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USA: Nuclear Experts say NRC Decision is a Danger Compared to Current Iran-Related Proliferation Concerns

USA: Nuclear Experts say NRC Decision is a Danger Compared to Current Iran-Related Proliferation Concerns

October 2, 2012 (TSR) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is putting US nuclear non-proliferation policy at risk if it decides not to require a formal nuclear proliferation assessment as…

Americans Betrayed: FBI’s $1B USD Facial Recognition Project Enjoys Strong Bipartisan Support

Americans Betrayed: FBIÕs $1B USD Facial Recognition Project Enjoys Strong Bipartisan Support

by Jason Mick September 10, 2012 (TSR) - Big Brother gets a boost from bleeding edge technology President Barack Obama wants to trim defense spending. Former Mass. Governor and Republican…

Cyborg Cockroaches to gather intel, future ‘emergency responders’

Cyborg Cockroaches to gather intel, future Ôemergency respondersÕ

September 10, 2012 (TSR) - Researchers say they’ve figured out a way to create cyborg, remote-controlled cockroaches, hoping one day the resilient creatures could be steered into disaster zones to…

Venezuela to launch second satellite in late September

Venezuela to launch second satellite in late September

September 4 (TSR) - Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Jorge Arreaza said that Venezuela will launch its second satellite, named Miranda, on Sept 28 or 29 from the People’s Republic…

Obama Declined Meeting with Richard Branson on IFR’s

Obama Declined Meeting with Richard Branson on IFRÕs

by James Burgess July 21, 2012 (TSR) - Richard Branson sent a letter to the US government propounding the benefits of integral fast reactors (IFR), a next generation nuclear technology, and…

Meet the Man Who Hunts Killer Asteroids

Meet the Man Who Hunts Killer Asteroids

by Michael A. Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-nominated Writer, Published Author, Defense and Tech Trends Expert July 11, 2012 (TSR) - In May, I wrote about a team of experts that has launched a new…

NASA’S PLEIADES SUPERCOMPUTER GETS A LITTLE MORE OOMPH

NASAÕS PLEIADES SUPERCOMPUTER GETS A LITTLE MORE OOMPH

June 20, 2012 (TSR) - NASA’s flagship Pleiades supercomputer just received a boost to help keep pace with the intensive number-crunching requirements of scientists and engineers working on some of the…

Zuckerberg Dumped Facebook $1 bn in Shares Before IPO, Soon to Face Massive Lawsuit

Zuckerberg Dumped Facebook $1 bn in Shares Before IPO, Soon to Face Massive Lawsuit

June 5, 2012 (TSR) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knew company shares were overpriced before the May initial public offering and quietly dumped around $1 billion in shares, the TMZ website…

2011 is when Big Brother officially arrived and the Sheeples cheered

2011 is when Big Brother officially arrived and the Sheeples cheered

December 23, 2011 (TSR) - For the first time ever, it will become technologically and financially feasible for authoritarian governments to record nearly everything that is said or done within…

Norway’s Thinfilm Unveils First Scalable Printed CMOS Memory

NorwayÕs Thinfilm Unveils First Scalable Printed CMOS Memory

Oct. 27, 2011 (TSR) - The Norwegian company Thin Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) together with Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a Xerox company, announced last week that they have produced a working…

NASA’S PLEIADES SUPERCOMPUTER RANKS AMONG WORLD’S FASTEST

NASAÕS PLEIADES SUPERCOMPUTER RANKS AMONG WORLDÕS FASTEST

WASHINGTON — NASA’s largest supercomputer is seventh on the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful, high-performance computers. The announcement was made at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany. Pleiades, located…

China successfully launches new communication satellite

China successfully launches new communication satellite

China successfully launched a new communication satellite, the Zhongxing-10, from its Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province on early Tuesday. The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B rocket…

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