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Moon Express, Inc. (MoonEx) is targeting mining the moon. Major Moon Markets * Mining for Space and Terrestrial Markets * Generating space-based solar power * space-based manufacturing, research and development * space tourism and entertainment Mining the moon * water. at least 1 billion tons in the poles * precious metals (platinum, other platinum grade …
Carnival of space 185 is up at theSpacewriter.com Steve’s astrocorner reviews the decadal survey for where astrophysics and astronomy He looks at the Webb Space telescope and a lot more. Weirdwarp reviews the possibility of a large planet Tyche in the Oort comet cloud Nextbigfuture had looked at the Tyche planet X theory as well …
Dr. Tal Raviv and his graduate student have developed a tool that makes passenger train journeys shorter, especially when transfers are involved — a computer-based system to shave precious travel minutes off a passenger’s journey. Dr. Raviv’s solution, the “Service Oriented Timetable,” relies on computers and complicated algorithms to do the scheduling. “Our solution is …
There is a 55 page pdf proposed low carbon development plan for China by a research group of Chinese economists 50 Forum There are several versions of the plan. I picked up a 128 page copy in Hong Kong and amazon has a longer hard cover version on sale. The longer versions go into more …
Here is a link to a New York Times video of the Google self driving robotic car. This site has previously proposed an incremental path to cities with only robotic cars. This is a plan to enable the safe early deployment of robotic cars, trucks and buses. The robotic car only zones can start off …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software University of Exeter has commercially orientated research in the core themes of advanced manufacturing and materials development. One of their projects is Utopium. EADS Innovation Works is the partner and funder of the Utopium project. The project proposes to investigate the development of unique high potential …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Transonic supercritical fuel injection system and its potential for 50-75% efficiency improvement of regular gas engines was covered here before Autoblog Green has updated information. Transonic Combustion CEO Brian Ahlborn goal is to have Transonic go into business as a supplier of fuel systems to the …
North Dakota oil production has reached new highs and the two month lag in monthly statistics will likely show about 250,000 barrels of oil per day in October or November. The latest monthly statistics are 231,252 barrels of oil per day (bopd) for August 2009. Brigham Exploration Co. on Friday said that one of its …
H Plus Magazine indicates that the Japanese HAL robotic exoskeleton is going into mass production to make 400 suits per year at US$4200. The suit can boost strength by ten times. Lockheed is deploying the HULC lower extremity exoskeleton for the US military. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science …
Genetic researchers at Children’s National Medical Center and the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Tokyo published the results of the first successful application of “multiple exon-skipping” to curb the devastating effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an animal larger than a mouse. Multiple exon-skipping employs multiple DNA-like molecules as a “DNA band-aids” to …