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The $1.7-billion HiPER facility—High Power laser Energy Research—will kick off with a party this monday. Yes, the project that will hopefully give us a way to produce limitless clean energy and save humanity from self-destruction (or pull out an LHC and destroy half the planet), starts up with a hydrogen pellet and alcoholic cocktails, which, if you ask me, is the perfect way to begin saving the planet. Here is how it works:
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HiPER Laser Fusion Project "Starts" Tomorrow, Could Save Earth
The $1.7-billion HiPER facility—High Power laser Energy Research—will kick off with a party this monday. Yes, the project that will hopefully give us a way to produce limitless clean energy and save humanity from self-destruction (or pull out an LHC and destroy half the planet), starts up with a hydrogen pellet and alcoholic cocktails, which, if you ask me, is the perfect way to begin saving the planet. Here is how it works:
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1:30 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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Latest by Mike918: @FrankenPC: Impossible is nothing...yeah i just got payed to say that...not really my life is pretty sad. more »
chips
Scientists Build First Properly 3D-Stacked Processor, Run It At 1.4GHz
Stacked-up chip technology isn't new, but scientists at the University of Rochester have built the first properly-3D chip recently. Unlike previous attempts, with layered standard 2D chip-circuitry on top of similar layers, the new chip actually has components built into a 3D-matrix, with interconnects between layers. More »
question of the day
All of the news surrounding the Large Hadron Collider and the Burj Dubai Skyscraper recently has got me thinking about large-scale technological projects. Both absolutely defy belief, but which one do you think is the most impressive achievement? I'm even going to throw in the International Space Station for good measure. How about the pyramids? Why not—might be a good idea to have some historical balance.
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Question: Which is More Impressive - the LHC, Burj Dubai Tower, the ISS or the Pyramids?
All of the news surrounding the Large Hadron Collider and the Burj Dubai Skyscraper recently has got me thinking about large-scale technological projects. Both absolutely defy belief, but which one do you think is the most impressive achievement? I'm even going to throw in the International Space Station for good measure. How about the pyramids? Why not—might be a good idea to have some historical balance.
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olympics
Little Girl Substituted By Cuter Little Girl In Olympic Opening Ceremony Karaoke
We can understand why the footprint fireworks were digitally faked into the live broadcast of the Olympic opening ceremony—because it would have been too dangerous to actually fly a helicopter through those projectiles—but allowing a cuter little girl to karaoke while the originally chosen little girl stood behind the scenes and sang? That's gotta make you feel sad for the slightly less good looking little girl. More »
graphene
Scientists Make World's Smallest Balloon, For Microscopic Birthday Parties
Graphene looks like it's going to be one of the "wonder materials" of the future, and a science team at Cornell University has just demonstrated the world's smallest balloon made of it. They stuck sheets of graphene over microscopic wells (1 to 100 square micrometers) cut into silica glass, trapping gas inside. By varying the pressure in the wells, they could make the graphene bulge inwards or outwards like a balloon, and the membranes proved pretty resilient: They could withstand several atmospheres of pressure. Though, like real birthday party balloons, the gas leaked out after a few days, it apparently did so through the glass, not the graphene. These tiny air pockets may have future uses as micro-sized weighing scales or even precise pressure sensors: It's another case of an invention waiting to find a use. [New Scientist]
Compact Projectors
Nippon Signal Mini Projector Could Fit Into Your Shirt Pocket
Nippon Signal has revealed its new entrant into the color projector size war, showing off a SVGA 800 x 600 resolution color projector that's roughly the size of a cigarette case at a recent micromachines exhibition. The prototype, which measures a tiny 90 x 55 x 20mm, uses a MEMS scanner to project images, rather than the more traditional LED. More »
fuel cells
Much Cheaper Fuel Cells On The Way With New Prototype
Australian researchers have developed a new fuel cell prototype that could lead to much cheaper, more efficient fuel cell vehicles in the near future. Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne created a new cathode that could bypass the need for expensive platinum nanoparticles, which adds about $3500 to $4000 to the sticker price of current fuel cells. More »
solar energy
New Way Of Storing Solar Energy Discovered
Solar power has a lot of promise, but until recently there hasn't been an adequate way to store the energy the sun produces. Scientists at MIT have come up with a new fuel cell process that mimics the way plants store the sun's rays that is both efficient and inexpensive, not to mention environmentally sound. Without getting too technical, the system uses sunlight to separate water's hydrogen and oxygen atoms and then puts them back together in a fuel cell, providing energy. This means an almost limitless supply of clean energy might be just a few years away, though it's still too early to say when you'll have what you want: a solar powered laptop. [PhysOrg]
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