Intel Corporation introduced the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family, the company’s best processors ever. The launch marks a turning point in people’s relationship with computers. The 6th Gen Intel Core processors deliver enhanced performance and new immersive experiences at the lowest power levels ever and also support the broadest range of device designs – …
The first safety concrete has been poured for the basemat of the containment building of the fourth reactor at the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) received regulatory approval for the construction of Barakah units 3 and 4 last September. The company said preparatory work at unit 4 has …
A $120 million investment in Editas is the largest financial investment made yet in a CRISPR-Cas9 startup.. Intellia Therapeutics and CRISPR Therapeutics (both of which have operations in Cambridge) were both formed after Editas, and both have made strides as well: * Intellia raised a $15 million Series A last year and then cut a …
Indonesian president Joko Widodo expressed on Monday his hope that China will build Indonesia into an Asian production base with ever increasing economic cooperation between the two countries. Widodo made his statement during a meeting with the visiting chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Yu Zhengsheng, said Indonesian …
The Economist Intelligence Unit has long range economic forecasts to 2050 for the United States and other countries. ‘Long-term macroeconomic forecasts: key trends to 2050,’ is a new report from The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU). It examines some of the big economic issues that will shape global business around the world in the coming …
China has a new multipurpose cannon (sy_wsh at lt.cjdby.net via Popular Science). The 127th Ordinance Research Institute’s news 125mm tank cannon is the world’ largest, with a barrel length over 7.5 meters and highly powerful shells. The multipurpose cannon achieves its high performance through a high length to caliber ratio of at least 60:1 (the …
HP new computer architecture called the machine will not have memristors in its early versions. The machine is to ahve specialized cores, a purpose-built open source operating system optimized for non-volatile systems, and was to have: memristor non-volatile memory, a special kind of resistor circuit that functions as both storage and memory. HP will use …
NASA begins testing of InSight Mars lander for launch in 2016 InSight is a robotic exploration mission that will record measurements of the interior of the Red Planet, giving scientists unprecedented detail into the evolution of Mars and other terrestrial planets. The InSight mission will address one of the most fundamental issues of planetary and …
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is targeting demonstrating a 100+kw combat laser on a fighter by 2022. The airforce wants to integrate combat laser systems into future fighters in the 2030+. Initially the combat lasers will be in external pod that attach to the fighter. The General Atomics HELLADS laser, which will soon shift …
The US State Department has approved the sale to Israel of over 20,000 guided bomb kits and 8,650 associated warheads, including additional 5,000 lb ‘bunker busters’, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 19 May. Israel would need a B52 or B2 to deliver the 30,000 lb bunker busters that the US has developed. …
Spacex has some new posters promoting Mars colonization and exploration. They use a retrofuture style. Adventure awaits! Explore Mars’ ultimate vacation destinations http://t.co/KpluQw4cow pic.twitter.com/kptj27x1LD— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 15, 2015 Tired of the same old travel destinations? Discover the wonder of Mars http://t.co/KpluQw4cow pic.twitter.com/vD9oLSuY5r— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 15, 2015 Max acceleration was 6X gravity, altitude 1187m, …