Carnival of space week 38 is up at sortingout science My contribution was my discussion of Virgin Galactic and how NASA should learn some lessons as it makes new plans Hobby space also talked about spaceshiptwo and white knight two An interesting aspect is that White Knight Two could be the first stage able to …
There is a 173 report that was published in 2007 on Human enhancement techonologies in Sports. Myostatin inhibitors are four times more effective than high doses of steroids Phase 2 clinical trials for humans are underway From pages 136-137 of the report: Memorandum from Dr Henning Wackerhage and Dr Aivaras Ratkevicius, School of Medical Sciences, …
CyberDomes with any arbitrary screen size can be developed and it ispossible to have high resolution distortion free life size immersive visualization for many interactive real time applications. Cyberdome that 8.5 meters in diameter Here is the gear behind the screen Here is the projectors for the cyberdome Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought …
The wealth of the world’s richest people is likely to have increased 11% to $37 trillion (€27 trillion) last year on the back of a sharp rise in asset values, according to calculations by Financial News. Financial News has calculated that the steep climb in asset values last year will have produced an increase of …
Toshiba claims they will be able to increase harddrive density by 10 times over 5 years using Nanocontact Magnetic Resistance, or NC-MR NC-MR uses an enormous difference in magnetoresistance which is achieved when two magnetic materials are situated close together and connected by a contact point that narrows to around 1nm. A prototype thin-film NC-MR …
New combustion engines in cars and other vehicles could be made 15-20% more efficient In today’s internal combustion engines, the pistons turn a crankshaft, which is linked to a camshaft that opens and closes the valves, directing the flow of air and exhaust into and out of the cylinders. The new method would eliminate the …
This reviews the Nanofrontiers : visions for the Future of Nanotechnology published by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. There is 51 page pdf. It is mostly refinement of current nanotechnology with some discussion of more advanced nanotechnolology. The most interesting area is the discussion of medical impacts of near term nanotechnology. This is a fairly …
A european research project, Eureka 3051 virtual fiber , has successfully trialed 10 Mbps symmetrical internet speed for 28000 people over existing copper cable lines. Local businesses in the trial were able to obtain 50 MB/s symmetrical data connectivity. The technology has subsequently been developed to provide 100 MB/s connectivity and has already been sold …
British gene hunters said they have found the strongest DNA marker yet for obesity, and one that is very common among most Europeans. The investigators first identified the gene, FTO, in the DNA of people with type 2, or late-onset diabetes, a condition that is lifestyle-related. Individuals with one copy of the FTO variant had …
Wired magazine has an interview with David Deutsch, the father of Quantum computers I agree with almost everything that he says about Dwave, Quantum computers and nanotechnology. I have pulled what are my highlights from the interview. On quantum computing gaining mind share with the Dwave announcement.He replied: the field [quantum computing] doesn’t need acceptability. …
Led by Professor David Leigh the team from Edinburgh have designed and built a molecule, known as a rotaxane, that can move and sort particles. It took three years of painstaking work to find a molecular form that could do this job. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger …