From the editors:
We are pleased to inform to you that the young ireneus project can be considered as a successful idea. Our main task, to link two worlds such as investment, business and science and technology has originated that we had to improve our site.
Indeed, we have inaugurated recently www.ireneus.eu, where we can show in a more useful way the information and news. We consider that not only content, useful and practical navigation it is important too.
Independently that we will maintain the two sites, blogspace and website at the same time, we encourage you to visit us at the new internet site. And remember, all you opinions and suggestions will be welcomed. Thanks for all to everybody.
Smaller
As we showed in a previous post (Smaller 28/5/2008), nanotechnology has a great potential. Now, Mr. Günter Verheugen, commission Vice-President and responsible for enterprise and industry policy remarks that EU industry has to fully exploit the advances of nanotechnologies. The European Commission will start a consultation with stakeholders and Member States in order to increase knowledge and awareness.
And the figures related show exactly the same: market will expand between 750 to 2000 b € up to 2015 and 10 million related jobs in the sector, 10% of all manufacturing sectors.
As we said in our previous post, if every 3.5 years there are ‘peaks’ of technology emerging in business terms (patents and industrial goals), from today to 2015 remains 7 years in which talented investor can improve their funds. First peak will take place at 2011-2012, returning investment, and from this date to 2015. Perhaps it is time to get a clear asset in these emerging technologies. Please, see in deep the adverts because there are firms ready to work, hard work.
Please visit http://ec.europa.eu/nanotechnology/index_en.html
Saturday
Nanotechnology. Where is the next peak?
A brave report? Perhaps the future has just arrived?
Stronger
Spanish Nuclear Forum president, Mª Teresa Domínguez, said at the presentation of the report that in Spain, last 2007, with only 8.5 percent of the power installed, nuclear plants supplied around 55.000 million of Kw·h, it is 17.2 percent of the total energy consumption , up to 320.000 million of Kw·h. Therefore, nuclear power arises as the most efficient source of electric power. In order to reduce CO2 emissions, nuclear power can be the best election to combat the greenhouse effect in the future.
In Spain, by the 2030, it could be interesting that about 33 percent of the total energy, might be produced by nuclear plants, reducing so the dependence from fossil fueling. To achieve this target, it will be necessary to build at least eleven new plants, with a total investment over 33 b €. This ten new plants will have a nominal power of 1000 MW each one.
So, if we can get some calculating number, as always we use to do it, you can get…
(33 b € / 11 new plants·1000 Mw)= 3 m € / Mw installed.
As the experience shows, this power can be operative by 30 years and producing 24x7, without dependence of climatology (sunny, raining, wind, and so).
If you compare with the main current figures in Solar Photovoltaic,
by 2.5 m € /MW installed. In addition, if you rest to Solar Photovoltaic the subsidies that deadline it is near, because customers are not ready to pay energy that is more expensive, then Mrs. Dominguez considerations are right.
And if you consider too the boosting of economy that nuclear plan promotes: 7,000 direct related jobs and others 140,000 during the plan developing, with a direct impact on GDP Spanish figures, adding it a 3% , the plan have great reasons to be considered by society.
We celebrate the brave report, which tries to harness the main problem in our society today that is energy. Even nuclear power has a great impact on people anchored still to an ancient feeling about this energy source.
Please, visit http://www.foronuclear.org for more details.
Thursday
Quantum computing, just a dream?
Smarter |
- But the most important and promising advances in “quantum computing” to active investors in early stage of start-up’s today is using quantum computers to modeling the behavior of quantum world, in other words, to know the nanoscale before we build it. The quantum properties at nanoscale of heat transmit, micro-transistors, quantum electric sources and so on. Then, it will be the day when we’ll say that the nanoscale revolution has just arrived. Learn more...
Have you ever-heard talk about “quantum computing”? Well, this is a promising trend on new computing systems. The quantum properties are fascinating and allow dreaming not only to science fiction writers; even serious researchers are able to do it. Moreover, to investors, “quantum computing” allow to dream too?
We can talk for a minutes about this topic. The two most important items that researchers are focused today in this field are:
- Entanglement particles. Two particles, which can be separated even by an infinite distance, one of them determines the quantum state of another. If you get a measurement of one of them and get one quantum value, another particle will show, necessarily the quantum value that theory establishes. You can consider that the value of measurement or perhaps the sequence of events was written previously. Or perhaps we can find an infinite speed on transmitting signals. And due to this property, in the future we will be able to perform computers which will be able to process huge quantity of information in nanoseconds. So, you should see as Jurassic your last computer desk provided with the most advanced Intel, or AMD, or perhaps your beautiful Mac. In this subject we recommend you visit the web of Prince of Asturias foundation who awarded in 2006 to Mr. Juan Ignacio Cirac, “director of the Max Plank Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, for his worldwide leadership in proposing and developing quantum computing, a new science of the 21st century that comes from combining two of the most outstanding creations of the 20th century.”
