Category: Energy Transportation

Ten-engine electric plane completes successful flight test

Imagine a battery-powered plane that has 10 engines and can take off like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. That is a concept >>>

Posted: May 7, 2015 in Energy, Transportation

Scientists stumble across unknown stem-cell type

‘Region-selective’ pluripotent cells raise possibility of growing human organs in animals. Source: Scientists stumble across unknown stem-cell type

Posted: May 7, 2015 in Biological

Rare African plant signals diamonds beneath the soil

Geologist discovers first botanical indicator for diamond-bearing rock Source: Rare African plant signals diamonds beneath the soil

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Environmental

Neural network chip built using memristors | Ars Technica

Paired memristors act like synapses to link circuitry that acts like neurons. Source: Neural network chip built using memristors | Ars Technica

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Artificial Intelligence, Computer, CPU, Processors

Asteroid-Mining Company to Deploy 1st Satellite This Summer

Planetary Resources’ Arkyd-3R probe currently sits aboard the International Space Station and is scheduled to be deployed into orbit sometime in July, representatives of the >>>

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Space

There Is Growing Evidence that Our Universe Is a Giant Hologram | Motherboard

If this depiction of space is correct, then like any computer, there is an inherent limit to the universe’s data storage and processing capacity. Source: >>>

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Cosmology