A Wall Street Journal article written by a Director of an Indian Think Tank This seems to be an expression of what the Indian Government is thinking about climate change * It is in the Indian government’s interest to perpetuate a weak IPCC and a toothless Mr. Pachauri at its helm * The IPCC was …
Gecko Systems is making elder care robots and mobile service robots (MSR) for other applications They have a CareBot MSR that monitors the carereceiver. Elderly people in nursing homes receive attention from nurses an average of nine minutes per day. These places are expensive ($45,000 to $60,000 per year) and not always easy or convenient …
H+ Magazine provides coverage of Synthetic Biology and a new Biofab project. The new BIOFAB: International Open Facility Advancing Biotechnology (BIOFAB), with two years of funding from NSF and matching support from founding partners, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the BioBricks Foundation (BBF), aims to produce thousands of free standardized DNA parts to shorten …
The Cheytac M200 was rated the top sniper gun Wikipedia on the Cheytac Intervention The CheyTac Intervention is an American bolt action sniper rifle manufactured by CheyTac for long range soft target interdiction. It is fed by a detachable single stack magazine, which holds 7 rounds. It fires .408 CheyTac or .375 CheyTac ammunition. CheyTac …
Researchers from Chalmers University will build up body parts using nanocellulose and the body’s own cells Professor Paul Gatenholm at Chalmers is leading and co-ordinating this European research programme, which will construct an outer ear using nanocellulose and a mixture of the patient’s own cartilage cells and stem cells. The researchers will build up a …
George Miley has been researching nuclear fusion propulsion and has designs for inertial electrostatic space ships. This article previously discussed the funding of an organization that is investigating nuclear fusion for space propulsion. This information is being directly verified and correct information will be posted as soon as possible. The information in this article on …
Wall Street Journal coverage of the G7 meeting and currency discussions Alan Ruskin, who heads foreign exchange strategy at RBS Securities, notes there is more evidence of a strengthening U.S. dollar than there is to indicating a weakening in the currency. “The dollar’s rallied quite sharply. There’s a sense that as the U.S. economy is …
This Z antenna tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is smaller than a standard antenna with comparable properties. Its high efficiency is derived from the “Z element” inside the square that acts as a metamaterial, greatly boosting the signal sent over the air. The square is 30 millimeters on a side. NIST …
Cameco says Cigar Lake uranium project ready for development as early as April, 2010 Cameco has already pumped most of the water out of the northern Saskatchewan mine, which has been flooded for three years. Goheen said refurbishment of shaft one, the main shaft, is three-quarters complete and the water level is down to the …
The Wall Street Journal and other sources are reporting on a Supreme court Ruling with far reaching implications on the US political process. A divided Supreme Court struck down decades-old limits on corporate political expenditures, potentially reshaping the 2010 election landscape by permitting businesses and unions to spend freely on commercials for or against candidates. …
Ray Kurzweil responds to Michael Anissimov and I got a copy of the letter as well. The complete letter is below. After the letter is a discussion of Ray’s technology predictions and the work needed for accurate, precise and unambiguous predictions. Here is Michael Anissimov’s original article Here is a link to Chapter 9 of …