- Another subject in this field in wich quantum computing is advancing so fast is on saving and retrieving information from simple quantum systems, built with a houndred or thousand of particles. In the quantum world, a particle with a quantum variable, can be measured, for instance, within the state “1” or within the state “0”. While you don’t act measuring it, the particle has to be in an intermediate state between “1” or “0”. This is as today we say a “qbit”. If you have a system with thousand particles, this system, while you don’t collapse their state (or wave function), may be within one of their 2exp(1000) possible states. 2exp(1000) is equal to 10exp(300), a number greater that the total number of particles in the Universe. The quantity of information that you can save in sets of 100 particles is very, very great. If you can develop a laser source to pick up every particle to read their state or assign a concrete state, you will have a big computer. Perhaps Google try to buy it to you. Think about it. But if you collapse the wave function of one of your sets performing a measuring over it, you will lose the rest of 10exp(300)-1 possibilities of information. However, this arrangement is appropriate, scientist say, to get a huge number of candidates to test the solution to complex problems, problems called ‘NP’. The problems that can be solved thanks to an algorithm are called ‘P’. Nevertheless, ‘NP’ problems cannot be solved with an algorithm, because you can know that the problem is solved only when you have the solution in your hands. In addition, it is not probable that you can get the solution in a human period. Perhaps you will be dead before. For instance, a problem belong to NP class, is cracking the security keys of systems informatics by hackers. Today scientist and engineers are talking about magic properties of quantum computing, infinite speed to transmit signal, reducing until 0 the time for processing of infinite problems NP and so on. Moreover, all of this it is all right, but if you must translate investment in researching into money terms, perhaps you would think that this is just a gamble. Do not worry. Please, visit http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-limits-of-quantum-computers to learn more about it. The great article by Scott Aaronson.
Sunday
Prince of Asturias awards 2008. The world will be in a special way.
| Smaller, Smarter and Stronger. |
Today, is a special day. We start the post with all our elements.
The Prince of Asturias Awards 2008 has been published recently their prizes in Science and Technology. They have sended a clear message to everybody: the future world will be smaller, smarter and stronger. Just as Ireneus expresed months ago when we presented the new ireneus manifest.
We think that we are achieving our target to show lines of researching and development to all investors that need to transform the scientifical numbers into monetary terms. And we continue on the track. Thanks to everybody.
The name of the great scientists awarded, Sumio Iijima, Shuji Nakamura, Robert Langer, George M. Whitesides, Tobin Marks, that they all come from the more advanced nanotechnology, energy and information researching areas.
It is very important too the explicit mention of the jury:
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Groundbreakers in the field of Nanotechnology worldwide, these scientists have created new, revolutionary materials and transcendental techniques for fighting diseases, such as those related to the brain and cancer, and for producing artificial tissues and organs. Their work also stands out for its contribution to the protection of the environment and energy saving via the use of new sources of clean energy that may be produced at a low cost. All these technological innovations and scientific discoveries are of special importance in the fight against poverty, such as the inexpensive purification of drinking water in the planet´s more underprivileged areas. The possibility of using reduced-cost, low-energy consumption sources of light in this fight is likewise worthy of mention.
"
Well, congratulations to:
[1] Sumio Iijima was born in Saitama Prefecture (Japan) in 1939. He discovered carbon nanotubes, materials made from carbon atoms, and their inherent potential in 1991.
[2] Shuji Nakamura (Ehime, Japón 1954), who now holds American citizenship, is the inventor of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) or diodes that emit green, blue and white light.
[3] Robert Langer was born in Albany (USA) in 1948. He is considered the father of intelligent drug delivery on account of developing novel, biomimetic materials in the form of polymers, nanoparticles or chips which permit the controlled delivery of drugs throughout the human body.
[4] George M. Whitesides was born in Louisville (USA) in 1939.He has developed techniques for the fabrication of nanoscale materials that are both novel and efficient.
[5] Tobin Marks was born in Washington (USA) in 1944. He is considered a leader in the field of chemical catalysis, having developed processes for numerous types of recyclable, environmentally-friendly plastics. He has developed a prototype of third-generation photovoltaic solar cells, composed of flexible, efficient, low-cost, organic materials, as well as sensors and light modulators
Please, visit the complet information directlty at
http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/index.html
Friday
It is a market, a new market and it is so attractive...
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From the International Monetary Fund Review. March 2008-06-06
Global Energy: Increasingly unsustainable.
Really still are there good opportunities to invest in renewable energies?
Well, look very carefully to the following figures of the future drown by the International Energy Agency.
- Fossil fuels –oil, natural gas and coal- will remain dominant unless governments adjust policies, with developing countries as a group contributing about 74 percent of the overall increase in demand.
- From 2007 to 2030, in billion metric tones of oil equivalent will rise from 12 up to 18. Increased by 50 percent in the period. The share of energy sources could be seen by 2030 as follows, very similar to the share of 2007: approximately 25% coal, 30% oil, 15% gas, 10% nuclear power and the last 20% renewable sources.
