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Two European theoretical physicists have shown that it may be possible to build a near-perfect, entangled quantum battery. In the future, such quantum batteries might power the tiniest of devices — or provide power storage that is much more efficient than state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery packs. To understand the concept of quantum batteries, we need to start (unsurprisingly) at a very low level.
Quantum entangled batteries could be the perfect power source
100-Year Starship Project, Led By Ex-Astronaut Mae Jemison, Sets Sights On Distant Stars
By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/21/2012 05:34 PM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily
I’m a believer. 3D printing is going to change everything from how we create to how we consume.
Your Next Home May Be Constructed With A 3D Printer
Underwater Habitats - Trilobis 65 Floating Home
Trilobis 65 has been designed on four separate levels connected by a spiraling staircase. The top level is 3.5 metres above sea level. The next level is at 1.4 metres above sea level and hosts the daylight zone with all services and allowing outdoor access. The third level is situated at 0.8 metre below sea level, semi-submerged, and is devoted to the night-time zone.
@ EBone : Okay, stop being obtuse. My original post was a sarcastic critique of the clip posted. It had nothing to do with what chages have actually transpired in the US since then.
The 1958 Documentary That Inspired the Jetsons
10 Tech Concepts for 2011 - Technology Terms
6 Optogenetics Until now, researchers looking to stimulate specific neurons had to rely on bursts of electricity—an imprecise and difficult-to-control technique. That's why the new field of optogenetics is so exciting.
Red dwarf star: Distant rocky planet 'could be future human home'
PARIS — A rocky world orbiting a nearby star has been confirmed as the first planet outside our solar system to meet key requirements for sustaining life, scientists said on Monday. Modelling of planet Gliese 581d shows it has the potential to be warm and wet enough to nurture Earth-like life, they said. It orbits a red dwarf star called Gliese 581 , located around 20 light years from Earth, which makes it one of our closest neighbours.
TIME's report on our robotic future: 5 incredible predictions
According to futurologist Raymond Kurzweil, robots will advance well beyond the role of helpful sidekick by mid-century. CorbisScientists at CERN have announced that they've been able to trap 309 atoms of antihydrogen for over 15 minutes. This is long enough that soon, they'll be able to figure out whether antimatter obeys the law of gravity, or whether it's repelled by normal matter and falls "up" instead. It would be antigravity , for real.
Scientists could be months away from discovering antigravity
no ta, i have that one already, its why exams and the like have never posed a problem to me, i remember in video (or thats the best way i can describe it) if i want to remember where i put something for example i just run the bit where i had it last and i know where it is if that makes sense at all, until i was about 12 i imagined it was how everyone remembered, it amazed me when people told me that it wasnt and i still dont quite know how other people get by in life without it strangely sound is not so clear, i can remember seeing someone say something to me but not often all the words, and some parts of my earlier memories have no colour, i can still see the "video" but its all in a kind of greenish tinted greyscale, a strange old thing that grey matter 3/05/11 1:05am <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory
I think some of the stuff is lovely - like the solar system coming out of the TV, but most of it just creeps me out. I don't want everything to be on glass, it just makes everything less tangible and less personal, almost cold.