World population will be around 15-25 billion in 2100 and will increase...
The United Nations (UN) recently released population projections based on data until 2012 and a Bayesian probabilistic methodology. Analysis of these data reveals that, contrary to previous literature,...
View ArticleIf Technology removes the constraints are human wants unlimited ?
A fundamental assumption of the study of economics is that human wants are unlimited.The economic problem is human wants are unlimited, but the means to satisfy human wants are scarce. The...
View ArticleIf Technology removes limits will there be larger families ?
There have been general assumptions that wealthy and urban people have small families.This is true for the hard working affluent. People who are upper middle class but have two working parents.Back in...
View ArticleRossi has an US Patent for his Energy Catalyzer but Ahern notes that it does...
Andre Rossi is known for his controversial cold fusion (LENR) energy catalyzer. He has received a US Patent for it.There is supposed to be some kind of standard where a Patent should allow a competent...
View ArticleTheory explaining Electromagnetic energy without radiation could be important...
Physicists have found a radical new way confine electromagnetic energy without it leaking away, akin to throwing a pebble into a pond with no splashThe theory could have broad ranging applications from...
View ArticleA stable narrow band atomic x-ray laser is near
An atomic laser operating at the shortest wavelength yet achieved has been created by bombarding a copper foil with two X-ray pulses tuned to slightly different energies. The results may lead to...
View ArticleQuantum Cognition: The possibility of processing with nuclear spins in the brain
The possibility that quantum processing with nuclear spins might be operative in the brain is proposed and then explored. Phosphorus is identified as the unique biological element with a nuclear spin...
View ArticleChina saving Terminator movie Sequels
Terminator Genisys had a disappointing box office ($89 million) in North America, but the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi sequel opened with a whopping $27.4 million on its first day in China. That is the...
View ArticleUS B-3 stealth bomber planned for 2025 will try to get through pickets of...
A new US bomber, likely called the B-3 (aka Long Range Strike Bomber - LRS-B), will replace all or most of the current fleets of B-52 and B-1 bombers, while complementing the B-2 bombers built by...
View ArticlePakistan reported to be building 20 nuclear missiles each year, which will...
A new report by two American think tanks asserts that Pakistan may be building 20 nuclear warheads annually and could have the world’s third-largest nuclear stockpile within a decade. Pakistan could...
View ArticleLPP Fusion closes last of $2 million stock offering and slogs away on...
LPP Fusion again worked on the details of getting inpurities from the firing of the Tungsten electrode for their dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project.They have cleaned the Tungsten. There was a...
View ArticleAccelerating Future e-book covers introduction to Singularity, AGI,...
Michael Anissimov (who used to blog Accelerating Future) has written an e-book. Michael's brand new book Our Accelerating Future: How Superintelligence, Nanotechnology, and Transhumanism Will Transform...
View ArticleIBM collaborates with GENCI on exascale computing
IBM and GENCI, the high performance computing agency in France, today announced a collaboration aimed at speeding up the path to exascale computing – the ability of a computing system to perform at...
View Article3D printed 120 micron long microfish with microject engines could be...
California, San Diego used an innovative 3D printing technology they developed to manufacture multipurpose fish-shaped microrobots — called microfish — that swim around efficiently in liquids, are...
View ArticleResearchers Use DNA ‘Clews’ to Shuttle CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Editing Tool into Cells
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have for the first time created and used a nanoscale vehicle made of DNA to deliver a CRISPR-Cas9...
View ArticleSmall, low power flatter metamaterial satellite receivers from Kymeta and...
Intelsat the world’s leading provider of satellite services, and Kymeta Corporation, the leading developer of metamaterials-based antenna technology, announced an agreement to design and produce...
View ArticleChina has the money and Russia has some needed experience and know how so...
Russia is struggling to develop advanced military hardware thanks to economic challenges. Russia has touted what it calls a strategic alliance with China, which may develop into plans to build a joint...
View ArticleNuclear Energy and Uranium through 2024
Harsh Singh Chauhan has a view of Uranium and Nuclear energy at Seeking AlphaDisclosure - Author of Nextbigfuture has some shares in CamecoOver $740 billion will be invested in the construction of new...
View ArticleExpandable space stations will be tested and proven in space within 12 months...
Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, Nevada, has entered into a joint agreement with NASA to leverage the company’s B330 inflatable space habitat for use with NASA’s human space flight program. With the...
View ArticleMillions of drones by 2025 and a million military grade drones by 2030
An Indian Army requirement for approximately 600 sets of mini-UAVs is attracting interest from various manufacturers, who must partner with Indian companies to comply with the government’s “Make in...
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