Techonomy World Economic Forum Pre-conference Workshop

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The Techonomy conference has a pre-conference workshop on ‘How to Measure the impact and transformational power of technology ? They have presented a networked readiness index to rank all countries with a single metric on information, communication technology The World Economic Forum’s Networked Readiness Index (NRI) …

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Krugman is calling this the Early Stages of an Economic Depression and Greg Mankiew Talks about the Risks of Stimulus and Overspending

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Paul Krugman is predicting/observing/declaring that United States (and the world economy) is in the early stages of an economic depression. Krugman is saying this would be more like the Long Depression of 1879 than the Great Depression of the 1930s. A more modern example is it …

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DARPA Funds Revolutionary Advances for 1000 Times Better Computers of All Sizes By 2018

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software DARPA describes its Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) – 70 pages Yes, it would exaflop supercomputers on the supercomputer end but it would also mean superfast and robust future smartphones. It will mean selfware operating systems and more hack resistent computers and networks. The UHPC program …

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Humanity Plus Summit Coverage

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The Speculist is liveblogging the Humanity Plus Summit at Harvard this weekend. The slides for 30 presentations are at slideshare. humanityplus on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on Reddit, or StumbleUpon. Thanks Supporting Advertising Business Success   How …

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Game Changing Fuzzy Fiber Nanomaterial

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A $3 million Ohio Third Frontier award to the University of Dayton Research Institute will fund the scale-up and production of a “game-changing” new nanomaterial that will allow composites to multitask – a wind turbine tower that can de-ice its own blades in winter, or store …

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Game Changing Fuzzy Fiber Nanomaterial

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A $3 million Ohio Third Frontier award to the University of Dayton Research Institute will fund the scale-up and production of a “game-changing” new nanomaterial that will allow composites to multitask – a wind turbine tower that can de-ice its own blades in winter, or store …

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Vietnam Plans to Build Eight 1000 MW Nuclear Reactors by 2030 and UAE Makes Progress to Four Nuclear Reactors

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. The Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, stated that the government of Vietnam had adopted a policy to construct eight 1,000 MW class nuclear power reactors at two sites by 2030. It is anticipated that the contract for the feasibility study would be signed in …

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Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Looking Good for Validating Their Dense Plasma Focus Aneutronic Fusion Theories Late 2010 or in 2011

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software New Energy and Fuel does an excellent job of explaining in simpler terms what the results for the focus fusion (dense plasma focus) project of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics mean * the results are better than expected, because a little more energy is being generated than expected …

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Millionaires and Billionaires

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Forbes released their list of billionaires for 2010 This year the World’s Billionaires have an average net worth of $3.5 billion, up $500 million in 12 months. The world has 1,011 10-figure titans, up from 793 a year ago but still shy of the record 1,125 in …

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Sundrop Fuels Claims Twice as Much Fuel from Biomass and Sun Catalyix Claims Efficient artificial photosynthesis

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software 1. Sundrop Fuels, a startup based in Louisville, CO, says it has developed a cleaner and more efficient way to turn biomass into synthetic fuels by harnessing the intense heat of the sun to vaporize wood and crop waste Its process can produce twice the amount of …

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Optical Chip Converts Light Pulses 10,000 Times Faster and Could Eventually Enable Up to 100 Terahertz Communication

This optical chip can convert light pulses into digital signals faster and more efficiently than existing technology. (Ryan Scott, UC Davis photo) A new device invented by engineers at UC Davis could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again. The technology could be applied to ultrafast, high-capacity …

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