There is enough Holy-sh*t Batman stuff in this budget report/request to make the most extreme nerd crème-his-jeans for months! Here are just a few:
Coherent Collective Dynamics (Topological Insulators): - Developed physics of topological insulators guiding the production of interconnects to transmit electricity/information with [MY Emphasis] *orders of magnitude lower power and lower losses than the best performing known technology.* - Reproduced *first ever* magnet whose direction of magnetization can be controlled via applied voltage, which together with topological surface states will [MY Emphasis] *result in an ultra low power transistor useful well beyond the impending end of Moore's Law.* -------------------- - Determined the requirements for a unified theory for a non-biological system to demonstrate biological-like physical intelligence and showed how it is consistent with thermodynamic and other physical principles. --------------------- For all you HAARP enthusiasts: - Conducted a comprehensive series of ELF/ULF/VLF generation experiments and accomplished first ever generation of ELF waves (10-50 Hz) without the presence of a Polar Auroral electrojet using the ionospheric current drive (ICD). - Characterized ionospheric current drive (ICD), artificially stimulated emissions in the ionosphere, and ionospheric turbulence and associated scintillations. - Developed and implemented a continuously-operational, comprehensive array of instruments that measure emissions generated by tropospheric lightning, the associated electric and magnetic fields, and the appropriate time derivatives of these fields which indicate how rapidly they change. -------------------- And that's only a smattering! -Mark
