Transterrestrial has links and details on the new space plan and budget. Jeff Foust has initial budget numbers * Rand Simberg says and I agree – Whether or not they follow through, this is the most visionary space policy that the nation has ever had. * Simberg on Complainers – These people live in some …
Petrobakken reveals the latest economics and results of improved drilling techniques in Canada’s portion of the Bakken oil field The results are 10% better than the nearest competitor and are currently showing slower decline in production. Petrobakken also announced the commissioning and commencement of air injection at our Kerrobert THAI (Toe Heel Air Injection) heavy …
Nvidia projects that in just a few years Tegra, its embedded system on a chip (SoC), will account for more than half of income. Tegra has 42 total design wins, announced at the recent Computex show, including 18 smart phones and 18 customers for mobile Internet devices (MIDs). nVidia has an aggressive roadmap for Tegra; …
High nutrients activate HIF-1 through the TOR-S6K pathway, which leads to increased ER stress and shortened lifespan. Other regulators such as PHA-4, SKN-1, AAK-2, DAF-16 and HSF-1 may function in parallel to HIF-1 to modulate DR-induced longevity phenotypes. A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in …
Ones and zeros: By depositing a ferroelectric material on top of graphene, researchers have coaxed graphene into holding on to two different levels of electrical conductivity, which could serve as bits 1 and 0 in computer memory. Credit: Barbaros Özyilmaz, National University of Singapore MIT TEchnology Review reports that researchers at the National University of …
As previously noted on this site Ray Kurzweil (inventor, author of the Singularity is Near) and Peter Diamandis (Xprize founder and co-founder of the International Space University) are starting up a Singularity University. This site has noted that the term “University” has some getting their expectations messed up. By examining the program and its stated …
Here is a video showing what General Fusion is doing. As previously described: if you can get within ten to hundred times the cost of regular power, you would still have huge uses for nuclear fusion. You could revolutionize space travel even if it costs more for nuclear fusion than it does for regular power. …
At the current efficiencies of thermoelectric devices, 7 to 8 percent, more than 1.5 billion gallons of diesel could be saved each year in the U.S. if thermoelectric generators were used on the exhaust of heavy trucks. More than 60 percent of the energy that goes into an automotive combustion cycle is lost, primarily to …
Six web pages feature at IEEE Spectrum, that describes the technical achievement of High-K insulation for computer chips. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, …
Ultrafast pulses of terahertz radiation has been used to change a manganite crystal from an electrical insulator into a conductor This work is using terahertz radiation to change the properties of a solid crystal material by 100,000 times at super high speeds. It is better and more useful than ancient dreams of alchemy. The ability …
Businessweek reports that wireless industry consultants and marketing executives with knowledge of Google’s plans say it has been showing prototypes of a new phone to handset manufacturers and network operators for a couple of months Industry sources don’t expect one before the second half of 2008. Combine Google’s financial heft with its ultra-sophisticated ability to …