A reader asked about what is happening with cold fusion. As usual the claims are big but as yet not validated. As usual the big impact of commercialization is expected in about 12 to 18 months. I think various aspects of this relate to part of the Futurama episode Raging Bender. Foreman: This could be …
The Planetary Resources website is now live too Diamandis talk – Scarcity is contextual – If pluck all of the low hanging fruit then if there is no low hanging fruit then fruit could be scarce but if I have a ladder and can reach the higher fruit then again fruit is abundant Exponential technologies …
The yuan strengthened beyond 6.4 per dollar for the first time in 17 years, supported by the Federal Reserve’s pledge to keep interest rates at a record low through mid-2013 and signs China will use currency gains to help rein in inflation. The yuan has gotten at least as high as 6.3905 today. The Fed …
Xconomy reports that Organovo is bioprinting 3-dimensional “constructs” of diseased or dysfunctional human cells that can be used as models for testing new drugs. Creating a 3-D matrix of cells enables each cell to interact with adjoining cells, so they react to drug compounds much as they would in the body. Pharmaceutical companies are paying …
Luminescence from solutions of small semiconductor clusters (‘quantum dots’) of different sizes. By simply changing the size of the dots, we can change the colour of light they absorb or give out – so we can match the dots to the part of the solar spectrum we want to collect. (credit: Nanoco Technologies Ltd). Professor …
Flying High with batteries – EADS Innovation Works, the corporate research and technology network of EADS, is showcasing an allelectric propulsion system concept at Le Bourget. The VoltAir technology concept platform supports the vision of a zero-emission air vehicle which could become a reality 20 years from today. VoltAir is one of the projects that …
Atomic resolution electron micrograph of activated graphene. The images show that the material is composed of single sheets of crystalline carbon, which are highly curved to form a three-dimensional porous network. Activated graphene combines high storage capacity with quick energy release and unlimited recharge. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have …
Optical image of an antenna during the printing process. While most electronic components benefit from decreased size, antennas—whether in a cell phone or on an aircraft—suffer limitations in gain, efficiency, system range, and bandwidth when their size is reduced below a quarter-wavelength. New 3D antennas are electrically small relative to a wavelength (typically a twelfth …
There will be a new conference called the Compass Summit which is an outgrowth of the Techonomy conference which I attended in August of 2010 Compass Summit will take place Oct. 24-26 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Compass Summit is created by four of the original founders of Techonomy in an …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Georgia Tech researchers have fabricated an array of 10,000 top-gated graphene transistors, believed to be the largest graphene device density reported so far. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new “templated growth” technique for fabricating nanometer-scale graphene devices. The method addresses what …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Nuclear development in China has continued apace with the grid connection of a new reactor, the completion of a reactor building and a heavy forging deal. * The third reactor (650 MWe) at Qinshan Phase II nuclear power plant was connected to the East China …