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"Cannae is deploying a cubesat thruster" http://cannae.com/cannae-is-developing-a-cubesat-thruster/ Full text: Cannae is forming a new company to commercialize Cannae thruster technology for use on small satellites. Theseus Space Inc. will use Cannae thruster technology to maintain (for a minimum of...

http://www.globalfuturist.org/2016/08/truck-sized-nuclear-fusion-reactors-appear-on-the-horizon/ Title is click-baitish, but I found this interesting: But Tokamak Energy’s third prototype, currently under construction, aims to reach 15mC in the next 12 months and 100mC by the end of 2017. Also: Copp...

Unless they show what type of material they are going to use with a proper tensional analysis at 100K RPM and 144K RPM, than this article is pure vaporware. Could it be some combination of graphite/carbon fibers and something else to provide the magnetism? Meh, I guess PowerTHRU is already doing th...

This is commercially available technology. Flywheel UPS systems with magnetic bearings (for zero wear) have been available for years. Here is just one supplier: http://www.power-thru.com/flywheel_ups_technology.html Not for home use, yes. Probably only available at military prices. Also, the websit...

What if you were to put the home-storage sized unit into a big, fat vat of water (large in mass and radius compared to the unit)? Would that suffice to contain the transfer of angular momentum upon failure? Water is inexpensive in many places. Could use seawater instead of fresh water in places wher...

Levitation of a static object is unstable with just permanent magnets. Levitating a gyroscope on permanent magnets can be stable, baring parasitic forces that can be corrected with a minor force active correction system. Though it becomes a problem if the axis is tilted away from vertical. Like whi...

http://phys.org/news/2016-08-student-revolutionary-energy-storage-solution.html "Engineering student designs revolutionary energy storage solution" How much is there to this? This part confuses me: The FES retains energy kinetically in a levitated floating mass. The rotor, which can be made from com...

Skipjack wrote:SpaceX is not going to be a monopoly. Blue Origin is already working on a competing RLV.

SpaceX seems to have a big head start though, seeing as Blue Origin has never reached orbit.

Yep. The article's words, not mine. Well, at least it means they're doing more than simulations now, which I didn't know.

A little news in this article (May this year): http://i-hls.com/2016/05/lockheed-martin-one-step-closer-to-portable-nuclear-generator/ Lockheed is “about four months into a little bit more significant investment” into the technology “Basically at this stage we are increasing the temperature at which...

Lockheed Martin, for example, has developed a compact fusion reactor that can fit in the back of a large truck, which, according to the company's claims, can power a city of 100,000 people.

Uh, what? This has been a done deal since when? More shoddy reporting.

I guess it must be that time in the BLP (now "Brilliant Light Power") cycle to raise more cash from the credulous. Never a product, just hand waving and a light show. Mills: “The source of hydrogen fuel and catalyst to form hydrinos is water. A commercial enabling fuel injection system and other new...

This is just more "Rossi says". It's getting tiresome.

Surrendering to Death This encapsulates two points I often try to make. Islam is not compatible with Western ideas of Equality and Tolerance, and the media are lying sacks of liberal excrement who manipulate the news as much as they think they can get away with, in an effort to make it conform to t...

Although the more IH spends on lawyers, the more you have to wonder whether Rossi's case isn't meritless after all.