Data That Matters May 2015

The US drops to #10 in R&D spending. California’s Snowpack is as 0% of normal, which isn’t normal. Alaska hits Continue reading →

US R&D Slips

America’s success convinced many countries to spend more on research and development; except America. America corporations’ shifted their expenditures to Continue reading →

Damage Resistant Robots

Plants and animals have a distinct ability to heal themselves. Life depends on it. Until recently, this was one thing Continue reading →

Laser Weapons Shrink

Laser weapons were sci-fi, then large but weak, then large but strong, until lately when they had at least developed Continue reading →

Fuel Efficiency Changes Shipping

In one of those bits of big news that nobody notices, container ships, freighters, and tankers are becoming more fuel Continue reading →

Supercomputer In Your Pocket

While you weren’t looking, computing power accelerated so quickly that a new smartphone is more powerful than a recent supercomputer. Continue reading →

Nano Solar Excels

Black silicon solar cells reached a new record in efficiency by adding nanotubes to the surface. The new record, 22%. Continue reading →

Virtual Reality Gets More Real

Virtual reality has been available for years, but always with technological limitations: low bandwidth, processing power, and memory storage. Computer Continue reading →