- These trends do not bode well for cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and climate change. Today China and India accounting for 10 percent. Europe and US about 53 percent. But China, India and emergent economies will increase and will overtake the western countries by the 2018 approximately. Not only in emissions, also in car market too.
- But if policies to save energy and reduce emissions are implemented faster, the increases in global emissions will level off and could be pushed back. In 2030 we can see, as IEA scenario draws, renewables will be responsible of reduction in approximately 4 Gigatones of CO2, together to others important reductions due to higher efficiency in energy production and consumption by consumer.
Well, now it is time to calculate.
As you have seen in the previous paragraph, by 2030 China and India could be the responsible of 60% CO2 emissions. Well, then they will have (3/5) of the investment effort in greenhouse emissions. If the IEA stabilization scenario really comes, China and India will be responsible of (3/5) of the 4 Gigatones of CO2 reduction in 2030.
If you consider that to produce energy as 1KW•h you generate actually about 300Kg of CO2, then
(3/5)*(4•10exp(9)•1•10exp(3))=2.4exp(12)
Kg of CO2 that will correspond to China and India reduction by 2030.
Then, this reduction correspond to a change in energy traditional production by renewable source in…
{ [2.4exp(12) Kg(CO2)] / [0.300 Kg (CO2)/Kw•h] } = 8exp(12) Kw•h
If we consider, just as we showed in an of our previous post, that the efficiency in production electric power will be around 12% in solar cells by 2030, and if we consider the solar constant of 400 W per square meter, then
12%*(0,4KW)/m2=0.048KW/m2
Then the land considered in emergent economies for new installations to solar photovoltaic cells, for instance, could be…
(0.048KW/m2)*365(days/year)*8(hours/day)*(2/3)(sunny factor)=93.44 KW•h/year•m2
Thus,{ [8exp(12)KW•h] / [93.44 KW•h/year•m2]} = 85.6exp(9)square meters. = 85,699 square Kilometers.
This area
Approximately 8,560,000 Ha, about 9,000,000 football pitches. This area is like area of countries as
Austria, Azerbaijan or Jordan, as wikipedia says
(please, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_outlying_territories_by_area
)
And finally, if you consider the cost installation about 150$ per square meter fully installed in solar photovoltaic (please, see our previous post "energy, solar plans and more") , then you will be able to see a market of…
85,6exp(9)*$US150 per square meter installed photovoltaic = $US 12,800 billions = $US 12.8 Giga dollars!!!
Perhaps you won’t be able to find another market so attractive and so sure by 2030. Don’t you think?
Wednesday
Peaks after 3.5 years
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“The economic development of nanotechnology. An indicator based analysis”
The article can be downloaded from
http://cordis.europa.en/nanotechnology
Very important subjects derivated from the report and very interesting to investors:
- The document shows previsions for nanotech global markets of 1,000 billion USD at 2015 (figures one and two, pag. 10). Within a pessimistic scenario, the previsions are of 150 billion USD for the same year (Mitsubishi Institute, 2002). Moreover, in an optimistic scenario the previsions are of 2.6 trillion dollars at 2014 (Lux Research, 2004).
- Any case, from 2008 to 2015 you have to multiply the current market for a factor of 4. In seven years, it will have grown two for two times. In other words, year after year rhythm of growth is approximately, applying the well-known rule of 70: (70/3.5)=20%.
- You can get double market every three and half year. This sounds right. We suppose you agree with us. However, the most interesting figure of those you will be able to find it at page 22. You will observe two peaks at Fig. 15 on the patents of nanotech according to EPO (European Patents Office). Two peaks at year 1999 and at 2002. Perhaps we will be able to find a new peak every three years. Perhaps have we the same rhythm of growing for both, market and patents?
- The classification in families of developing nanotech that EPO has developed as very useful (page. 22):
o Nanobiotech
o Nanoelectronics
o Nanomaterials
o Nanodevices
o Nano-optics
o Nanomagnetics
- If you consider figures at page 23 (fig. 16) where you can observe the two most important periods and the relative growth between them: 1995-1999 and 1999-2003. Nano-optics and nano-biotech are the most enthusiastic families.
- If you believe in the accumulative character of scientific and technical knowledge and the accurate accumulation for growth happens every three and half years.
- In addition, if you consider fig. 8 where you can find peaks at the same years for VC investment and the EPO activity.
- Thus, we think that the better opportunities to invest in nanotech by 2008 and 2009 you will find at Nano-materials and Nano-electronics. You must consider that every 3.5 years, the market is double than precedent.
Monday
How
Smarter |
Today we will try to know how much a robot can produce per year if we want that he generates profit for us.
Well, we have to read careafully some main figures about robots in the world.
"International Robot Exhibition. Tokyo, December 2007"
ABB Speech. Anders Jonsson. Executive vicepresident Head of Robotic Division.http://www.irex2007.jp/ENG/pdf/ABB_e.pdf Global Robotics Division.
