Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software This is a closeup of the test cell the team built to measure the properties of the self-assembling photosynthetic system. MIT researchers have created a novel set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity; the molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Omics ! Omics ! reviews the status of the race to the arbitrary standard of $1000 per genome with 30 times coverage for reagants only * Applied Biosystems’ SOLiD 4 platform can supposedly generate a genome for $6000, though even with pricing from academic core labs …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software North Dakota oil production has hit another record (5 monthly records out of six months) and is at 315282 barrels of oil per day in June 2010 North Dakota has added 70,000 barrels of oil pre day over its peak of 245000 barrels of oil per …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Summary Links to the Entire Summit The best of the 2010Singularity Summit Shane legg has developed a formula and program that generates a continuous intelligence measurement for rating algorithms and systems This has the potential to more objectively guide the improvement of AI and algorithms. Goertzel …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Bio-based Society Speaker: Steen Riisgaard, Novozymes A/S Joined by: Steve Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Steen Riisgaard- A lot of the worlds products is based upon cheap oil. We need to replace oil at its low price but without its high cost. Projection of $232 billion biofuel …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Earlier MIT studies have shown that internally and externally cooled annular fuel makes it possible to significantly increase (by up to 50%) power density in the standard Westinghouse PWR while maintaining or increasing safety margin. The present project has evaluated feasibility of 20% higher power density …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Earlier MIT studies have shown that internally and externally cooled annular fuel makes it possible to significantly increase (by up to 50%) power density in the standard Westinghouse PWR while maintaining or increasing safety margin. The present project has evaluated feasibility of 20% higher power density …
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 …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software LaserMotive White Paper – Power Beaming for UAVs (9 page pdf) Laser Motive will be competing in the 2010 Powerbeaming (Space Elevator Games) competition. The last date given for the competition is May 10, 2010. However, this would seem likely to slip as their should be …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Large-scale print-manufacturing of complex 3-D structures is going to the next level using a new additive manufacturing technology called High-Volume Print Forming Charles S. Taylor, the grandson of Boston Globe publisher Charles H. Taylor, developed manufacturing technology in which converted commercial printing equipment produces tiny layers …
New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour’s nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain power. Indeed, the findings suggest that a biphasic sleep schedule not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter. The results support previous data from the same research team that pulling an all-nighter – …