Exactly the channel is SiC, while the interconnects are graphene. so in this sense it's using graphene, but it's not a transistor which uses graphene as the channel material. Previous work that has been cited in the Extremetech article is a graphene channel transistor. So there's a bit of a mix up. It is a significant step, but this is in no way revolutionary as the summary implies. Revolutionary would be to induce a band gap in graphene, while keeping it's extremely high mobility for fast switching and using that as the channel material.
On the surface of Mars, which lacks a magnetic field (such as that of Earth) and a thick atmosphere, the inhabitants would have to endure much higher levels of ionizing radiation in comparison to the background radiation on Earth. How are you going to shield the people on the surface? Or will this kind of danger be just another part of the risks that the "astronauts" take, like burning up on entry in the atmosphere? How much fun will it be to watch cancer patients die on Mars?
I think this is just bad journalism. I suppose the lamp uses electricity to give light to the algae, which use this to store CO2 in carbohydrates. Not a very brilliant idea. If it was that brilliant we'd be reading about it from Nature or Science and not geek.com
The Drake equation could be updated, but I think it has too many factors which have very high error margins. This just means that we would not be much smarter with the updated equation. Hunt for the spectra of the atmospheres of exoplanets! That should give us some idea if life exists there or not.
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Exactly the channel is SiC, while the interconnects are graphene. so in this sense it's using graphene, but it's not a transistor which uses graphene as the channel material. Previous work that has been cited in the Extremetech article is a graphene channel transistor. So there's a bit of a mix up.
It is a significant step, but this is in no way revolutionary as the summary implies. Revolutionary would be to induce a band gap in graphene, while keeping it's extremely high mobility for fast switching and using that as the channel material.
I'm not planning on using it.
Get ready to nullahfy terrorists!
I'm all for gadgets, but why not just take the Catan board from the shelf and play?
Are you familiar with Minority Report?
It didn't change at the transition to the PC from typewriters and it's not going to change now (in any significant way).
Ballmer to MS board: "Please let stay as the CEO"
First fail, to be more exact.
The effect of the cloud cover is not entirely clear yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_feedback
That has to come down as rain. There's only so much water that the atmosphere can hold.
Any water pumped from aquifers or glacial/ice sheet melt is added to that.
How big is the effect of thermal expansion in comparison to melting of ice? How much would be the additional rise in the worst case scenario?
All three of them?
Now I know what those people one the one way trip to Mars will be full of.
I guess thriving means that everything else gets killed and they have the whole irradiated habitat for themselves.
On the surface of Mars, which lacks a magnetic field (such as that of Earth) and a thick atmosphere, the inhabitants would have to endure much higher levels of ionizing radiation in comparison to the background radiation on Earth. How are you going to shield the people on the surface? Or will this kind of danger be just another part of the risks that the "astronauts" take, like burning up on entry in the atmosphere? How much fun will it be to watch cancer patients die on Mars?
Whatever happened to Diaspora?
Did anybody else misread this? The message of a text truly is created by both the writer and the reader.
This is Dexter's laboratory in the real world :)
Agreed.
mobile devices are eclipsing PCs as the center of people's computing lives
"eclipsing"? Oh please. Quick poll: How many of you are posting your comments from a smartphone, tablet?
I guess it works the other way as well.
I think this is just bad journalism. I suppose the lamp uses electricity to give light to the algae, which use this to store CO2 in carbohydrates. Not a very brilliant idea. If it was that brilliant we'd be reading about it from Nature or Science and not geek.com
of Weyland - Yutani corp?
... should be used here, as pointed out by one guy in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SarfTyngMCE
I would also like to know the juicy details behind the Mars Climate Orbiter not orbiting, but amm.. slamming into Mars.
The Drake equation could be updated, but I think it has too many factors which have very high error margins. This just means that we would not be much smarter with the updated equation.
Hunt for the spectra of the atmospheres of exoplanets! That should give us some idea if life exists there or not.