Year: . . . . . . . . . . . R+D Expenses (b$): EBIT(b$) =====================================
2004. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 971. . . . .. . . . . . . . 450
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . 966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800
2006. . . . . . . . . . . 1.066. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.100
6,000 researchers and developers worldwide. Sales in robotics products 1st Qt to 3rd Qt 2007: 1,2 b$
We will asume that researching personal cost is included in R+D expenses.
4,500 employees in over 50 countries. 150,000 robots installed worldwide.
Well, we can see...
(3.0b$ R+D expenses in three years + 4,500 employees * 75,000 $/year·employed*3 year, including all costs)=4,0125 b$
4,0125 b$ / 150.000 robots=26,750 $ per robot installed.
Customize and maintaining in 8 years, as 15% of acquisition price per year,...
(26,750*0.15)*8+26,750=aprox. 58,900 $ per robot total cost in 8 years. Its annual cost must be at least as he can produce to us (marginal cost). Thus...
58,900/ 8 = 7,362.5$ per year.
We think it is not expensive, in global average, to improve our industrial trends with robots. So Koji Toshima from Yaslawa Electric Corporation said in his speech "future robots that co-exist and co-prosper with humans". http://www.irex2007.jp/ENG/pdf/ABB_e.pdf
Please, do not forget to visit the link of our media center to International Robot Exhibition. Thanks.
Wednesday
How far away from the bottom?
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Well, perhaps you remember our post about Feynman’s memorable speech at Caltech, December, 29 – 1959 called: “There is plenty of room at the bottom” For all of us, it was the beginning of Nano-Tech.
Absolutely Mr. Feynman was right, one more time. Yes, it seems as if Ph. D. Richard Feynman stays saying to students, entrepreneurs, investors and to everybody at the entrance of his classroom “Yes, come in, there is plenty of room at the bottom, please, come in and don’t stop on researching and, of course, in investing too”.
Nevertheless, it is a practical blog. We want to show main figures and easy rules. All oriented to people that need to take decisions about investment and they need to know the exact dimensions and the future scenarios. Well, let's go!
From the memorable speech mentioned above
“Let us represent a dot by a small spot of one metal, the next dash, by an adjacent spot of another metal, and so on. Suppose, to be conservative, that a bit of information is going to require a little cube of atoms 5 times, 5 times, 5 times, that is 125 atoms.”
Well, in this paragraph the author considered 1 bit equivalent to 125 atoms.
HD-DVD versus Blue-Ray technologies and other comparatives.
Below, we will express how far away these technologies from the theory limits established by Mr. Feynman lie.
We have considered a CD-format, in other words, a disc of 5.7 cm of diameter, and with a circular sector between 2.1 and 3.5 cm. (It is easy to probe that, you can measure it)
The result of this dimensions is 8.82 exp(-3) square meters. Value [A]
We have considered too a typical atom as an sphere of 1 • exp(-10)m of radius, approximately double of Bohr’s radius. Thus, the volume of one atom will be 4.18 exp(-30) cubic meters. Value [B]
Well, now please read carefully this table:
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Technology: CD-ROM
Capacity (Gbytes):0.7
Wavelength laser source (nm): 780
Length Hole surface (micrometers): 0.8
Track-wide (micrometers):1.6
Atoms per format: 1,69Exp(+22)
Atoms-per-bit: 3,01 Exp (+12)
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Technology: DVD
Capacity (Gbytes):4.7
Wavelength laser source (nm): 650
Length Hole surface (micrometers): 0.74
Track-wide (micrometers):1.6
Atoms per format: 8,44Exp(+21)
Atoms-per-bit: 2,24 Exp (+11)
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Technology: HD-DVD
Capacity (Gbytes):15
Wavelength laser source (nm): 405
Length Hole surface (micrometers): 0.2
Track-wide (micrometers):0.4
Atoms per format: 4,22Exp(+21)
Atoms-per-bit: 3,52Exp (+10)
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Technology: Blue Ray
Capacity (Gbytes):25
Wavelength laser source (nm): 405
Length Hole surface (micrometers): 0.15
Track-wide (micrometers):0.32
Atoms per format: 3,17Exp(+21)
Atoms-per-bit: 1,58Exp (+10)
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Wow, are you surprised? We are so!
We are very, very far away from the limit established by Mr. Feynman of 125 atoms per bit. Blue Ray, the great Blue Ray, the Once, still needs 15,800,000,000 atoms per bit!!!
The most important aspect that concerns to new recording and recovering information optical technologies is the wavelength of the laser reader device. We need to research to reduce it, and we will be able to reduce the track wide recording and the Length hole of monocape.
In any case, there is plenty of room at the bottom. The investment community had to think that the recording technologies and their impact in business (better media distribution, recording format cheaper and faster) have a clear opportunity of business. If you think in investments to improve the optical systems and laser sources in order to reduce the wavelength…perhaps any nanometers only…it could be great. Sure.
