New molecules produced at Georgia Tech could enable engineers to build all-optical data routers, ultimately leading to transmission speeds as high as two terabits–or 2,000 gigabits–per second. Today’s fastest commercial routers switch data at 40 gigabits per second. Keeping data all-optical would significantly speed up transmission of large amounts of data, such as detailed medical …
There is an analysis of the model income of the world from 1970 and 2006. Model income is the level of income that is most common in the world. The graphs show on the left vertical the population with a particular income level and the bottom horizontal shows the income level. In 1970 about 50 …
Proposer’s Day Workshop Announcement for Transformer (TX) The objective of the Transformer (TX) program is to demonstrate a 1 to 4 person transportation vehicle that can drive and fly, thus enabling the warfighter to avoid water, difficult terrain, and road obstructions as well as IED and ambush threats. The vehicle will be capable of driving …
There is a live streaming console with video, pictures and up to date messages 19:45:03 PST:NSS has now provisionally qualified to compete in the Games Summarizing Space Elevator Feasibility ArticlesFor a Carbon Nanotube tether that is 30 MYuri [A MYuri is the name we gave the SI equivalent of N/Tex, or GPa-cc/g] strong, and a …
The Huffington Post tries to make a big deal out of baby chicks being ground up and turned into chicken nuggets As it turns out, about half of all of the baby chicks born in the United States are male. This number is estimated at 200 million male baby chicks per year. Male chicks do …
The CDC (Center for Disease control) H1N1 site has the following information on the swine flu UPDATE: Journal of American Medical Association studies of H1N1/Swine flu deaths in Canada and Mexico. From the Wall Street Journal, Anand Kumar, lead author of one of the studies and ICU attending physician for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority …
Professor Cardwell recently discussed the bulk microstructure of YBCO, and explained the effect of second-phase inclusions on the flux-pinning capability of the material. Methods had now been developed to incorporate nano-scale inclusions into the bulk structure, and a 10-200nm nano-phase based on RE2Ba4CuMOy had been shown to form effective artificial flux-pinning sites. Although these materials …
Wired describes the “Good Enough Revolution” Wired makes the following points about the “Good Enough Revolution”. Eventually all markets reach a point where products more gain more “value” by having core features and making those features extremely easy to use, convenient and cheap instead of adding more features. * In 2001, 181 million disposable cameras …
1. Duke University engineers say they can for the first time control all the degrees of the particle’s motion, opening up broad possibilities for nanotechnology and device applications. Their unique technology should make it more likely that Janus particles can be used as the building blocks for a myriad of applications, including such new technologies …
University of California, San Diego researchers demonstrated the ability to precisely control the alignment and placement of large numbers of InAs nanowires from solution onto very narrow, prepatterned electrodes using dielectrophoresis. An understanding of dielectrophoretic behavior associated with such electrode geometries is essential to development of approaches for assembly of intricate nanowire systems. The influence …
Sustainable Development Technology Canada, recently awarded General Fusion a $13.9 million (Canadian) grant toward a four-year project aimed at showing the acoustic pulse system works as claimed. The first phase will focus on making the plasma and building pistons, after which the full-scale system – capable initially of firing its pistons every half-hour – will …