Clik here to view.
NASA Dawn in second orbit around Ceres after recovering from system anomaly
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is healthy and stable, after experiencing an anomaly in the system that controls its orientation. It is still in its second mapping orbit 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) above...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the way to personal ray guns, a 650 pound squad level ten kilowatt combat...
Boeing's new Compact Laser Weapon System (LWS) breaks down into four parts, each transportable by one or two Marines. Boeing says these components include:* a battery* a water-cooled chiller* a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass...
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts has a phase 2 funding for 3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass and ComplexityBin Chen of the University of California will lead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS)
An Electric Sail (E-sail) propulsion study has been funded for a 2015 NAIC Phase II study. The international team includes: the inventor and patent holder of the E-Sail propulsion system (Dr. Pekka...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Directed Energy Weapons from watts to gigawatts
After a nearly half-century quest, the U.S. military today is on the cusp finally fielding operationally relevant directed-energy weapons. While megawatt-class lasers to shoot down ballistic missiles...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SCEPS in Space - Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless Solar System...
Stored Chemical Energy Power Systems (SCEPS) have been used in U.S. Navy torpedoes for decades. NASA has given Michael Paul of Pennsylvania State University a phase 2 NIAC funding.SCEPS works by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA further developing Titan Space Submarine Design
Phase II of the Titan Submarine: Exploring the Kraken Mare effort will focus on advancing the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the concept by(1) retiring risks found in the Phase I design, (2)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IBM CTO eventually wants Watson AI to run on Quantum Computers
IBM Watson's chief technology officer Rob High said there was a "very natural synergy" between cognitive computing and quantum computing, revealing he hoped to one day see Watson run on a quantum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Army installing 15 MRAPs with IED blasting lasers
Fifteen Cougar MRAP (Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles) are being fitted with robotic arms and a 3-kilowatt laser, which the user aims and fires using a PlayStation 4-like controller. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stem Cell Exosomes used to Induce Damaged Mouse Hearts to Repair Themselves
A little more than a decade ago, researchers discovered that all cells secrete tiny communications modules jammed with an entire work crew of messages for other cells. Today, a team of researchers, led...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trans-Formers for exploring dark and extremely cold areas of the moon
NASA NIAC has a phase 2 funding for a transformer lunar exploration robots.Imagine an oasis of warm sunlight surrounded by a desert of freezing cold darkness. Robots inside the oasis perform scientific...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest NASA map of Pluto will get 1000 times better over the 2 weeks
This is the latest map of Pluto created from images taken from June 27 to July 3 by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on New Horizons, combined with lower-resolution color data from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China built high speed rail in Turkey and is building economically important...
In 2014, the first high-speed railway project built by Chinese companies in a foreign country was completed in Turkey. The 533-kilometer railroad links Turkey's capital of Ankara with the country's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China's market has lost US$3 trillion in one month but foreign institutions...
China’s stock market has lost over $3 trillion in value in less than a month without creating a domino effect across the world. Chinese markets continued their plunge this week, wiping close to 37...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA developing technology for exploring lunar caves and volcanic tunnels
Periscope is an instrument and mission concept with the goal of investigating and mapping lunar skylights from an orbiting platform using photon time-of-flight imaging. This project has received phase...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Near term Solar sail technology for missions beyond Pluto
Here is a NASA study of the near term potential of solar sails.The Sunjammer solar sail spacecraft will use 5 micron thick Kapton film as a sail material. An investigation into the materials available...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia Plans New Interceptor and Carrier-Killer Nuclear Submarines by 2020
According to the Moscow Times, Russia will design two new classes of nuclear-powered submarines as part of President Vladimir Putin's 20 trillion ruble ($356 billion) rearmament campaign through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia developing multipurpose missile launch tubes and new destroyer with...
Russia is developing a multi-role missile launcher for ship-borne missiles to be equipped on state-of-the-art watercraft of the Russian Navy, Technodynamika's head Maxim Kuzyuk told RIA Novosti.Earlier...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Third generation space telescope 1000 times better than Hubble could scan...
There is a proposed High-Definition Space Telescope (HDST) which would have a mirror up to 12 meters across. That's 5 times the width of the 2.4-metre Hubble, which revolutionized astronomy with its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IBM achieves 7 nanometer chips using EUV lithography and strained silicon...
IBM Research today announced that it has produced the semiconductor industry’s first 7nm (nanometer) node test chips with functioning transistors. The breakthrough, accomplished in partnership with...
View Article