Infrastructure 2011 by the Urban Land Institute and Ernst and Young (90 pages) The United States is falling dramatically behind much of the world in rebuilding and expanding an overloaded and deteriorating transportation network it needs to remain competitive in the global marketplace, according to a new study by the Urban Land Institute. The report …
The Acer Iconia Tab offers Android Honeycomb on a 10.1-inch screen along with GPS, front and rear cameras, Adobe Flash compatibility, full-size USB host port, HDMI output, and a reasonable price. Acer’s Iconia Tab offers the features of the Motorola Xoom at iPad-beating prices but weighs in as the heftiest Android tablet yet. In spite …
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today that it began mass production of the 22-inch transparent LCD panel in March this year. The panels come in two colors, the black-and-white type and the color type, and they have a contrast ratio of 500:1 with WSXGA+(1680*1050) resolution. Compared with the conventional LCD panels that use back light …
Compared to humans and animals, however, the mobility and manipulations capability of robots currently in service is poor. If these limitations were overcome, robots could much more effectively assist warfighters and other DoD personnel across a greater range of missions. DARPA’s Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) program seeks to create and demonstrate significant scientific and …
India will generate 25.5 TWH from nuclear power in the year ending Mar 31, 2011 This was an increase of 35% over 18.8 TWH generated in the prior year. This was largely due to higher availability of uranium from France, Russia and Kazakhstan under inter-government agreements. Areva of France has supplied NPC 300 tonnes uranium …
A researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has invented a method of making high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables that are thinner and more flexible than demonstration HTS cables now installed in the electric power grid while carrying the same or more current. The new thin superconducting cables are light enough to be …
The Amonix 7700 Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Solar Power Generators are being tested for reliability and performance at the SolarTAC facility The Nataional Renewable Eenrgy Lab (NREL) reports on super-efficient concentrated solar cells and the keys to low-cost solar power They describe the Amonix 770 concentrated solar power system which can be manufactured at about a …
Bigelow is in talks with NASA to add a module to the International space station Bigelow Aerospace is adding a 185,000 square foot expansion to its production plant in North Las Vegas. This represents the birth of a global industry. It is way beyond research and development. It’s a production facility for spacecraft, a factory …
NY Times reports that the King of Jordan has dismissed his cabinet Changing cabinets is not new for King Abdullah. In his 12 years on the throne, he has done so eight times. But this was the first time that he had done so in reaction to public pressure, seeking to undermine a growing protest …
China’s GDP was 39.5 trillion yuan at the end of 2010 China’s yuan ended 2010 at 6.59 to one US dollar UPDATE : The National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday in Beijing that GDP rose to 39.7983 trillion yuan (about US$6.1 trillion), rising 10.3 percent over 2009. China preliminary reporting is 9.9% GDP growth …
An encouraging development was recently announced by Baraka Petroleum Limited (“BKP”) concerning shale oil potential in two permits in the Southern Georgina Basin in which they have an interest (EP127 and EP 128 covering approximately 30,000 km2). The estimates prepared independently by US based Ryder Scott for these permits ranged from 5 to 11 billion …