Monday
Today: Stronger and the new executive trained in green energy
From the editors:
We think that next years we will able to see great transformations. We must answer to the new challenges if we want to improve our world. Today investors have to know how physical numbers (watts, nanometers, terabytes, efficience in photons energy, etc.) can be translated into money terms. Their purpose and sometimes their customers need transform the first into the second.
And of course, it is not clear. Indeed it is our mission in this blog: helping people who need harness investment opportunities at early stage in lead sector with high return and growing markets and benefits and perhaps there are not much time to decide.Because sometimes, it is necessary a scientific basis to learn what the numbers want to say. This is our engagement. This century perhaps would be known in the futre as the "3-S century". Our vision establishes a new world characterized as
We will focuse our articles in these three topics. We think nobody has too much time to test another sectors. This three items are the key sectors today and the key to a reliable investment. Furthermore, our dream is that ireneus become a meeting point beetwen investors and researchers.Thank you very much for all and we start, we have not too much time, you know...
Sunday
How to train the new executive class in renewable energy industry
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From The Economist 2008 May, 3rd-9th
"2008 May, 1st is the dead line for applications for a very special first executive-educational programme. This consists in three months course about "renewable energy". Set up by some Venture Capital firms, the course will qualify to the entrepreuners of successful starts-up (a prerrequiste for this) in the new discipline focused on manage sustainable, green and ecologycal criteria in industries such as healthcare, new energies, IT and so on .
The programme will be held in New England between June to August. 'A lack of talent we have identified in the clean-tech industry' (Peter Rothstein said, of Flagship Ventures, a programme founders. Plesase, visit www.flagshipventures.com ) That bottleneck worries investors, who have been poring cash into everything from solar energy to hybrid electric cars: last year global investment in renewable-energy business alone rose by 60% to $148,4 billion, according to New Energy Finance (NEF), a research firm based in London (please, visit http://www.newenergyfinance.com/NEF/HTML/whitepapers/2008.06.03.League.Table.2007.pdf
to download full NEF Report).
Recent global survey conducted by NEF and Heindrinck & Struggles (please, visit http://www.heidrick.com/) , a Head Hunter company, says that studied 75 senior executives, over 90% cited top-level recruitment had renewable energy as a serious concern.
But what should to offer a good programme about renewable energy to managers?
Well, we have to remark three main aspects:
1- Renewable-energy's bosses need that scientist leave the obscurity of theri Labs.
2-The executives today need project-financing techniques.
3-And of course, they also need to be able to deal with regulatory and fiscal regimes.
The prize for all executive talented in renewable and green industry knowledge, it will be clear too:
'In the sector, last years wages have soared as the industry has grown. So, they need head hunters to catch the talent and attract big utilities and private-equity funds'
(Ann Cormack, head of D1-BP Fuel Crops).
Friday
New Ireneus: Today Robots, Business and more.
From the editors:
We think that next years we will able to see great transformations. We must answer to the new challenges if we want to improve our world. Today investors have to know how physical numbers (watts, nanometers, terabytes, efficience in photons energy, etc.) can be translated into money terms. Their purpose and sometimes their customers need transform the first into the second. And of course, it is not clear.
Indeed it is our mission in this blog: helping people who need harness investment opportunities at early stage in lead sector with high return and growing markets and benefits and perhaps there are not much time to decide.Because sometimes, it is necessary a scientific basis to learn what the numbers want to say. This is our engagement.
This century perhaps would be known in the futre as the "3-S century". Our vision establishes a new world characterized as
We will focuse our articles in these three topics. We think nobody has too much time to test another sectors. This three items are the key sectors today and the key to a reliable investment. Furthermore, our dream is that ireneus become a meeting point beetwen investors and researchers.Thank you very much for all and we start, we have not too much time, you know...
Robots and Business
Smarter |
First:
John P. Desmond after Robobusiness 2008 Conference & Expo Event, expressed his opinion about VCs and Robotics because he thinks that connections are Few: "The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), for example, decided years ago that robotics would no longer be a category in its funding reports".
John P. Desmond is a contributing Editor to Robotics Trends. He can be reached at john_desmond@king-content.com
While another important executives in VC think that "The investment opportunities are few and far between. I've spent a lot of time looking for robotics investment opportunities. The military-funded companies are slow to develop and we are in the fast-to-develop business" (Stan Reiss of Matrix Partners, Waltham, Mass.- based VC company)
However, you can find out new start-up and enterprises that do not prefer be seen as robotic companies instead advanced researching centers: artificial vision or human language, sensor and advanced devices and so on, necessary to supply the robotic industry.
This enterprises can Return the investments more quickly than exclusively robotic companies, because the market for robots performing is too young and weak. Only military centers are now focused at 100% in this.
You can see www.robobusiness.com
Second:
By now we can talk about figures showed by european and japanese executives in the last 2007 International Robot Exhibition. Managers from ABB and Toyota Researching and other more talked about number of robots currently enabled today in the industry (1 Million), what is the investment in R&D in their industries last years (Nearly 1 Billion $ each last three years with 6.000 researchers. [ABB figures]) , how much money and persons
(1 PERSON working in the manufacturing robot industry by 30 ROBOTS made and installed after all. 150.000 robots installed around the world. [Figures from ABB]) are necessary to improve and comercialize a robot in the market an so on.
