News Intel to fund silicon photonics centre

Intel has entered into a partnership to co-fund a silicon photonics research and production centre.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/02/02/intel-fund-silicon-photonics-centre/1

 

1+ for R&D. Now only if someone would dump a huge amount of money into energy generation!

 

And batteries. Someone please to god find a way to make my smartphone last longer than a day!

 

Both of those technologies already have shed loads of money being poured into them. Some people say that battery technology makes 3 years' worth of advancements each year - though that doesn't mean it's cheap or viable for small devices yet. Even car batteries still have a way to go and I'll be laughing when people go to sell their Prius' only to find that they're pretty much worthless as they'll need replacement batteries which cost a couple grand.

This is all really interesting with all of Intel's recent investment. Really making me consider whether I go work or if I should continue further study in the US.

Also, I thought BAE pretty much just built ships for the armed forces, I didn't know they also manufactured components..

 

BAE are into alsorts, not just ships, but aircraft, avionics, missile guidance systems etc etc.

 

Use it less

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/01/china_thorium_bet/
The Chinese seem to be onto that

 

how energy efficient is this over conventional methods?

 

I love new technologies. I hope this takes off and there are actual gains from it.