Hacker News
- COBOL Still Handles 70% of Global Business Transactions https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/08/cobol-still-handles-70-of-global-business-transactions.html 6 comments
- Bill Gates Would Be a Trillionaire if He Diamond Handed Microsoft | NextBigFuture.com https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/10/bill-gates-would-be-a-trillionaire-if-he-diamond-handed-microsoft.html#:~:text=In%201999%2C%20Micosoft%20passed%20%24500,had%2020%25%20of%20the%20company 267 comments wallstreetbets
- Moon Direct SpaceX Falcon Heavy Plan is 6 Years Faster and 50 times Cheaper than NASA https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/11/moon-direct-spacex-falcon-heavy-plan-is-6-years-faster-and-50-times-cheaper-than-nasa.html 198 comments spacex
- SpaceX will try to use NASA inflatable aeroshell decelerator to enable second reuse. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/06/spacex-will-try-to-use-nasa-inflatable-aeroshell-decelerator-to-enable-second-stage-reuse.html 3 comments space
- SpaceX BFR will make multi-trillion dollar space industry by 2030 https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/spacex-bfr-will-make-multi-trillion-dollar-space-industry-by-2030.html 101 comments space
- Tesla announces plans to add hundreds of all electric service vans https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/10/tesla-will-have-a-few-hundred-all-electric-service-vans.html 3 comments technology
- MIT makes compressed graphene sponge material that is 20 times less dense than steel but 10 times stronger, light as stryofoam but stronger than steel http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/01/mit-makes-compressed-graphene-sponge.html 9 comments science
- China plans to build high speed rail 340 feet below The Great Wall http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10/china-plans-high-speed-rail-station-340.html 15 comments technology
- India' economy is not ready to quintuple within 15 years http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10/india-economy-is-not-ready-to-quintuple.html 28 comments india
- Hostess And Twinkies saved by Automation And Firing 95% Of The Union Workforce http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/07/hostess-and-twinkies-saved-by.html 4 comments economy
- Next Big Future: F35 production being rushed to avoid embarassment but will not be truly software or combat ready for several years http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/12/f35-production-being-rushed-to-avoid.html 8 comments politics
- DARPA seeks to reduce custom chip design by 10 times to a few months http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/12/darpa-seeks-to-reduce-custom-chip.html 8 comments hardware
- Elon Musk donated $10 million to develop safer and beneficial Artificial Intelligence http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/01/elon-musk-donate-10-million-to.html 5 comments artificial
- Artificial Intelligence will be central to US Sixth Generation Fighter with Design analysis ramping up this year http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-will-be-central.html 4 comments artificial
- Elon Musk and Tesla may do something fairly controversial with their electric car patents like release some of them http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/06/elon-musk-and-tesla-may-do-something.html 7 comments technology
- Terrestrial Energy successfully closed its final seed round of financing http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/04/terrestrial-energy-successfully-closed.html 5 comments technology
- China taking action on climate. China has carbon exchanges now, carbon pricing by 2015 and carbon tax by 2020. http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/10/china-has-carbon-exchanges-now-carbon.html 14 comments worldnews
- Quantum Annealing in over 100 qubits in a D-Wave Quantum Computer http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/proof-of-quantum-annealing-in-over-100.html 3 comments science
- Upgraded Spacex Falcon 9.1.1 will launch 25% more than old Falcon 9 and bring price down to $4109 per kilogram to LEO http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/upgraded-spacex-falcon-911-will-launch.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29 3 comments spacex
- Hint of 150 MHz radio emission from the Neptune-mass extrasolar transiting planet HAT-P-11b http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/hint-of-150-mhz-radio-emission-from.html 26 comments science
- US manufacturing jobs are leaving China and returning to robots in the US http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/us-manufacturing-jobs-are-leaving-china.html 1567 comments technology
- NSA seems to be building an exaflop supercomputer for 2015. 60 megawatts of power and $895 million http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/04/is-national-security-agency-building.html 89 comments science
- Solar power without semiconductors by concentrating sunlight with glass to ten million watts per centimeter to create a magnet from light http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/04/solar-power-without-semiconductors-by.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29 17 comments science
- Recellularized Human Hearts May be Weeks Away http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/04/recellularized-human-hearts-may-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29&utm_content=google+international 5 comments science
- IBM Watson Jeopardy AI matches with Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will air February 14-16 http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/01/ibm-watson-jeopardy-ai-matches-will-air.html 46 comments science
- Fujitsu begins shipping parts for a 10 petaflop supercomputer that is scheduled to begin operations in 2012. http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/10/fujitu-begins-shipping-computing-units.html 16 comments technology
- Where's my flying car? Lady, Where's my flying car? Every year for the last half decade, it's the same thing with the flying car. Where's my flying car? HERE'S YOUR STUPID FLYING CAR! http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/08/textron-and-carter-aviation-or-lockheed.html 5 comments technology
- Nanokites from Rice University Could Enable Large Scale Production of Carbon Nanotubes of Unlimited Length [pics] http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/07/nanokites-could-enable-large-scale.html 3 comments science
- Genetically Engineered Mice Turn Fat into CO2 and not Fat into Sugar [pic] http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/06/genetically-engineered-mice-with.html 15 comments science
- Super Soldier 2030 [Pics/Video] http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/05/super-soldier-2030.html 3 comments technology
- "KiteGen" to receive 15M Euros for prototype windfoil-based 1 MW prototype & 20 MW Generator http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/04/1-mw-and-20-megawatt-kitegen-wind-power.html 11 comments science
- 2010-2011 for Clinical Trials of Antibodies for Durable Flu Immunity. Universal Flu Treatment Possible 2013-2015 [pics and Videos] http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/02/monoclonal-antibodies-can-provide.html 6 comments science
- Cyclone Engine, can burn any fuel, DARPA will use for self-refueling robots that gather their own biomass [pics] http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/02/cyclone-external-combustion-engines-and.html 36 comments technology
- New US Aircraft Carrier will have electromagnetic launchers for UAVs and regular planes, Two 300 MW reactors, lasers and railguns as Well [pics] http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/01/us-navy-readying-electro-magnetic.html 38 comments technology
- Casimir force experimentally reversed by Harvard researchers. Could lead to breakthroughs in energy conversion efficiency, ultra-low friction devices and even super space ships http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/01/repulsive-casimir-force-casimir.html 60 comments science
- Finally Diamond Mechanosynthesis Viability Experiments funded for $3.3 million. If successful this will be realizing the Eric Drexler vision of molecular assembly. [pic] http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/08/finally-diamond-mechanosynthesis.html 3 comments science
- Simple and affordable defence against nuclear bombs and hurricanes http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/08/simple-and-affordable-defences-against.html 29 comments science
- First longevity drug could be available in 2012, would cost $3-4 per pill and could extend life to 3 to 13 years http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/06/calorie-restriction-mimicking-longevity.html 11 comments reddit.com
- Bakken and Torquay Formations - A Saudi Arabia of oil under Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Manitoba http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/01/bakken-and-torquay-formations-saudi.html 4 comments science
- $153 million thin film dome using todays technology, cheaper than a communications satellite can protect against nuclear weapons and provide high speed communication and a lot of other benefits [pics] http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/04/very-cheap-dome-protection-from-nuclear.html 5 comments science
Linking pages
- Robert Zubrin has new propellantless space propulsion concept - Dipole Drive | NextBigFuture.com https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/robert-zubrin-has-new-propellentless-space-propulsion-concept-dipole-drive.html 9 comments
- GitHub - amitmerchant1990/tech-blogs: A curated list of interesting tech blogs https://github.com/amitmerchant1990/tech-blogs 0 comments