In this way you can get a gauge the figures of this industry today.
http://www.irex2007.jp/ENG/Simultaneous.html
Third:
Save the Date for RoboBusiness 2009!April 15-16, 2009 Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts Event information will be available in the coming months and registration will open in July. Be sure to sign up for our bulletin to receive event notifications.
Wednesday
Welcome to the new Ireneus: Today Energy, Solar Plans and more
From the editors:
We think that next years we will able to see great transformations. We must answer to the new challenges if we want to improve our world. Today investors have to know how physical numbers (watts, nanometers, terabytes, efficience in photons energy, etc.) can be translated into money terms. Their purpose and sometimes their customers need transform the first into the second. And of course, it is not clear.
Indeed it is our mission in this blog: helping people who need harness investment opportunities at early stage in lead sector with high return and growing markets and benefits and perhaps there are not much time to decide.Because sometimes, it is necessary a scientific basis to learn what the numbers want to say. This is our engagement.
This century perhaps would be known in the futre as the "3-S century". Our vision establishes a new world characterized as
We will focuse our articles in these three topics. We think nobody has too much time to test another sectors. This three items are the key sectors today and the key to a reliable investment. Furthermore, our dream is that ireneus become a meeting point beetwen investors and researchers.Thank you very much for all and we start, we have not too much time, you know...
Stronger |
Listen, recently published by Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis in Scientific American a great report about energetic scenario in EE.UU. 2050 a great plan in Solar Energy. They talked about Photovoltaic Solar Energy (PSE) and Concentrated Solar Energy (CSE) in heating fluids. There are two different technologies and two different benefits to investors. Today the two technologies are in use but the authors hope that in the future, the current economic figures of the sector will be improved, sure.
But, what is better in profitable terms? They said:
In 2007, installation cost per W: PSE- 4.0$ / CSE -5.8$
electric price per KW·h - PSE - 0.16$ / CSE - 0.20$
effectivenss in electric production - PSE - 10% / CSE - 13%
But in the future, the scenario:
In 2050, installation cost per W: PSE - 1.20$ / CSE - 3.70$
electric price per KW·h - PSE - 0.05$ / CSE - 0.09$
effectivenss in electric production - PSE - 14% / CSE - 17%
Well, to find the better target to our investment assets…
PSE: (14/10)*(0.05/0.16)*(4/1.20)=1.485
CSE: (17/13)*(0.09/0.20)*(5.8/3.70)=0.922
If we consider a linear dependence of all those factors, we have to think that PSP is more profitable than CSE in a factor 1.6 or in 60% in currency terms.
And more. By each point per cent improving effectiveness in PSE(new material photovoltaic) the benefit of our inversion will increase in...
{{1.485-[(1.485)/(14/10)]}/(14-10)}=0.106
effectiveness in PSE(new materials, new circuits, today researchers have developed in laboratory materials until 11.5%) could be expressed in currency terms as follows:
by each porcentual point in solar cell effectiveness, our investments in PSE could be improved in 10.6%.
But if you like more risk in the investments, perhaps you can select industries in solar cells productions. In 2050 the authors hope that 65% of energy in the USA could be generated by Solar Energy. The new market for this firms is incredible and by each point of increasing effectiveness in solar cell, you can get the benefit increased by ten.
Here you can find very interesting links to know more about the state-of-art in PSE and CSE
[The sector magazine. News, events and more]
http://www.photon-magazine.com/events/events.aspx
[Scientific American article: Solar Plan]
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan
[The first enterprise that have managed to increase effectiveness until 11,5%]
http://www.firstsolar.com/
Well, best regards from inereus.Bye.
Sunday
Feynman and Forbes.
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Do you really think that Mr. Feynman talked about micro-devices and nano-machines, Caltech December, 29 1959, for instance, was thinking in business?
http://nanoparticles.org/pdf/Feynman.pdf
[©1960 California Institute of Technology
First published in Engineering and Science magazine, vol. XXIII, no. 5, February 1960]
Do you really think that Forbes publishers had passed and elementary exam with Feynman Ph. Dr.?
Well, today Forbes and its reports are tackling the monetary flows to high-tech to get high-profits with small, small technologies thought by Mr. Feynman a long time ago.Why so many years? We do not why. Perhaps you know. In this moment, please, visit this link to the Forbes High-Tech reports to venture capitalist and investors in high tech. Next days we follow to discuss about what history made with the scientifist creation and advances.
Has ever anybody thought to invest in ideas? Only in ideas? Do you know anybody like this?
