing pha-4 in worms—the longevity effect was enhanced. “PHA-4 acts completely independent of insulin/IGF-1 signaling and turns out to be essential for CR-mediated longevity,” says Panowski. “We …
The European Union and other countries are discussing the funding of a 1 billion laser fusion project as a backup to the ITER fusion project. The bid to the European Union is to build an international laboratory, called “HiPER”, to run in parallel with the ITER machine. Bureaucrats in Brussels are interested. Canada and Russia …
I think the technology optimistic view is the correct one, but we have to work hard and be careful to make that vision happen. Freeman Dyson identifies the growing rigidity of scientific organizations as a real and serious problem Amateurs and small companies will have a growing role in the future of science. This will …
2006 2005 2004 Wealth Amount 5 3 2 US$30B+ Forbes list (which mainly catches owners 67 49 32 US$10B+ of public assets, can underestimate some 167 124 102 US$5B+ like CTO of Cisco, who may be billionaire 946 793 691 US$1B+ from cisco stock + large startup positions) 10000 8200 7500 US$160M+ (my own estimate) …
Inkjets can make organic semiconductors. The plants costs $10 million instead of $1.3 billion for a silicon semiconductor plant. The inkjet organic semiconductor plants needs 50 people instead of 5000. The organic chip feature sizes are 10-100 microns instead of 65 nanomaters. The devices can come in a variety of sizes. Nanoident has built some …
Making a negative-index material that works for visible light is more difficult, because the building blocks have to be much smaller–no bigger than 10 to 20 nanometers. That’s now very possible to achieve, however, and several groups are working on it. If it can be done, these metamaterials could be used to increase the amount …
It again reviews the uncertainty associated with whether it is quantum computing now and whether it will still quantum compute when it is scaled Here is link to my quantum computer article section This is my first of three articles related to the Feb 13 Dwave demo The second article has a picture taken by …