DARPA Sniper Upgrades Start in 2011

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Wired Danger Room reports that DARPA will have new laser sniper scopes in field trials in 2011. Darpa, the Pentagon’s way-out research arm, is hoping to use lasers and advanced optical systems to make other snipers Harrison-accurate (world record sniper record holder had three accurate 1.54 …

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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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Boston University Solid State Nanopore DNA Sequencing Licensed to NobelGen Biosciences

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software This site covered the work at Boston University to develop cheaper and faster DNA sequencing using solid state nanopores in Dec, 2009. There has been some more recent discussion and development of this work. Nature Nanotechnology: Electrostatic focusing of unlabelled DNA into nanoscale pores using a …

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Combining MHD Airbreathing and IEC Fusion Rocket Propulsion for Earth-to-Orbit Flight

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A Rocket-Based-Combined-Cycle (RBCC) propulsion system employing ducted rocket operation and MHD airbreathing to accelerate the vehicle to Mach 12 in about 4 minutes within earth’s atmosphere, and then fusion rocket propulsion to continue vehicle acceleration above the sensible atmosphere for 28 minutes until Mach 26 (orbital …

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Triple Junction Solar Cell Reaches Record 41.1%

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Dr. Frank Dimroth and his team made a metamorphic triple-junction solar cell that reached a record efficiency of 41.1%. To accomplish this, researchers created a multi-junction solar cell made of III-V compound semiconductors by stacking three single-junction cells on top of each other, each one particularly …

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BP Oil Siphon Is Working NOW After Initial Setbacks

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software UPDATE: BP says it has successfully started to siphon oil from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well to a tanker on the surface. BP executive Kent Wells would not say how much oil was being siphoned but said the process was “working well”. BP succeeded on …

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Some Predict the Euro will Be Even with the US Dollar by Early 2011

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Barrons – “Large investors will think twice about further investment in the euro, at least until such uncertainties are resolved,” notes BNP Paribas’ currency strategist, Hans-Guenter Redeker. Most investors have yet to pencil in much weakness beyond this year, and a survey of global banks pegs …

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Contrasting two reactions to the DNA Factory Research

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Recently there has been some big DNA Nanotechnology research announcments. Including a programmable DNA assembly line The researchers envision continuous improvement of the proof of concept DNA assembly and eventual tissue repair and other applications. It is interesting to compare the reaction of Mike Treder and …

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Stem Cell Progress to Fixing Deafness, Tooth Regeneration, Bone Marrow Therapy and Heart Injury

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. A team led by Stefan Heller of Stanford University set out to elucidate basic principles of how the inner ear detects sound. But they also created batches of cells that can potentially replace damaged ones in the ear. Their findings are published in the May …

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Alfin Tracks in Detail the Engineering Work to Stop the Gulf Oil Leak

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Alfin has been doing an excellent job of tracking the work that is being done to stop the Gulf Oil Leak. Here is the coverage from most recent to earlier coverage. 1. Crunch time on the gulf floor. Environmental damage from the ongoing oil spill continues …

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Vibrating Robot Climbs Tubes at 20 Body Lengths Per Second With Payload of 5 times Its Weight

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software IEEE Spectrum – Carnegie Mellon University has a simple vibrating robot which climbs tubes with ease. What’s most impressive about Carnegie Mellon’s new bot is its speed, versatility, and payload capability. In the video, you can see that it travels up to 20 body-lengths per second …

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