The Tricorder X PRIZE is a $10 million prize to develop a mobile solution that can diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians. The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm seeks to achieve this by combining advancements in expert systems and medical point of care data such as wireless sensors, …
In 2012-13, Aeros plans to fly the Pelican, a 230-ft.-long, 600,000-cu.-ft. demonstrator for its rigid-aeroshell, variable-buoyancy (RAVB) technology. Inside the shell, comprising a load-bearing frame of carbon-fiber trusses covered by thin-gauge rigid panels, will be a membrane to contain the helium lifting gas. Inside that membrane will be pressurized pump-fed tanks. More helium under pressure …
A report released today from the National Energy Board (NEB) and British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines puts the marketable shale gas in the basin at 78 trillion cubic feet, including 75 Tcf of undiscovered resources. The new assessment of the shale gas contained in the Horn River basin of north-eastern British Columbia more …
Economist Arvind Subramanian who has calculated that China passed the USA in PPP in 2010, expects that by 2030 the Chinese economy to be twice as large as that of the US (in purchasing power parity dollars). China’s lead will not be confined to gross domestic product. China is already the world’s largest exporter of …
Trauma surgeon Dr. Peter Rhee, a former battlefield surgeon for the U.S. military who has been researching suspended animation for 15 years and is a leading innovator in the field. In the aftermath of the Jan. 8, 2011 Tucson shootings, Dr Rhee and other medical experts asked government officials to support a clinical trial that …
Five men were arrested under the UK’s Terrorism Act near the Sellafield site on 2 May, said Cumbria Police. Sellafield (formerly known as Windscale) is a nuclear processing and former electricity generating site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. Facilities at the site include the …
The NDP’s orange surge has brought a dramatic shift to Quebec, demolishing the separatist Bloc Québécois and toppling Conservative cabinet ministers by capturing more than 40% of the vote. The Conservative party has a majority and probably will not an election for 5 years. Each Parliament has a maximum term of five years. There will …
China announced plans to build a 60-ton space station, made up of three capsules, and develop a cargo spaceship to transport supplies. It is to be completed around 2020. The 18.1-meter-long core module, with a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters and a launch weight of 20 to 22 tons, will be launched first. The two …
1. AstroEngine – Screaming Exoplanets: Detecting Alien Magnetospheres According to a new study presented at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales we could detect the radio emissions from a distant Jupiter like worlds that possess a magnetosphere. “Jupiter and Saturn take 12 and 30 years respectively to orbit the Sun, so you would …
The Purdue Solar Racing team’s solar-powered urban commuter car achieved the equivalent of almost 2,200 miles per gallon in the 2011 Shell EcoMarathon international competition this week in Houston. The Purdue team achieved 64.5 miles per kilowatt hour. The Celeritas prototype can handle a full-sized driver seated upright in a car equipped with headlights, taillights, …
By 2013-2016, there will be a shift to HSPA+ at 84 mbps to 168 mbps and LTE advanced at up to 1 Gbps LTE Advanced deployment will start in 2013 in South Korea. Norway and Hong Kong and Japan will also lead the way to faster communication speeds. Millimeter wireless will enable tens of gigabits …