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Full NASA Cannae Drive and EMdrive Test paper shows that there is anomolous...

The 21 page Anomalous Thrust Production from an RF Test Device Measured on a Low-Thrust Torsion Pendulum paper is online at Libertarian News.Abstract - Anomalous Thrust Production from an RF Test...

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Fourth Successful Spacex launch of 2014

Spacex successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket, which was carrying the AsiaSat 8 spacecraft at 4:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday. This was the fourth Falcon 9 flight of 2014. The launch was originally scheduled...

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Russia and the EU battle over airline sanctions and rights

Russian’s lone economy airline Dobrolet, which was created by the national airline Aeroflot, has suspended flights due to the effects of EU sanctions. The decision was taken after leasing contracts...

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Possible Russian Separation from International Space Station could be an...

The ISS (International Space Station) currently has five Russian-built modules: the Zvezda service module, the Zarya cargo block, the Pirs docking module, the Poisk ("Search") research module and...

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India needs to expand nuclear power 16 times by 2050 and Indonesia is...

1. India has to hugely expand nuclear power along with its entire power system to bring electricity to 300 million people and move away from coal, according to a study by the International Energy...

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Canada's Magnovate will build third generation magnetic levitation high speed...

Canada's Magnovate aims to commercialize Magline, a proprietary magnetic levitation transport solution. Magline further improves on system economics by utilizing a “packet switching” model that enables...

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Stacked solar cells could achieve more than 50 percent efficiency and 5 cent...

Semprius has come up with three key innovations for cheaper solar power.1. a cheap, fast way to stack cells2. a proprietary way to electrically connect cells3. a new kind of glue for holding the cells...

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Synthesis of structurally pure carbon nanotubes using molecular seeds

Researchers at Empa [Switzerland] and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research have succeeded in "growing" single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT) with a single predefined structure - and hence...

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Exoskeletons for Carrying heavy objects in shipbuilding similar to one of...

The Experiments of Wearable Robot for Carrying Heavy-Weight Objects of Shipbuilding Works was presented at an IEEE conferenceWorkers building the world’s biggest ships could soon don robotic...

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IBM announces 1 million neuron cognitive chip

The latest IBM SyNAPSE chip, introduced on August 7, 2014, has the potential to transform mobility by spurring innovation around an entirely new class of applications with sensory capabilities at...

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Startup with optical solver supercomputer targets 17 exaFLOPS by 2020

A startup company called Optalysis is trying to invent a fully-optical computer that would be aimed at many of the same tasks for which GPUs are currently used. Amazingly, Optalysis is claiming that...

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Video of the Elon Musk 60 Minutes Interview

Elon Musk, CEO and CTO (Chief Technical Offocer) of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, interviewed on 60 Minutes.The video covers Elon Musk's biography from childhood to today. Read more »

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Elon Musk says that a sustainable human City is needed on Mars to achieve his...

June 17th 2014 Closing Bell Session is a talk about SpaceX being the number one on CNBC's Disruptor 50 List. They also talk about SolarCity's major plan in NY and Tesla's direct sales update.Elon feels...

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Pioneer Natural Resources CEO predicts US Crude oil production will reach 14...

Technological improvements will allow energy companies to scrape more crude out of the ground and drive U.S. oil production higher. Although government forecasters expect U.S. oil production to peak...

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Babylon 5 reboot likely to become big-budget film with a 2016 Production Start

According to a report from TV Wise, Babylon 5 showrunner J. Michael Straczynski will shortly begin work on a rebooted big-screen version of his 1990s sci-fi TV series. Speaking at San Diego Comic Con...

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NASA studies enabling massive lens in space from dust

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which has named five projects for $500,000 Phase 2 awards.. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is leading one of the Phase II projects, one called...

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China's offers southeast asian countries Canada and Mexico deal with the USA...

China wants to build thousands of miles of high speed rail and cargo rail track that will loop through Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia and head south to Singapore as part of a grand trans-Asian...

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Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies

NASA has awarded a $500,000 phase 2 grant for hybrid spacecraft - rovers.The goal of this effort is to develop a mission architecture that allows the systematic and affordable in-situ exploration of...

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Elon Musk statements and my own extrapolation of developments towards an...

"[Elon Musk] is hopeful that the first people could be taken to Mars in 10 to 12 years. Elon think it is certainly possible for that to occur. He says the thing that matters long term is to have a...

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Comet Rendezvous and Landing

Comet Rendezvous and Landing: Rosetta and Philae  A Guest Post by Joseph FriedlanderThe Rosetta spacecraft is in the complex process of being captured by a low-mass body, Comet...

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