A prototype of what will be the UK’s largest space rocket has been unveiled, ahead of a planned September 2009 launch.
Creator and Salford University academic Steve Bennett hopes ‘Nova 2′ will take paying passengers into space by 2013.
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Also a couple days ago Nicolas Sarkozy (President of France) announced an ambitious step forward for […]
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Two decades ago, physicist and energy expert Amory Lovins came up with a notion he called “Hypercar,” a general class of vehicles so fuel-efficient it might, Lovins hoped, radically reduce oil consumption in the U.S. and worldwide. Many automakers are beginning to […]
MIT was so advanced in 1965 (the year I entered as a freshman) that it actually had a computer. Housed in its own building, it cost $11 million (in today’s dollars) and was shared by all students and faculty. Four decades later, the computer in your cellphone is a million times smaller, a million times […]
Your mind: it’s just another piece of hardware. Make sure you download the latest patch and upgrade to the newest operating system.
“In the near future, these technologies will be available to us to help us take control of our own minds, to alter our own minds – to bring a DIY hacker mentality to your […]
Uhh …
The four key areas where the military is placing its bets: hypersonic vehicles, laser technology, using information technology and neuroscience to combine human and machine on the battlefield, and employing sociology and psychobiology to combat terrorism. A good (virtual) idea? Maybe, but maybe not. Have a look…
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Solarhydrolysis?
Hydrogen is one of the most important fuels of the future, and the sun will be one of our most important sources of energy. Why not combine the two to produce hydrogen directly from solar energy without any detours involving electrical current?
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“The [new genes] repaired the damage behind a rare form of blindness and a muscle wasting disease” & “while this might slow down ageing, it would not halt it completely, as mitochondria are just one of many factors involved in the ageing process.”
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At the 21st century’s start, few would have predicted that by 2007, a second race for the moon would be under way. Yet the signs are that this is now the case. Furthermore, in today’s moon race, unlike the one that took place between the United States and the U.S.S.R. in the 1960s, a full […]
