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NASA NIAC -Robert Hoyt Spiderfab and Yong Bae Photonic Laser Thrusters
Robert Hoyt, Tethers, Unlimited, Inc., 2013 Phase II Fellow SpiderFab: Architecture for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale AperturesSpiderfab - build in space and make structures 10 times biggerA...
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NASA NIAC 2014 symposium - cubesat propulsion, torpor human stasis, and...
NASA NIAC 2014 symposium, thursday early afternoon session1:00 Nathan Jerred, Universities Space Research Association, 2013 Phase I Fellow Dual-mode Propulsion System Enabling CubeSat Exploration of...
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3D printing huge objects will impact the world economy not small hobbyist crap
China is investing heavily in 3D printing, just like those in the U.S. and Europe.In June, China announced a gigantic 3D printer, which they claimed was the world’s largest at the time, with a 1.8...
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Foresight Nanotechnology Integration Conference - Global Trends 2030
NExtbigfuture is at the Foresight Nanotechnology Integration conference this weekend. Here is the link to the schedule.The Integration Conference brought together over 20 speakers to present their...
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Foresight Nanotechnology Integration - Skybox Satellite Imaging
Skybox imaging was mentioned by Steve Jurvetson in his talk at the Foresight Nanotechnology Integration.Skybox was founded out of the CubeSat community and they are ardent believers in the power of...
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Fish to 2030 - Prospects for Fisheries and Aquaculture
Fish already represent 16.5% of all animal protein consumed globally and 6.5% of all human protein consumption.During the last three decades, capture fi sheries production increased from 69 million to...
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The World is safe for Radical life extension - We can research life extension...
I was at the Brains events Immortalist Audit event on Saturday. It was a fun and interesting event. There was a question posed at the event. What happens if Radical life extensions happens ? What...
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Vertical Farming not because we need it to feed people but because we will...
I have shown that regular farming using 100 year old techniques can increase agricultural production by 50% over the next 20-30 years and by 100% over the 50 years. I have also shown that single story...
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Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows up Class
The New York Times reports a commander at a secluded terrorist training camp north of Baghdad unwittingly used a belt packed with explosives while conducting a demonstration early Monday for a group of...
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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 195
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 195 is up at Atomic Power ReviewAtomic Insights looks at Alvin Weinbergs Liquid Fuel Reactors Physicist Alvin Weinberg worked on the Manhattan Project and later...
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Japan plans to restart 10 nuclear reactors by summer
Yomuri Shimbun reports that the Japanese government aims to restart about 10 of the nation's idle nuclear reactors by this summer, when electricity demand is expected to increase.According to sources,...
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Carnival of Space 340
The Carnival of Space 340 is up at Dear AstronomerThe Meridiani Journal - About that ‘mystery rock’ on Mars: no it’s not a plant, but…Universe Today - Super-Earths Could Be More ‘Superhabitable’ Than...
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Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells
A team of chemists and engineers at Penn State has placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically. It's not exactly "Fantastic...
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Olympic Medal Count Compared to Predictions
Three weeks ago we covered some predictions for the 2014 Winter Olympics medal count. We are now 31 events into the 98 events.The distibution of events makes it tougher to extrapolate from the first...
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It is not Utopian to copy what works and accelerate improving trends
An article Motley Fool, lists out 50 facts which show that overall human civilization is now living through its greatest period. Trends are still improving and we could do better if more cities and...
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Fuel gain over unity in an inertially confined fusion implosion
For the first time anywhere, we've gotten more energy out of the fuel than what was put into the fuel" for a nuclear fusion experiment. This is reported by the Wall Street Journal and other sources...
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Global Income Distribution in Detail and Possible Shifts by 2030
Euromonitor published in 2013 an income distribution by decile for each country with statistics up to 2011.If China is able to reform its urbanization safety net and enable 300 million existing migrant...
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Google works with Foxconn to create a new generation of factory manufacturing...
Google appears to be building a "robotic operating system for manufacturers," with Foxconn serving as a testbed. Foxconn has been working with former Android executive Andy Rubin since last year to...
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Transatomic Power presents their molten salt reactor at Google Solve for X 2014
Transatomic Power is developing a molten salt reactor. They are using a zirconium hydride moderator instead of graphite. They also use a different salt.They have a 27 page white paper with their...
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3d Nano architected metamaterials could be 1 million times lighter
Nanometer thick walls that are made into hollow trusses to enable far lighter and stronger material.Julia Greer's web page at Cal TechJournal of Materials Science - Mechanical characterization of...
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