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That according to Sandra Olson's interview of space elevator expert Dr. Brad Edwards (H/T Brian Wang). Highlights of the interview:
Small quantities of some nanotubes have been made that are sufficiently strong to be used in a space elevator. We would obviously need to produce hundreds of ...
Physical Science
In our latest FastForward Radio show I said "Nanotech is one of these things that you have to be up-to-the-minute on. Everyday is something new in this field you have to watch for."
Well, to prove that, here's one development that was announced the day of our show - cancer-killing ...
Other
Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon begin a two-part
series on nanotechnology. In Part 1, they will explore the origin of the concept
of nanotechnology and will talk through the basic concepts as outlined in K.
Eric Drexler's Engines of Creation. The entire book is available online for ...
Other
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving
world
Special
Dispatch
November
28, 2009
We're running BATT's every day during Thanksgiving week.
There's an app for that?: ...
Physical Science
NASA
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving
world
Special
Dispatch
November
27, 2009
We're running BATT's every day during Thanksgiving week.
Wow:
Blind
man ...
Other
Thanksgiving wishes from the Espatchelowe family.
The cranberry sauce made me laugh so hard I cried. And those pilgrims in the end..funny and horrifying at the same time.
Other
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving
world
Special
Dispatch
November
26 , 2009
We're running BATT's every day during Thanksgiving week.
The title is perhaps a ...
Other
First we had Glenn writing about the singularity in Popular Mechanics . Pretty pedestrian stuff for those who are familiar with the subject, but potentially a real eye-opener for a lot of regular PM readers.
Next we find National Geographic -- celebrating the Darwin's 150th -- giving four ...
Other
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world
Special Dispatch
November 25, 2009
We'll be running daily BATT's all Thanksgiving week.
We're seeing a lot of progress in biofuels development, which is good news ...
Other
Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon continue their discussion about the future of human and machine evolution:
1. What are the challenges faced in trying to develop a human-level artificial intelligence?
2. When do humans stop being human?
3. What will be the relationship between ...
Other
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world
Special Dispatch
November 24, 2009
We'll be running daily BATT's all Thanksgiving week.
We've talked a lot over the last couple of months about what (if any) role ...
Other
...only real:
'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear': Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious
A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious ...
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Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world
Special Dispatch
November 23, 2009
We'll be running daily BATT's all Thanksgiving week.
An excellent development from MIT :
For many people, it has become ...
Other
I jumped the gun on announcing FastForward Radio's temporary return to Sunday evenings. Our next show will be on Tuesday, November 24 at the regular time. Then the following two weeks the show will air on Sunday. So once again the upcoming shows are:
Tuesday, November 24
Sunday, November ...
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...does not mean it can't be inspirational: [E]ven
movies with bad science can still inspire the science-minded....
Aside from James Kirk, the main characters in Star Trek are a science officer, a linguist, a mathematical wiz kid, a doctor, an engineer and a starship pilot who's good at ...
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Bad Science in Star Trek...
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Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss the future of human and machine evolution:
1. What are the challenges faced in trying to develop a human-level artificial intelligence?
2. When do humans stop being human?
3. What will be the relationship between humanity and post-human ...
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Bob Cringely proposes launching a space garbage scow to clean up the 18,000 pieces of space junk that have collected in Earth orbit.
Cringely thinks that a single garbage scow could clean up all of it - provided no more junk is added - in four decades. Because time to completion is ...
