Mar 3, 2022
Capturing Carbon Continues to be Controversial
Posted by Len Rosen in category: futurism
Five options include natural, permanent sequestration, capture and use, direct air capture, and ocean sequestration.
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Mar 3, 2022
State Grid of China switches on world’s largest pumped-hydro station
Posted by Chima Wisdom in category: futurism
Located in China’s Hebei province, the 3.6GW facility consists of 12 reversible pump generating sets with a capacity of 300MW each and has a power generation capacity from storage of 6.612 billion kWh.
Mar 2, 2022
Intel Axes Alder Lake’s AVX-512 Support, Now Fuses It Off in Silicon
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Flipping the fuses ends the story.
Intel is now disabling support for AVX-512 instructions in its Alder Lake processors by fusing it off inside the silicon.
Mar 2, 2022
NASA to fund research into future technology concepts
Posted by Future Timeline in categories: futurism, innovation
NASA has announced its latest selections for the Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which funds research into long-term concepts that may be feasible over the next 10 to 40 years.
Mar 2, 2022
Ukraine’s Surrogacy Industry Has Put Women in Impossible Positions
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Mar 2, 2022
Alpine solar plant delivers electricity for the first time
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
The pioneering Alpinsolar project at the Muttsee dam is already well advanced in construction and has now produced electricity for the first time. This has just been announced jointly by the partners Axpo and IWB, together with the future electricity consumer Denner.
Mar 2, 2022
Fact check: Why Russian claims about US biolabs in Ukraine don’t hold up
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Mar 2, 2022
Why the use of thermobaric weapons is a war crime
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Mar 1, 2022
Optical Discs Aren’t Dead, as Pioneer’s New Drive Doubles BD Write Speeds
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Return of the optical drive.
Despite the year 2022, Pioneer has released a new SATA optical drive that will let you record data or video on high-precision BD-R media at up to 16x, as well as write and play back a very wide gamut of optical discs and media formats. Designed for built-in 5.25 inch drive bays, this drive is priced around $150.
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Mar 1, 2022
NASA, ESA may cut ties with Russia’s space program — here’s what that means for future missions
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in categories: futurism, space
As Russia wages war on Earth, its space program will suffer.
In light of Russia’s assault on Ukraine, NASA and ESA are implementing sanctions imposed against Russia.
