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- 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
- China says tests of Propellentless EMDrive on space station were successful http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/12/china-says-tests-of-propellentless.html?m=1 2 comments
- New NASA Emdrive paper shows force of 1.2 millinewtons per kilowatt in a Vacuum http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/11/new-nasa-emdrive-paper-shows-force-of.html 34 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
- Elon Musk could become the richest person by the end of this week https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/01/elon-musk-could-become-richest-person-by-the-end-of-this-week.html 29 comments technology
- NASA SLS pork extravaganza https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/10/nasa-buying-ten-sls-rocket-launches-through-2035-in-a-show-of-washington-corruption.html 18 comments space
- Tesla Next Generation Lithium Batteries vs Solid State Batteries from Everyone Else https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/08/tesla-next-generation-lithium-batteries-vs-solid-state-batteries-from-everyone-else.html 3 comments technology
- India GDP Growth Was 4.5% Per Year and Not 7% From 2011-2017 [P] https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/07/india-gdp-growth-was-4-5-per-year-and-not-7-from-2011-2017.html?amp 3 comments india
- Most powerful single nuclear reactor now operational in China https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/12/china-starts-operating-most-powerful-single-nuclear-reacot.html 14 comments technology
- 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
- 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 29 comments space
- France’s nuclear clean energy is over three times faster and cheaper than Germany’s solar and wind http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/09/frances-nuclear-clean-energy-is-over-three-times-faster-and-cheaper-than-germanys-solar-and-wind.html 32 comments europe
- 4D Sound Headphones – The Next Generation of Audio? https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/10/4d-sound-headphones-the-next-generation-of-audio.html 10 comments technology
- 1,016 new intelligence related genes identified https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/06/1016-new-intelligence-related-genes-identified.html 7 comments science
- 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 getting better reusability with vastly improved and expanded heat shielding | NextBigFuture.com https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/spacex-getting-better-reusability-with-vastly-improved-and-expanded-heat-shielding.html 4 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
- EU $1.2 supercomputer project to several 10-100 PetaFLOP computers by 2020 and exaFLOP by 2022 https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/eu-1-2-supercomputer-project-to-several-10-100-petaflop-computers-by-2020-and-exaflop-by-2022.html 23 comments europe
- New Chinese laser advance may make commercial nuclear fission feasible https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/100-petawatt-lasers-could-generate-antimatter-from-vacuum-and-create-commercial-nuclear-fusion.html 9 comments technology
- Less than 5% of India's techies are ready for higher end AI and cloud computing work https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/12/less-than-5-of-indias-techies-are-ready-for-higher-end-ai-and-cloud-computing-work.html 13 comments india
- Jupiter's Red Dot is 100 times deeper than Earth's Oceans https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/12/jupiters-red-dot-is-100-times-deeper-than-earths-oceans.html 174 comments space
- CRISPR muscle boosting gene therapy at few thousand dollars per year will go mainstream https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/11/diy-biohacking-with-crispr-gene-therapy-for-muscle-boosting-myostatin-inhibitor.html 4 comments technology
- 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
- Netherlands is world number two in agricultural exports by using greenhouses and new technology https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/09/netherlands-is-world-number-two-in-agricultural-exports-by-using-greenhouses-and-new-technology.html 12 comments europe
- FCC Proposed 10 Mbps wireless download speed is Nigeria’s download speed https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/08/fcc-proposed-10-mbps-wireless-download-speed-is-nigerias-download-speed.html 53 comments technology
- Successful healthcare systems in Israel, Singapore and others could teach the US to lower health costs by two to four times while getting better results http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/01/other-more-successful-healthcare.html 27 comments politics
- 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
- Amazon will launch app that matches truck drivers to shippers http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/12/amazon-building-app-that-matches-truck.html 114 comments technology
- Google’s Deepmind AI now targets Starcraft http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/12/deepmind-ai-targets-starcraft.html 64 comments artificial
- Modular Exoskeleton reduces muscle force need for hard labor by 2.5 times, workplace version available now and medical version in early 2018 http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/11/modular-exoskeleton-reduces-muscle.html 12 comments technology
- New NASA Emdrive paper shows force of 1.2 millinewtons per kilowatt in a Vacuum http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/11/new-nasa-emdrive-paper-shows-force-of.html 333 comments technology
- 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
- Systematic attacks are probing internet defenses to map out how to take down the internet according to a security guru http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/09/systematic-attacks-are-probing-internet.html 3 comments technology
- US Army will begin 50 Kilowatt laser testing in 2017 and then advance to 100 kilowatt tests and deployments through 2021 http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/09/us-army-will-begin-50-kilowatt-laser.html 12 comments technology
- Boeing testing blended wing plane for potential new super-efficient subsonic plane within 10 years http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/09/boeing-testing-blended-wing-plane-for.html 112 comments technology
- Ultracapacitors with highest energy density works in extreme conditions http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/09/ultracapacitors-with-highest-energy.html 3 comments technology
- Next Big Future: LIDAR on a chip should be 1000 times cheaper and scan 1000 times faster to revolutionize self-driving cars, drones, and robots http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/08/lidar-on-chip-should-be-1000-times.html 14 comments technology
- Bigelow Aerospace Announces Pricing for Inflatable Space Stations http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/bigelow-aerospace-announces-pricing-for.html 5 comments space
- IEEE Paper - driverless cars could increase highway capacity by 273% http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2012/08/robotic-vehicles-and-highway-capacity.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29&utm_content=google+reader 17 comments science