Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ Advanced Concepts Team
Rss Feed
Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
1More

A Plan To Place An Asteroid In Earth Orbit - Technology Review - 4 views

www.technologyreview.com/...27112 NEO
shared by LeopoldS on 01 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 01 Sep 11
     
    nice ...
6More

Wind Power Without the Blades: Big Pics : Discovery News - 4 views

news.discovery.com/...-power-without-the-blades.html NRG wind energy biomimicry
shared by Luís F. Simões on 19 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • The carbon-fiber stalks, reinforced with resin, are about a foot wide at the base tapering to about 2 inches at the top. Each stalk will contain alternating layers of electrodes and ceramic discs made from piezoelectric material, which generates a current when put under pressure. In the case of the stalks, the discs will compress as they sway in the wind, creating a charge.
  • Based on rough estimates, said Núñez-Ameni the output would be comparable to that of a conventional wind farm covering the same area
  • After completion, a Windstalk should be able to produce as much electricity as a single wind turbine, with the advantage that output could be increased with a denser array of stalks. Density is not possible with conventional turbines, which need to be spaced about three times the rotor's diameter in order to avoid air turbulence. But Windstalks work on chaos and turbulence so they can be installed much closer together, said Núñez-Ameni.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Núñez-Ameni also reports that the firm is currently working on taking the Windstalk idea underwater. Called Wavestalk, the whole system would be inverted to harness energy from the flow of ocean currents and waves.
  • Luís F. Simões on 19 Sep 11
     
    additional information: http://atelierdna.com/?p=144
  • LeopoldS on 24 Sep 11
     
    isn't this a bit of a contradiction: on the one hand: "Based on rough estimates, said Núñez-Ameni the output would be comparable to that of a conventional wind farm covering the same area" and on the other: "After completion, a Windstalk should be able to produce as much electricity as a single wind turbine, with the advantage that output could be increased with a denser array of stalks. Density is not possible with conventional turbines, which need to be spaced about three times the rotor's diameter in order to avoid air turbulence. " still, very interesting concept!
2More

Evolution: Selection for positive illusions : Nature : Nature Publishing Group - 4 views

www.nature.com/...477282a.html
shared by LeopoldS on 13 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 13 Oct 11
     
    Let's keep going then ...
  • Dario Izzo on 14 Oct 11
2More

DECODEproj's Channel - YouTube - 4 views

www.youtube.com/DECODEproj rapid prototyping
shared by LeopoldS on 07 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 07 Nov 11
     
    nice demonstration what rapid manufacturing can already achieve!
  • LeopoldS on 07 Nov 11
     
    nice demonstration what rapid manufacturing can already achieve!
3More

American Innovation Losing its Shine? - 4 views

freepress.intel.com/...an-innovation-losing-its-shine technology INF science
shared by LeopoldS on 18 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 18 Nov 11
     
    interesting reflections by MIT head on innovation in US
  • Christos Ampatzis on 20 Nov 11
     
    interesting, especially since in all COmmission papers US innovation is praised and changes expected are only related to China/India (for the better)... Article mixes a lot talk on innovation with numbers that I do not see necessarily connected (trade deficit, GDP growth etc.). Seems to me the real problematique behind the article is only the next planned distribution of federal funds and where they should cut...
  • Joris _ on 22 Nov 11
     
    well I understand her point. Spending cuts are only vicious short term solutions against economical downturn since growth (GDP is an interesting measure indeed) comes from innovation, research and production. Nonetheless, what she is describing is happening in EU too. So who will take the lead? I am not certain China is the one. In my view, it has not yet solved its domestic issues... and US still has more Nobel Prize than China. One thing for sure, the way it is EU is only a "wagon" of the train...
2More

Was a giant planet ejected from our solar system? - physicsworld.com - 0 views

physicsworld.com/...47876 giant planet phy space
shared by santecarloni on 22 Nov 11 - No Cached
LeopoldS liked it
  • Lionel Jacques on 22 Nov 11
     
    A fifth giant planet was kicked out of the early solar system, according to computer simulations by a US-based planetary scientist. The sacrifice of this gas giant paved the way for the stable configuration of planets seen today, says David Nesvorný, who believes that the expulsion prevented Jupiter from migrating inwards and scattering the Earth and its fellow inner planets.
  • santecarloni on 29 Nov 11
     
    A fifth giant planet was kicked out of the early solar system, according to computer simulations by a US-based planetary scientist. The sacrifice of this gas giant paved the way for the stable configuration of planets seen today, says David Nesvorný, who believes that the expulsion prevented Jupiter from migrating inwards and scattering the Earth and its fellow inner planets.
1More

self archiving open access - 4 views

www.self-archiving.me/?ch=reg&cp=re125_x_p6 science
shared by LeopoldS on 26 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 26 Nov 11
     
    interesting information - was not that clear to me instead of doing this via mendeley, we should go over our act publication page and upload all those pdf that fall into this category ...
1More

Why Most Research Findings are False - 4 views

www.yale.edu/...IoannidisArticle.pdf
shared by Dario Izzo on 28 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Dario Izzo on 28 Nov 11
     
