IEA 2050 Energy Roadmap and US Nuclear Uprate Status

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Annual power sector carbon dioxide emnission reductions in the BLUE Map scenario in 2050 compared to the Badeline scenario, by technology area. Nuclear is the only major contributor that need no technical breakthrough (Source: IEA) 1. Nuclear power could become the world’s single biggest source of …

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Chatroulette plans genital image recognition software to block perverts

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Chatroulette is where users can “meet” and chat with random people with a click of a mouse. Popular Science reports that in order to reduce the parade of penises, the service is planning to add image-recognition software that will filter out shots of male genitalia. Most …

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Lawrenceville Plasma Physics High Fusion Yields Confirmed and Plan for This 2010

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Tests in early June have confirmed that FF-1 is producing higher fusion yields than have been achieved with any other DPF at the same peak current. Increasing the current by about 3 times to 2-3 million amps should result in the achievement of the desired energy …

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Memristor MOS Content Addressable Memory For Future High Performance Search Engines

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Arxiv – Memristor MOS Content Addressable Memory (MCAM): Hybrid Architecture for Future High Performance Search Engines As Moore’s Law becomes more difficult to fulfill, integration of significantly different technologies such as spintronics, carbon nano tube field effect transistors (CNFET), optical nanocircuits based on metamaterials, and more …

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Steve Jobs Officially Revealed the iPhone 4

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Steve Jobs officially revealed the iPhone 4 Jobs introduced the new iPhone 4, a stainless-steel-and-glass mobile device that is nearly 25 percent thinner than the current version. “In 2010, we are gong to take the biggest leap since the original iPhone,” Jobs said. “We are introducing …

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Carnival of Space 155 – Backseat Driving Haiku Format

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The Carnival of Space 155 is up at backseat driving and it is in Haiku format This site provided two articles Details on a SSTO magnetohydrodynamic and inertial electrostatic space plane. This design was covered at STAIF 2005 but there is continuing research into both MHD …

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NASA WISE Telescope has found at least two cool Brown Dwarf Stars and 11000 Asteroids so Far

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software NASA WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explore) space telescope has discovered at least two cool, substellar objects known as brown dwarfs. One of the brown dwarfs, dubbed WISE 2, appears to be as cold as any that are known. It may even be colder, Wright said, than …

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Beyond Nuclear Financials and Funding from Celebrities

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Atomic Insights Rod Adams spoke with Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear. (an anti-nuclear energy advocacy website) I also asked Paul bluntly why he spent so much time fighting nuclear on the “leak” issue when he did not spend any time fighting coal – with its designed …

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Zeroloft Aerogel Jackets Provides Better Cold Protection than a Down Jacket Ten Times Thicker

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Canadian adventurer Jamie Clarke is putting the zeroloft aerogel material to the ultimate test by climbing part of Mount Everest in a thin jacket made by Champion that contains Zeroloft. The 0.15-inch-thick windbreaker is as warm as a goose down jacket 1.6 inches thick. Aerogel blankets …

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Six degree of freedom atomic-scale manipulation using carbon nanotube bundles

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Arxiv – Six degree of freedom atomic-scale manipulation using carbon nanotube bundles The designs can support the 9 tooltips designed by Freitas and Merkle. Journal of Nanotechnology – A six degree of freedom nanomanipulator design based on carbon nanotube bundles [updated copy of the paper. Aug …

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Self Assembly across Scales as a path to Molecular Manufacturing and Self Assembled Peptoid nanosheets as a platform for Nanotechnologies

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. chris Phoenix at the Center for Responsible Nanotechnlogy reviews a talk by Erik Winfree of CalTech on advancing self assembly towards molecular manufacturing. The Winfree walk was at the foundations of Nanoscience conference. The detailed schedule for the talks are here. * While trying to …

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