Intelsat advocating the business case for servicing satelltes
Intelsat has a fleet of over 50 geostationary satellites and is the world’s largest commercial operator.Intelsat has spacecraft and launches from most major manufacturers and launch agencies Intelsat...
View ArticleUK company plans high altitude solar and wind energy generating drones
UK-based New Wave Energy plans to build the first high altitude aerial power plant, using networks of unmanned drones that can harvest energy from multiple sources and transmit it wirelessly to...
View ArticleInterplanetary missions as secondary payloads
Many sizes of small satellites can be included in unused launch space.Read more »
View ArticleGenetically modified cells monitor blood fat levels and release hormones to...
ETH-Zurich biotechnologists have constructed a genetic regulatory circuit from human components that monitors blood-fat levels. In response to excessive levels, it produces a messenger substance that...
View ArticleDrug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally in pill form
Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have developed a new type of nanoparticle that can be delivered orally and absorbed through the digestive tract, allowing patients to simply...
View ArticleGoogle Anti-aging Company Calico
Google as recently embarked on a series of high profile hires for its new venture Calico, a company which wants to extend human life by up to 100 years.Short for California Life Company, Calico is...
View ArticleSamsung super resolution S5 Galaxy and 5.5 inch Apple iPhone 6 in 2014
Bloomberg - Apple is developing new iPhone designs including 4.7 and 5.5 inch screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure, said a person familiar with...
View ArticleApple expected to make a 12.9 inch iPad and new iWatch in 2014
Quanta Computer has reportedly landed orders for Apple's rumored large-size iPad for mass production in the second half of 2014, while Inventec, Quanta and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...
View ArticleAdjusting China GDP shows China economy is less unbalanced and has 47% GDP...
It is increasingly accepted that China’s consumption is underestimated, while its investment is overestimated. Two studies, among others, have shed light on the subject. One is on unreported ‘grey’...
View ArticleMission to grow plants on the moon would have cost $300 million the old way...
Nasa has announced plans to grow plants on the moon by 2015 in a project designed to further humanity’s chances of successfully colonising space.Plant growth will be an important part of space...
View Article50 meters of new integrated optical waveguides will enable vastly superior...
DARPA’s integrated Photonic Delay (iPhoD) program created a new class of photonic waveguides with losses approaching that of optical fiber. The new waveguides are built onto microchips and include up...
View ArticleJoe Eck reports Superconductor at 53.6C Almost to the hottest outdoor...
Joe Eck at Superconductors.org reports the observation of superconductivity above 53 Celsius (127F, 326K) in a new copper-oxide ceramic. The chemical formula of this discovery is Tl7Sn2Ba2SiCu10O20+....
View ArticleMerrill Lynch view of a Transforming World from now to 2033
Merrill Lynch Wealth management has a view of dynamic forces that are sweeping across the globe, reshaping our lives and creating a wave of opportunities.Within 20 years, more than half of the world’s...
View ArticleUS and European governments gained $1.6 trillion from low interest rates on...
A McKinsey Global Institute report examines the distributional effects of these ultra-low rates. It finds that there have been significant effects on different sectors in the economy in terms of income...
View ArticleAmazon and Walmart are competing to get same day delivery now but Amazon is...
In a Sunday evening "60 Minutes" program aired on CBS Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos unveiled the new service, dubbed Prime Air, to CBS anchor Charlie Rose.The company has been working on the...
View ArticleCombating people who have the wrong intuition about longevity
Ben Goertzel talks about the war on the war on death.A couple days ago the New York Times ran an article by 83 year old author Daniel Callahan, entitled “On Dying After Your Time.” The theme of the...
View ArticleNot creating more old people is not the answer to poorly structured pension...
A commenter on google plus to an article that I wrote.The article I wrote indicated that people have the wrong intuition about aging, longevity and economics.The commenter responded with the following...
View ArticleDiamondoid Mechanosynthesis in context of other technology
Richard Jones is an academic who started publishing writings on nanotechnology in 2004. He frequently got the details of what other people wrote or did incorrect.Usually Jones has a lot of things...
View ArticleLife expectancy, universal healthcare and medical costs
58 countries have universal healthcare. Most countries in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan and several other countries have universal healthcare.Several of the countries have universal healthcare...
View ArticleCarnival of Space 330
1. Astroswanny takes a look at the ISON perihelion and social media action that made more than a few scientists almost choke on their thansgiving turkey. Astroswanny suggests that if a naked eye comet...
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