    Excluding all mine, which ACT paper contains False claims?
1More

IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-16543497 technology
shared by Lionel Jacques on 20 Jan 12 - No Cached
LeopoldS liked it
  • Lionel Jacques on 20 Jan 12
     
    Researchers have successfully stored a single data bit in only 12 atoms.
1More

Solvay has successfully commissioned the largest PEM fuel cell in the world at SolVin's... - 0 views

www.solvay.com/...20120206_fuelcell.aspx nrg
shared by Lionel Jacques on 06 Feb 12 - No Cached
LeopoldS liked it
  • Lionel Jacques on 06 Feb 12
     
    Solvay announced today it has successfully commissioned its 1 MegaWatt (MW) industrial demonstration Fuel Cell at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. This Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell converts coproduced hydrogen (H2) in the plant into electricity and is now producing for weeks at a steady rate. The Fuel Cell has generated over 500 MWh in about 800 hours of operation, which amounts to the electricity consumption of 1370 families during the same time frame.
1More

Home | InnoCentive - 4 views

www.innocentive.com innovation crowdsourcing ideas MONEY
shared by Tobias Seidl on 09 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 10 Feb 12
     
    yes, interesting site, am following it since some time
1More

Shuttle stunt-landing - YouTube - 6 views

www.youtube.com/watch shuttle Fun
shared by marknezbit on 24 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • marknezbit on 24 Feb 12
     
    Something for the Parrot to aim for
2More

A measure of individual role in collective dynamics : Scientific Reports : Nature Publi... - 4 views

www.nature.com/...srep00292.html complex_networks behaviour swarm
shared by Luís F. Simões on 04 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Centrality measures describe a node's importance by its position in a network. The key issue obviated is that the contribution of a node to the collective behavior is not uniquely determined by the structure of the system but it is a result of the interplay between dynamics and network structure.
  • Here, we show that dynamical influence is a centrality measure able to quantify how strongly a node's dynamical state affects the collective behavior of a system, taking explicitly into account the interplay between structure and dynamics in complex networks.
5More

Quantum Biology and the Puzzle of Coherence - Technology Review - 4 views

www.technologyreview.com/...27628 biology quantum technology bio
shared by santecarloni on 06 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • santecarloni on 06 Mar 12
     
    Quantum processes shouldn't survive in hot, wet biological systems and yet a growing body of evidence suggests they do. Now physicists think they know how
  • ...2 more comments...
  • Luzi Bergamin on 09 Mar 12
     
    Tobias, José and myself considered an ACT project in quantum biomimetics, but it never led anywhere. Perhaps the field is sexy enough now...
  • LeopoldS on 09 Mar 12
     
    Considered is the right word ... You unfortunately never passed the step after "considering" :-)
  • Luzi Bergamin on 10 Mar 12
     
    Yes, because our bosses forced us to write strategic reports on "system of systems" :-)
  • LeopoldS on 10 Mar 12
     
    Oh these terrible ignorant slave masters .... Would love to see your "reports on system of systems" :-)
1More

A Dozen Years In The Making, Highest Resolution Picture Of Universe Released | Singular... - 0 views

singularityhub.com/...n-picture-of-universe-released universe Phy space Science
shared by santecarloni on 06 Mar 12 - No Cached
LeopoldS liked it
  • santecarloni on 06 Mar 12
     
    ...Covering about a third of the sky, the new image contains 10 times as many objects as the Palomar Survey, or about half a billion. The higher resolution scan is a goldmine for astronomers and is expected to lead to discoveries "for decades to come"...
3More

New DARPA challenge wants unique algorithms for space applications - 4 views

www.networkworld.com/...79962 technology control MAD
shared by Joris _ on 07 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Joris _ on 07 Mar 12
     
    "On March 28, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will kick of another one of its highly successful challenges this time looking for teams or individuals to develop unique algorithms to control small satellites on-board the International Space Station. " Will the ACT participate?
  • Ma Ru on 08 Mar 12
     
    That would be wrong on so many levels...
  • LeopoldS on 09 Mar 12
     
    Could not find out what the prize money is? Also does not seem clear to me how three cubes can catch an object "flying" in the opposite direction... But the approach is nice to see
2More

Home | International Space Apps Challenge - 0 views

spaceappschallenge.org apps
shared by LeopoldS on 11 Mar 12 - No Cached
Joris _ liked it
  • LeopoldS on 11 Mar 12
     
    Why didn't we come up with this :-(
  • Ma Ru on 13 Mar 12
     
    You can still contribute by proposing an interesting challenge, as 90% of those present at the moment revolve around "here in NASA we have tons of data and no clue what to do with it" (booooooriiiiiiiinggg)
3More

Neutrinos faster than light? - 4 views

www.nature.com/...-not-faster-than-light-1.10249 phy
shared by Luzi Bergamin on 17 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Luzi Bergamin on 17 Mar 12
     
    The end is near...
  • Dario Izzo on 18 Mar 12
     
    che brutta figura ...
  • Ma Ru on 19 Mar 12
     
    Some quotes: "Our results are in agreement with what Einstein would like to have" - they called him just to double-check... "How many times do you have to say 'zero' to make sure it's zero?" - because statistics is just not trendy any more...
« First ‹ Previous 541 - 560 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page
Apply to join this group