Dangit. They might just accomplish that by the time I've got my dark-matter well gravity controlled pulsar transponder system up and running with an IPN packet relayed to and from earth with only a 560 year latency.

:thumbsup:

Oh wait this is in Japan, not America.

When I was young I definitely required a full 8 hours of sleep. For some strange reason, almost immediately after I had my first child (I'm male) I developed the super-human ability to function quite well on 3-5 hours of sleep. Three years later I'm gradually regressing and currently seeing the need for 5-6 hours of sleep.

How about fine-grained telescope/antenna rotation to track stars across the sky as they move for (radio-)astronomy. You'd or course need a complement mechanism for the elevation.

Many solar cells use reflectors to focus sunlight on the cell. This could be another good application of this technology.

No replies to this post really demonstrates how clueless and inexperienced /. readers are these days.

Real time kernels? Did they resolve the funding issue?

Either I should stop buying Google ads because they are severely overstating their exposure or people within the United States of America are not Google's primary customer base.

When my 3yr old sticks a forked prong in my DC electrical outlet, what is the safety factor compared to the current AC plugs?

The poster did not specify that they wanted to keep the job, only to land it.

Enough C++ to get the job.

BOOM Ima hacker now!

I'm ready to get rich off the Firefox foundation the second my underage child gets an ad for an adult only site.

I don't think there would be a Hollywood blockbuster and funding of related programs if there wasn't at least some social awareness. Ethan Siegel's audience is a little more targeted.

I find it likely that one of Siegel's friends didn't get funding in favor of a more "cockamamie" program related to asteroid detection (which itself is more likely a cover for a US military radar installation).