Blacklight Power has uploaded a video of the demonstration on January 28th, 2014. Here is a 2 pager of the calorimetry data They are claiming a COP of 2 and are showing a low power level. There is some discussion at Ecat World If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on …
Nextbigfuture has covered the theoretical possibility that there could be millions of tons of antimatter hidden inside fast rotating asteroids. Vixra – Quark Matter in the Solar System : Evidence for a Game-Changing Space Resource Crowlspace has noted how if we did have an abundance of antimatter that big interstellar starships would be possible. What …
The City of Los Angeles has published a health indicators report Life expectancy across the City of Los Angeles varies significantly, with a nearly 12-year difference between the areas with the highest and lowest life expectancy. Residents in the Watts [Public Use Microdata Area] have a life expectancy of 72.8 years compared to 84.7 years …
Dwave CTO Geordie Rose had talked about a recent paper about whether or not Dwave was using quantum effects for its superconducting processor. Geordie has discussed in the comments the advantages of their superconducting system and that more benchmarking is under way. The original motivation for building superconducting processors had nothing to do with quantum …
2014 will be the first year that global defence budgets will grow overall since 2009, according to the IHS Jane’s Annual Defence Budgets Review from IHS Inc the leading global source of information and analytics. Total global defence spending in 2014 will be USD1.547 trillion up from USD 1.538 trillion in 2013 – 0.6% increase …
Yes, Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility in 2011. Yes, the company intends to sell much of it to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. But the simple math that yields a $9.59 billion loss is missing a few details. First, when Google bought Motorola, it wrote off an existing loss against tax, yielding a benefit …
China has created genetically modified monkeys using a new method of DNA engineering known as Crispr. The infant macaques show that targeted genome editing is feasible in primates—a potential boon for scientists studying complex diseases, including neurological ones, and an advance that suggests that the method could one day work in humans. The new study …
The Eurasia Group lists its top ten geopolitical risks for 2014 In 2014, big-picture economics are stable if not yet comforting. The EU has clawed its way out of recession. Japan has, improbably, discovered economic leadership. The economic performance of China’s new government is strong. And the US re- bound is sufficiently robust for the …
Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now be made quickly just by dipping blood cells into acid. Stem cell technology cheaper, faster and safer. Stem cells can transform into any tissue and are already being trialled for healing the eye, heart and brain. The study shows that shocking blood cells with acid could also …
Yahoo Japan via Japancrush reports that the first affordable, mass-produced robotic exoskeleton will be on sale next year from Panasonic. For 500,000 yen, or slightly under $5,000, this full-body power garment will let you hoist 100-kilo (220-pound) objects and move at speeds up to 8 kph (5 mph). Activelink, the Panasonic subsidiary responsible for the …
E-catworld reports one of their commenters stopped by (Blacklight Power) BLP around midday today the 28th. The demo was going on, my contact said it was going well. No press vehicles in parking lot, just lots of high end cars and one law enforcement vehicle. All 35 spots filled for the lab demo. Nothing was …