Aubrey de Grey – Aubrey is the Chief Science Officer of the SENS foundation and editor of Rejuvenation Research. Aubrey thinks we have a 50% chance of achieving medicine capable of getting people to 200 in the decade 2030-2040. Presuming we do indeed do that, the actual achievement of 200 will probably be in the …
Optics.org- Spectrolab, the Boeing subsidiary that specializes in high-efficiency solar cells, says that it has begun mass production of its newest “C3MJ+” devices (updated triple-junction devices) – which have an average conversion efficiency of 39.2% at a 500-sun concentration. That is an improvement of 0.7% on its existing “C3MJ” cells (the product nomenclature reflects the …
Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR® VX-200 rocket prototype demonstrated its highest power efficiency and performance so far in tests, which ended Friday November 19 at the company’s Houston laboratory. Last week’s results met the efficiency milestone set by the company as it specifies the requirements for the VF-200 flight engine for the International Space Station. …
For years superconductor research has focused on improving the performance of YBCO, the most widely used industrial superconductor. Doping YBCO with calcium can improve its current-carrying capability across grain boundaries by as much as 35 percent – but at a sacrifice. Doping lowers its 91K Tc (critical temperature) to a level uncomfortably close to that …
WJ600 jet powered drone Wall Street Journal – China is ramping up production of unmanned aerial vehicles in an apparent bid to catch up with the U.S. and Israel in developing technology that is considered the future of military aviation. Western defense officials and experts were surprised to see more than 25 different Chinese models …
There is too much of a focus on perfecting air travel safety. The USA is spending about $6 billion each year on air travel security and the extra wait times from post-September 11 security procedures add another $8 billion ($50/hour for business and $15/hour for everyone else. Greater use of full-body scanners instead of metal …
Permalloy disk sample and contacts for current injection. (Top) Four 90° domain walls intersect at the vortex core with its out-of-plane magnetization. (Bottom) As current flows through the disk, the vortex core is displaced due to the magnetic field of the current and due to spin-transfer torque. This displacement has been measured to quantify the …
1. North Dakota set an oil production record for the each of the first eight out of nine months of the year in 2010. North Dakota Oil Production 341384 Barrels per day in September 2010. North Dakota is close to double the production from two years ago. 2. There is another new shale oil play …
Ark Hotel Construction time lapse building 15 stories in 2 days for the metal strucure and another 4 days for the skin of the building and rapid construction of the Broad Pavillion at the Shanghai expo If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator, or Reddit, or StumbleUpon. Thanks Featured …
The GDP (PPP) IMF projections for South Korea and Singpore from 2010 to 2015 are for 32% growth or almost 6% per year. In over half of the years from 2000-2010 Singapore has had over 7% GDP growth. Singapore has a higher GDP per capita than the USA already. Singapore is a city state with …
Experiments this month gave further confirmation of our basic theoretical model of the DPF (Dense Plasma Focus). ICCD images showed the pinched filament kinking into a plasmoid and gave us clearer estimates of the plasmoid radius and density. X-ray emission energy continues to increase, giving us more confidence for our spin-off X-ray generator applications. Our …