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Thijs Versloot

Personal Thermal Management by Metallic Nanowire-Coated Textile - 2 views

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thermal management silver nanotechnology

shared by Thijs Versloot on 12 Jan 15 - No Cached
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  • Thijs Versloot on 12 Jan 15
     
    By wearing clothes that have been dip-coated in a silver nanowire (AgNW) solution that is highly radiation-insulating, a person may stay so warm in the winter that they can greatly reduce or even eliminate their need for heating their home. With as extra bonus: Besides providing high levels of passive insulation, AgNW-coated clothing can also provide Joule heating if connected to an electricity source, such as a battery. The researchers demonstrated that as little as 0.9 V can safely raise clothing temperature to 38 °C, which is 1 °C higher than the human body temperature of 37 °C. How about that for personal comfort during the cold winter months
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  • jcunha on 13 Jan 15
     
    These applications seem more and more promising. However I wonder about the toxicity aspects of wearing this stuff and apparently some research is starting to be developed to assess that, see http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/11/1/52 showing results of pulmonary toxicity of AgNW
  • LeopoldS on 17 Jan 15
     
    sounds almost like the asbestos story re-started :-)
  • jcunha on 09 Apr 15
     
    Found an European project that takes care of the environmental, health and safety aspects of nanomaterials http://phys.org/news/2015-04-unleash-full-potential-nanomaterials.html
Joris _

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Space and the Biological Economy - 0 views

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BIO MAD space science

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  • the U.S. space program has a robust life science program that is diligently working to innovate new approaches, research and technologies in the fields of biotechnology and bio-nanotechnology science, which are providing new solutions for old problems – including food security, medical needs and energy needs
  • more money be allocated to develop environmentally sound and energy efficient engine programs for commercial and private aviation
  • waste water program
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  • we lack fundamental knowledge about the entire effect of the photosynthesis system on food growth, and that space-based research could provide vital clues to scientists on how to streamline the process to spur more efficient food growth
  • From the start of the space age until 2010 only around 500 people have journeyed into space, but with the advent of private space travel in the next 24 months another 500 people are expected to go into space
  • Wagner indentified prize systems that award monetary prizes to companies or individuals as an effective way to spur innovation and creativity, and urged the Congressional staffers present to consider creating more prize systems to stimulate needed innovation
  • Joris _ on 11 Oct 10
     
    a bunch of ideas, iinitiatives, and good points about upcoming changes in space ...
Luís F. Simões

Self-assembly of nano-rotors - 1 views

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nanotechnology self-organization self-assembly cellular_automata

shared by Luís F. Simões on 25 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • the coveted dream of using self-organization effects in such a way that nano machines assemble themselves is still a thing of the future. The rotors developed in Garching are an important step in this direction.
Luís F. Simões

20 predictions for the next 25 years | guardian.co.uk - 5 views

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future politics economy BIO health energy advertising neuroscience BMI physics PHY dark_matter planck food biotechnology nanotechnology game internet privacy environment biodiversity transport religion entertainment population climate_change crisis

shared by Luís F. Simões on 06 Jan 11 - No Cached
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  • Giusi Schiavone on 06 Jan 11
     
    the 10th is interesting, connected with our crowdsourcing experiments with the spacegame
ESA ACT

Carbon nanotechnology - 0 views

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conference power NAN

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Conference in aug-sep 2007
ESA ACT

Motor Proteins at Work for Nanotechnology - 0 views

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Review about the state-of-the-art in biological nanoengines
ESA ACT

Carbon nanotubes causing asbestos-like effects in lab mice - Engadget - 0 views

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nanotechnology biology environment health

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    any new findings in there?
ESA ACT

Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Strong Shear Binding-On and Easy Normal Lifting-Off -- Qu e... - 0 views

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NAN nanotechnology BIO biomimicry

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    looks like a big step forward ... any comments Tobias? - LS +++ surely is a huge technological success. didn't look into details yet - TSe
ESA ACT

Video: Nanotechnology is Ready for Sesame Street | Wired Science from Wired.com - 0 views

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    I demand Jose does the same asap! Even the space elevator is mentioned.
ESA ACT

Self-replicating materials - 0 views

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nanotechnology DNA BIO PHY materials

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - No Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Looks like a combo of several ideas in our stock: nanomat + dna + self assembly...
ESA ACT

Nanotechnology: Squaring up with polymers : Article : Nature - 0 views

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NAN BIO polymerElectronics

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Another nature article which caught my interest today.
ESA ACT

ScienceDirect - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science : nanoparticle polymer PV cells - 0 views

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solar NRG photovoltaic nanotechnology NAN

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    of interest? -LS
ESA ACT

Large-scale pattern growth of graphene films for stretchable transparent electrodes : A... - 0 views

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electricity NAN nanotechnology polymerElectronics ENG NRG Chemistry

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    wow ... look at this!
ESA ACT

Claytronics - Carnegie Mellon University - 0 views

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robotics swarm ai material electronics nanotechnology

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Programmable matter - another nice title for an ACT project...
Thijs Versloot

Light bending material facilitates the search for new particles - 0 views

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physics cherenkov high energy metamaterials

shared by Thijs Versloot on 17 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Thijs Versloot on 17 Oct 14
     
    The problem is that the light cone angle has a limit - all particles with high momentum (mass x velocity) generate light cones with the same angle. Hence, these particles are indistinguishable. Now Chalmers researcher Philippe Tassin and his colleagues at the Free University of Brussels have designed a material that manipulates the Cherenkov cone so that also particles with high momentum get a distinct light cone angle too. The work is on the cover of this week's issue of the journal Physical Review Letters ("Controlling Cherenkov Radiation with Transformation-Optical Metamaterials").
Thijs Versloot

Hydrogen storage in Graphene Origami nanoboxes - 2 views

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hydrogen storage nanotechnology

shared by Thijs Versloot on 19 Mar 14 - No Cached
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  • Thijs Versloot on 19 Mar 14
     
    A total storage of 9.5 wt% H2 could be reached which is above the 7.5wt% set by the DoE for market requirements of hydrogen vehicles. The nanoboxes can be opened and closed using electric fields.
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