Newt Gingrich Gets Small
May 21, 2002
Nanotechnology is “the investment with the largest payoff over the next 50 years,” said Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, in a keynote at NanoBusiness Spring 2002.
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Nano breakthrough charges science world
May 21, 2002
IBM researchers have created carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) that suggest that CNFETs may be competitive with Silicon MOSFETs for future nanoelectronic applications.
CNFETs deliver more than twice the amount of electrical current at a faster rate than silicon transistors. Increased current can lead to faster transistors and integrated circuits, so carbon may become a building block of computing in the future.
Agency signs on digital star Lara Croft
May 21, 2002
Beverly Hills talent agency Creative Artists Agency announced they will represent digitally animated Lara Croft for new products and promotional tie-ins.The Lara Croft character has been featured in six video games and the “Tomb Raider” movie. Eidos plans to release the new “Lara Croft: The Angel of Darkness” video game this coming winter.
Gingrich and Kurzweil: promise and peril of nanotech
May 20, 2002
NEW YORK, May 20 — Keynote speakers Newt Gingrich and Ray Kurzweil addressed the promises and peril of nanotechnology in a press conference at the NanoBusiness Spring 2002 conference here today.
“The only viable and responsible path is to set a careful course that can realize the promise while managing the peril,” said Kurzweil.
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of United States House of Representatives and Honorary… read more
Study ranks supercomputers of the world
May 20, 2002
IDC has released its IDC Balanced Rating of the top 50 computers and computing clusters in four categories.
The new rating system combines several performance metrics, including three benchmarks of processor performance, two measures of memory effectiveness, and an evaluation of the scaling capability of each system.
The Man Who Cracked The Code to Everything …
May 20, 2002
The inside story of how Stephen Wolfram went from boy genius to recluse to science renegade.
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Kurzweil on Wolfram: Book review
May 16, 2002
Ray Kurzweil “finds plenty to mull and admire in A New Kind of Science but says it’s ‘only partly correct.’”
Are Science and Technology Governable?
May 15, 2002
“Living with the Genie: Governing scientific and technological transformation in the 21st century” brought together scientists to discuss life extension, using new genetics tools and nanotechnologies.
What’s the purpose of life?
May 15, 2002
Ray Kurzweil and Gregory Stock debated “BioFuture or MachineFuture?” at the recent Foresight meeting.
Scientists Get Atoms Ready for a Close-Up
May 15, 2002
Scientists at Lucent Technologies’ Bell Labs have developed a microscopy technique that can image individual atoms within a silicon sheet, allowing for precision analysis of dopant distribution.
As transistor sizes shrink, they require higher concentrations of electrons to work and are more sensitive to problems with dopant distribution.
The Lucent microscope shoots a narrow beam of high-energy electrons and measures deflection angles to locate individual atoms.
DNA nanoballs boost gene therapy
May 14, 2002
Researchers have developed a way to pack a DNA molecule into 25 nanometer particles, small enough to enter the nuclear pores or cells and make gene therapy safer and more efficient. The technique is now being tested on people with cystic fibrosis.
“In cells grown in culture, there was a 6000-fold increase in the expression of a gene packaged this way compared with unpackaged DNA in liposomes.”
Supercomputing platform built for gaming
May 13, 2002
The “Butterfly Grid,” a distributed supercomputer games network, could allow more than a million people to play graphics-rich games together via the internet.
The project borrows scientific supercomputer “grid” techniques developed to seamlessly connect scientific computers for research, sharing power and storage via the Internet.
West Virginia-based Butterfly has developed the software that will allow game developers to enable any game to plug into the network… read more
On May 14, Stephen Wolfram’s new book “A New Kind of Science,” which he has spent more than ten years writing, goes public. Wolfram, the creator of Mathematica software, presents what he describes as “dramatic discoveries” based on his experiments with cellular automata.
The book addresses a wide array of fundamental issues in science, from the origins of apparent randomness in physical systems to the development of complexity… read more
Live holographic tumor imaging demonstrated
May 10, 2002
Purdue University scientists are developing a new imaging technology that allows for the first “visual fly-throughs” of a living tumor.
The technique, called optical coherence imaging, uses lasers, holograms, and real-time “dynamic holographic films,” consisting of alternating layers of gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide semiconductors.
Lasers Light Way To 3-D Imaging In Purdue Lab
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Cog — is it more than a machine?
May 7, 2002
“Robots are being made more human and people are becoming more robotic. Where will it all end?” MIT professor Rodney Brooks has some thoughts on that.