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Elon Musk wants Hyperloop enough that he will probably make a subscale...
Elon Musk now says he will probably build a subscale version that's operating. Musk said ironing out full details on a potential demonstration Hyperloop is a "tricky" process. But nonetheless, the...
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Metamaterials are set to migrate out of the laboratory and into the marketplace
Metamaterial applications such as cheaper satellite communications, thinner smartphones and ultrafast optical data processing are where metamaterials are poised to make a huge impact within a year or...
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SENS research progress to a replacement thymus to boost aging immune systems...
SENS, Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence, is research focused on repairing the seven known damages that are associated with aging. They have published their 2013 research report (26...
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MIT 3D Interlock Variants and Closer to Utility Fog
MIt Gershenfeld created a new 3D interlock structure — which is made from tiny, identical, interlocking parts— to chainmail. The parts, based on a novel geometry that Cheung developed with Gershenfeld,...
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Alfin Seems to be back online and blogging
A new Alfin blog is not an attempt to replace earlier Al Fin blogs. The hibernating family of Al Fin blogs found on blogspot.com were dedicated largely to the idea of “the next level,” and helping the...
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Elon Musk Gets more Tesla Options if Valuation goes over $43.2 billion
Elon Musk and Tesla spell long term goals in the Tesla's proxy statement. These goals need to be completed by Aug. 18, 2022, in order for Musk to receive various option grant. The company goals set...
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Counting Foxconn robots and China made robots, China is the largest robot...
From Frank Tobe's Robot Report - China’s 12th 5-Year Plan targeted robotics as a growth industry necessary for China’s development. It expects a compound growth rate of 25%, said Wang Weiming, deputy...
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Carbyne calculated to be 28 to 36% stronger than Graphene and twice as stiff
A new form of carbon, carbyne, is calculated to be twice as stiff as carbon nanotubes or graphene and about significantly stronger than graphene, carbon nanotubes and diamond. Rice University...
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Highest reported current performance for a superconductor wire or a film on a...
The ability to control nanoscale imperfections in superconducting wires results in materials with unparalleled and customized performance, according to a new study from the Department of Energy’s Oak...
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Husab, Haggan uranium mines
1. Husab mine (Namibia location owned by China Guangong Nuclear Power Company) construction is 25 percent complete and management is targeting to start pre-stripping 2014 second quarter. The mine will...
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China has started buying high speed rail equipment again and is taking $8.2...
China has reopened tenders for high-speed trains worth an estimated $8.2 billion, lifting a suspension imposed after a crash that killed dozens of passengers in 2011 and signalling a new phase of...
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Buffet buys half a billion in oilsand stock as Keystone delay no longer matters
Warren Buffet established a new position of 17,769,457 shares in Suncor (big canadian oilsand company) at a cost of $524,021,000 for an average price of $29.49.Keystone-XL Pipeline: Delayed So Long It...
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Skycity is practical and different from past skyscrapers but unchanged...
Broad Group has a 15 page document that lays out the case for the SkyCity skyscraper This document describes why the 202 story Skycity is more practical than past skyscrapers and why it is economically...
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Disruptors like Spacex, Tesla Motors, Broad Group fight the courts and...
If Spacex fully succeeds then launch costs to orbit could drop to $10 per pound from $4000-20000 per pound. This could open up space to colonization and industry and enable the economy of civilization...
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930,000 square feet of the Skycity will be the largest vertical farm in the...
About 12% of the 1.05 million square meters (11.3 million square feet) of the 202 story skycity will be vertical organic farm, parks and open air gardens. It will be 930,000 square feet (86,400 square...
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Probably After Tesla Motors is the Worlds Biggest Car Company, Elon Musk will...
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors and Space Exploration Technologies, said today he may someday work to develop a supersonic, all-electric jet that could take off and land vertically. This would...
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Mid-range Gen 3 Car of 2016 being as self driving as the technology will...
Musk reiterated Tesla’s plans to launch higher volume models based on a third-generation platform. The automaker has previously mentioned two third-generation models, a small sedan and crossover,...
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Some other population projections of a two child policy in China
Some project a 4 million birth per year increase with a shift to a two child policy. This would mean about 12% of families with women aged 23-40 would choose to have a second child. Others project 9.5...
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Carnival of Space 315
1. Chandra Space Telescope Blog - Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a galaxy about 60 million light years from Earth. The...
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Coating that enables two electrons per photon should be able to boost solar...
While today’s commercial solar panels typically have an efficiency of at most 25 percent, a silicon solar cell harnessing singlet fission should make it feasible to achieve efficiency of more than 30...
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