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Hydrogen Storage
2009-09-14 20:09:00
Hydrogen Storage We need to use Hydrogen for energy, but it is hard to store or transport safely. This “invention” is a modification of one I did a few years back. It stores gaseous hydrogen in tiny balls that retain the gas under high pressure and release it on command ( applied external magnetic ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Science Fiction – When is it Real?
2009-09-06 20:08:00
I love Sci-fi, but as I get older I know what I like and most commercial fiction doesn’t cut it. I suspect I was more flexible in my younger years, but again, maybe the authors were just a bit better. I love William Gibson, Greg Bear and Walter Jon Williams. But I usually ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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The 3 Laws of Robotics – Modified
2009-08-01 15:52:00
OK, it’s been too long. So, I thought this story was worth the effort. Science Daily had a story about two guys who rewrote Asimov’s 3 laws of robotics. See Science Daily They basically tried to bring the laws into the present and into the real world. I did not have a positive reaction and I’d ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Nano Social Changes
2009-01-29 04:40:00
The hardest things to predict are those that depend on our hidden nature. It’s relatively easy to predict a new technology – just extrapolate the toys you see around you. But how will those toys play with the old animal psyche? For instance, humans don’t regulate human power. What you can get, you ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Solar Power: Stirling Engines to the Rescue
2008-08-22 09:29:00
Just a note concerning Stirling engines. I recently became aware of them and how they are poised to take over the solar conversion field. Or at least they should. Turns out these machines convert heat to electricity at 25% or twice the efficiency of silicon photovoltaic cells. A Stirling engine converts a heat ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Mind Design: Try it sometime.
2008-08-19 06:53:00
Hi, For forty years I’ve waited for someone to get AI right and create something that actually asks a question instead of simulating the asking of a question. I guess the reason is, we all thought it was more simple than it turns out to be. I suspect the problem is still not well thought ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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The New Social Imperative
2008-08-05 22:03:00
We are all familiar with the social graces that are in vogue today. Don’t discriminate based on race or physical handicap. Don’t make religion an issue when hiring, don’t care about anyone’s sexual orientation. All good stuff in my opinion. These things have been acquired by the culture as it matured. They ... Related posts:Nano Social Changes The hardest things to predict are those that depend on... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Roadmap For Brain Augmentation via the Internet.
2008-07-18 21:51:00
A comment inspired this more detailed view of how we get to brain augmentation. Society, now and for the foreseeable future, is a rather resistant beast to change of the status quo. So I doubt any mainstream company will set out to add RAM, splice in processing units, or in any fundamental way try to ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Water on Mars!
2008-06-20 23:09:00
At last, proof of water on Mars . I was wondering how they could get any of the white stuff in the tiny ovens to cook it and prove it was ice. Turns out they only needed to dig it up and watch it evaporate. You can click on this small image and see ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Asteroid Protection Overview
2008-06-11 06:49:00
This is a nanotechology blog, so what is all this asteroid stuff? We want nano tools to accomplish goals. We don’t need nano just to have a toy. Protecting the Earth is a rather high priority. This is how we can prevent damage from space, regulate global warming, clean up the environment. So what ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Solar Satellite
2008-06-05 01:34:00
I’ve been busy and the satellite has sat here doing nothing. But I’ve got to get this thing done. So I’m going to promise something and hope you hold me to it. I had to redesign the thing to handle smaller ribbons of deposited solar material. They are up to 1 meter wide and ...
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Simple Vision Improvement
2008-01-22 21:14:00
A patent for an eye device is described as a lens replacement camera plus a retina stimulator to send signals to the brain. For most of us, the eye we have is good enough, but it is not as good as it could be. The lens is a simple lens with no color correction, no ...
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The Future of Human Communication
2008-01-18 21:50:00
Hi, I saw this article today from Science Daily and it reminded me of an idea I’m using in a novel. Contact lens with electronics built in. The idea is that the cell phone has developed from the old hand lifted device to the new “carry anywhere” phone of today (2008) and it will continue to ...
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Nanocells - augment your body at the cell level.
2007-11-03 22:35:00
Nanocells - a concept based on the idea of augmenting your cells instead of trying to fix your "body".   Your cells are your body. They are individuals in the sense that billions of one type make up an organ or muscle. If you know how to keep that one cell working optimally, then you probably ...
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Nano Food: Will it ever happen?
2007-11-02 17:33:00
After seeing the resistance to genetically engineered crops, it is hard to imagine that food produced by a nanofactory would be welcomed with open arms by everyone. I suspect that it will be the last frontier to be conquered by molecular manufacturing. And even then, only the early adopters will serve tidbits at a party ...