Please, post-us its email. We would to be in touch with him. Thanks.
http://www.newsletters.forbes.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&Locale=en_US&id=ProductDetailsPage&SiteID=es_764&productID=53889200&pgm=4347100
http://www.newsletters.forbes.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&Locale=en_US&id=ProductDetailsPage&SiteID=es_764&productID=53889200&pgm=4347100
Friday
Wow, some is moving in HP. Really
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We must admit that something (or perhaps somebody) is moving in HP.
Right, the last public presentation of HP Labs and its new targets.
"HP Labs is 42 years old this year. But that doesn't mean it can't act like a startup."
Moreover, the focus on researching just not belong to ancient scientifist. They want join to entrepeuners, universities and venture capitalists. Wow, they do not want act as and great, jurasic and bureaucratic entity as european institutions. They only want think in business terms and tackle the future of innovation in Information Society.
"Banerjee, who took the reins in August 2007, says a reenergized HP Labs will do more high-impact research, turn more of its technologies into successful businesses and collaborate with universities, venture capitalists, customers and others to amplify the work of its 600 researchers. "
Thus, to those investors that are thinking about future, technology and high profits we recommend this link
http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2008/jan-mar/hpl_transformation.html
Perhaps it is a reaction to all new and young net rich-man teenagers?
Why customers had to pay to get a new young rich-man like never have done?
Now, the great enterprises want to control the process of innovation racionalizating it?
Only the time will tell us... By now, my dear investors, look out carefully.
Bye.
Tuesday
A practical rule for efficient investors
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Well, we are living a veritable problem. By 2010 perhaps current oil system, in other words, all well known tasks in extract, refine and commercializating will fall down. And then only fuell-cells developed today will be able to solve this huge crisis.
We hope that hydrogen fuel-cells will be operating in our cars. BMW next year, or perhaps 2010, is going to launch his new hibryde powered model. With an autonomy of 300 Km aprox. An it will be possible thanks to nanotubes and their great adsortion power.
You can read at http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/introduction/introduction_to_nanotechnology_15.html
" Fuel Cells
Engineered surfaces are essential in fuel cells, where the external surface properties and the pore structure affect performance. The hydrogen used as the immediate fuel in fuel cells may be generated from hydrocarbons by catalytic reforming, usually in a reactor module associated directly with the fuel cell. The potential use of nano-engineered membranes to intensify catalytic processes could enable higher-efficiency, small-scale fuel cells. These could act as distributed sources of electrical power. It may eventually be possible to produce hydrogen locally from sources other than hydrocarbons, which are the feedstocks of current attention."
Yes, the surfaces of carbon nanotubes, where a great quantity of hydrogen could be lied, that hydrogen will be a reliable fuell at ordinary temperature. If in liquid hydrogen (very dangerous state) you can get 75 g per l. of hydrogen, in carbon nanotubes, you could get 40 g per l. of fuel-cell.
And remembre this practical rule: 1 kg. of hydrogen is the same that 1 oil galon (3,8 l.)
If you are a short time investor and you are thinking in a private-equity, high technology and high, high return, well, we think your opportunity is in nanotube technology.
Can you imagine the return of your investment when all oil system will be in crisis ?
Do not forget visit our pages properly, we will talk about new and emergent technologies and very, very profitable investments.
Thank you for your attention and please, c0mment this site with your peers or your friends. (Sorry, but perhaps in the managers fund investment society, there are not so much friends. But very selected friends, of course)
Wednesday
Today, we will develop a pragmatic post.
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Dear friends, today we will develop a pragmatic post.
First, we show the criteria and another important matters about European Investment Fund and its activity on investment in high-tech projects, entrepreunership and start-up across Europe. Please, follow the link below. Remember that we always work hard to join money and high-tech research across the world.
EIB Group (EIB and EIF) resources for venture capital are managed by the EIF as part of the Amsterdam Special Action Programme and the Innovation 2000 Initiative. The EIF aims to invest in: Independent management teams that raise funds from a wide range of investors in order to provide risk capital to growing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
Funds targeting early stage companies that are developing or using advanced technologies in industry or services.
Investment Target
We seek a minority position of between 10 and 35% of the total capital committed in a fund. The exact size of the EIF's investment varies according to the size and characteristics of each fund.
Eligibility Criteria
The EIF requires that its portfolio funds:
-- Raise at least EUR 15 million.
-- Focus principally their investments in the EU and the Acceding/Accession Countries.
-- Focus primarily their investments on early-stage, development or expansion capital, preferably in technology-oriented SMEs.
-- Target mainly SMEs, defined as businesses with less than 250 employees, with total turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million or a balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million, and that are independent (i.e. not owned by more than a third of their capital by non-SMEs) at the time of the fund’s first investment. In exceptional cases, a target of enterprises with more than 250 employees can be considered.
-- Be mainly independently and professionally managed, i.e.: Selection/monitoring by a dedicated management team of professionals with appropriate experience and skills;Investment/divestment decisions taken either by the management team and/or by an independent board whose members are independent from the investors.
-- Provide a risk-adjusted return in line with that of the private equity market.