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Nano and the Drought
2007-11-02 09:13:00
The southeast USA is experiencing the worst drought they’ve seen in decades. Someone called it a 100 year drought. I doubt that nanotechnology can do anything to help at the moment, but it is a great example of what we hope to handle a decade or two from now.   The drought is a ...
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How Nanotech would approach the Asteroid Problem.
2007-10-09 10:36:00
To get back to nanotechnology, I wanted to address the preferred path to a nanotech solution to the asteroid problem. Let’s assume we have limited nanofactory capability at least. Around 2030, we expect a nanofactory to be capable of converting raw material (carbon, iron, oxygen, etc) into almost any object or tool.  That means we ...
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Relative merits of the Gravity Tractor versus the Belt
2007-10-09 09:24:00
I’ve been working on the Belt Buckle idea as an animation but I’m realizing that the gravity tractor can do the job just as well in most cases and, in the case of a rubble pile, it does it better than any other method. A gravity tractor is the process of hovering a spacecraft close ...
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Power for the Asteroid Thruster
2007-09-19 22:52:00
This shows part of the power source for the thruster craft.  A previous article showed the craft design, but it had no power source.  It takes close to 250 KWatts to run one ion rocket.  Only nuclear or solar can supply that power.  I’m trying to avoid Nuclear power because you have to put a ...
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Asteroid Defense
2007-09-09 23:19:00
Hi, I’ve been busy and not posting for a long time.  This is one thing I’m working  on.  A possible way to grab small asteroids and change their obit enough to miss the Earth.  The orbital mechanics idea and much supporting data, such as what size asteroid is the most important came from  the B612 ...
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Solution for Global Warming
2007-04-28 07:20:00
To show what Nanotechnology can do once you have true molecular manufacturing capability, I will describe one method  we can use to fix global warming.  I realize this is a lot of hot air until we prove molecular manufacturing is real. But it does give us motivation to get there. Launch a single rocket from ...
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Nano Transportation Device
2007-04-20 22:45:00
In the early years of true nano research (when they can manipulate individual atoms and molecules ) there will be  nano labs with all the equipment for a lab and test area implemented on a silicon wafer.  For one reason it is cheaper to build all the lab equipment on the wafer. Easier to keep ...
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Nanocells
2007-04-08 06:58:00
In my last post a cell oriented approach was offered.  To explore that a bit more, lets look at what is needed.  I want to call these things Nano cells.  It is a human cell with augmentation. At first we need a mechanism to penetrate a random cell and set up housekeeping.  The goal is to ...
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New Cells in an Old Body
2007-03-30 20:22:00
After reading a story   about what we might change in our body to live longer, it occured to me that maybe we don’t have to fix the body as a whole but maybe just the cells.  It’s a matter of how you look at it.  Say the task was to create a device that would ...
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Immune Systems - Layer on Layer.
2007-03-25 01:07:00
In approximately 2020, true nanotechnology will become possible.  That is, we will be able to build technical devices at any scale or complexity at the molecular level.  That bodes both good and bad. There are people in the world who want to control or destroy anyone who does not agree with them.  I’m primarily thinking ...
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Saving Nature
2007-03-04 22:24:04
I’ve commented before on how nano will save the natural world.  Maybe you don’t realize how pervasive nano will become.  It will affect everything, in the same way that electronics has become a part of our lives.  For instance, nano can disassemble things as well as it can assemble them.  How does this affect our ...
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The Future and the Human Animal
2007-02-22 10:16:05
We are animals.  Yet we are characterized by our brain and our ability to use information. We are not rational.  We are driven by emotions to satisfy the needs of an animal. Our intelligence is a tool used to accomplish that satisfaction. Our words and our intellectual concepts of self are slanted to see ourselves ...
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Self Sufficiency
2007-01-31 10:07:04
The human race is in a precarious situation.  The TV shows get a lot of mileage out of our nightmares of doomsday.  Global warming, astroids, war, terrorists, infrastructure failure, famine, pollution, disease. At the moment we don’t have a lot of resources to handle a disaster.  I mean a real disaster, not the sort of ...
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Consciousness: another view
2007-01-27 22:04:02
An article from Edge,com  THE NEUROLOGY OF SELF-AWARENESS  By V.S. Ramachandran   gives a different slant on consciousness by pointing out that monkeys have brain cells called "mirror cells" that may have something to do with self awareness.  He describes how these may be required for empathy and ultimately for consciousness. His point seems to be ...
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The Singularity: A Positive viewpoint
2007-01-27 22:04:02
The last post was a negative viewpoint. Let’s see if I can balance this out.  I’m very interested in the future for what good might come to pass. With great power goes great responsibility.  And there are those who are working hard toward a beneficial future with nanotechnology.  The guys at  Responsible Nanotechnology are strongly focused ...
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