-- Be mainly funded by Private sector investors, with the Public sector investors (including the EIF) not exceeding 50% to total committed capital.
Further Information
If you wish to make a venture capital proposal to us, we would normally expect to receive an information memorandum setting out the details (information memorandums are reviewed on an on-going basis).
It is not necessary to indicate on the information memorandum whether the proposal is intended for an EIB Group or an EC funded programme. Our venture capital team will allocate the source of funding at a later stage in the assessment procedure.
Please note that there is no formal application procedure for the Seed Capital Action programme.
We expect information memorandums to address at least the following matters:
· management team
· target market
· deal flow
· investment strategy
· fund size
· legal structure
· proposed terms
· expected returns
· other investors
· timing of fund raising
Once we have established that the investment opportunity may meet our investment criteria, we will normally invite management to make a presentation to us. Thereafter, we carry out detailed due diligence on all aspects of the proposal before we confirm our willingness to invest.
http://www.eif.org/venture/eibres/eib-eif-resources/index.htm
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Second, we are pleased to invite to you to see some very interesting videos. About Nanotechnology and 'the state of art' of this discipline. Speech of Ray Baughman Ph. D. at Carnegie Mellon:
Moreover, you can see how politicians have a very strong commitment in this subject.
You will be able how
CNSE announces the GetNANO
1 min 39 s - 06-oct-2007The College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, home to the $4.2 billion Albany NanoTech complex, is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. You can view video segments originally aired on CNSE’s "NanoNow" program, including interviews with faculty, staff and corporate partners. In this segment: CNSE announces the GetNANO (Global Education and Training for Nanotechnology) program, designed to prepare the workforce necessary to attract additional high-tech jobs, companies and investment to the Capital Region and New York State
And the last but not the least, there are very interesting people searching in nanotechnologies, and we can see their adavances. For instance,
CNSE
Associate Professor of Nanoscience Bradley Thiel discusses a dual beam microscope and its applications
1 min 39 s - 03-oct-2007The College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, home to the $4.2 billion Albany NanoTech complex, is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. You can view video segments originally aired on CNSE’s "NanoNow" program, including interviews with faculty, staff and corporate partners. In this segment: CNSE Associate Professor of Nanoscience Bradley Thiel discusses a dual beam microscope and its applications.
Well, see you soon. And remember, money and researching will be able to meet them.
Sunday
News, good news. European prizes 2007 and nanotubes.
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European Science Awards honour
'the best that Europe has to offer' [Date: 2008-03-13]
"Andrea Ferrari carried out his Marie Curie sponsored PhD at Cambridge, UK, where he is still based today. In addition to the Marie Curie prize, he is also a recipient of one of the first European Research Council grants, which will enable him to carry on his research into carbon nanotubes for the next five years."
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=29233
The chief editor of Nature Nanotechnology,
Dr. Peter Rodgers (right), talking to
Dr Andrea Ferrari from the Centre
of Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE),
Cambridge.
By now, Eurpean prizes and international awards. And coming soon, high revenues and great profits. Well, we think we are in the right way to show us how. It's easy to find investors. Look at this article below, please,...
--------------------------CNT@Cambridge 2007 Symposium - A mini-symposium on the science and application of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)
Prof. Malcolm Mackley (right) together with the Symposium Chair Anson Ma (left) at the CNT@Cambridge 2007 symposium.
Over 150 delegates gathered in Cambridge on last Friday (30 November) to attend the first CNT@Cambridge 2007 symposium. The theme of the symposium is the science and application of carbon nanotubes. CNTs are cylinders of rolled graphene sheets which can potentially be used in high-performance nanocomposites, nano-electronic devices and biological applications. At the symposium, Prof. Malcolm Mackley from this department addressed a keynote speech on "The microstructure and rheology of carbon nanotube (CNT) suspensions". The event was initiated by a group of students and post-doctoral researchers who share the same vision: to provide a platform for CNT researchers to exchange ideas and for industry delegates to interact with leading CNT scientists in Europe. Dr. James McGregor and Anson Ma from this department were serving on the symposium organising committee.
The symposium was generously sponsored by Churchill College, Nanoholdings LLC, ENSAM, AIXTRON and SonicBio, with participation from both academic journals (Nature and Science) and the industry (Bayer MaterialScience, Oxford Instruments, Nanocyl, Nokia, Siemens, Thomas Swan). The proceedings of the symposium will be published by Springer and will appear as a special issue of the International Journal of Material Forming. The symposium was generously sponsored by Churchill College, Nanoholdings LLC, ENSAM, AIXTRON and SonicBio, with participation from both academic journals (Nature and Science) and the industry (Bayer MaterialScience, Oxford Instruments, Nanocyl, Nokia, Siemens, Thomas Swan). The proceedings of the symposium will be published by Springer and will appear as a special issue of the International Journal of Material Forming.
Dr. Daryl Boudreaux from NanoHoldings LLC - a USA-based venture capital company - asking a question during the Q&A session. Dr. Damien Vadillo from this department was in the audience.
