Computing
Can Wave-Powered Ocean Data Centers Work? Inside Panthalassa's $1B Bet
Panthalassa raised $140M at a near-$1B mark in May 2026. Every figure that carries the case, including 2 cents per kWh, remains unproven at sea.
John D
Strategic Consultant, Director of DataDeep Tech and Author of Detroit Megacity
Computing
Multi-Column Electron-Beam Lithography: Why E-Beam Direct Write Cannot Replace EUV
A single e-beam column writes one 300mm wafer in 50 to 60 hours. An EUV scanner does 220 an hour. The four-order gap defines where maskless wins.
Space
China's Reusable Rocket Race: Closing the Orbital Launch Gap with SpaceX by 2027
China recovered a Long March booster at sea, trailing only SpaceX and Blue Origin. Economical reuse is the gap that remains.
Detroit Megacity
Hyperdense: a Free Cyberpunk Megacity Strategic Wargame
A free browser strategy game of influence, war, sabotage, and survival in a hyperdense megacity where people are your greatest resource.
Space
Outward Doctrine: a Free Web Game: Galactic Colonization
A free open-source web-game about galactic expansion, intended for sci-fi fans, futurists and strategy gamers.
Quantum
Can Qubits Be Cloned? How Encryption Refines, but Does Not Break, the No-Cloning Theorem
IBM hardware cloned a qubit into 77 encrypted copies using 154 qubits, yet only one is ever readable. The no-cloning theorem is refined, not broken.
Finance
Shanghai Sinyang (SZSE:300236): A Wet-Chemicals Compounder Priced as a Photoresist Bet
Sinyang's copper-plating and wet-clean franchise drives real earnings; its ArF photoresist is qualification-stage optionality, not scaled revenue.
DIY
HorizonSight 360° a Helmet-Integrated Rear-Awareness AR and Mission-Control Vision System
HorizonSight 360 gives a helmeted operator eyes in the back of their head, and gives their team eyes everywhere at once.
DIY
Free Open Source Compact Car (FOSCC): Build a Street-Legal DIY Car From Salvage Parts for Under $10,000
Open-hardware plans for a street-legal DIY compact car: salvaged 4-cylinder powertrain on a builder-welded steel frame for under $10,000.
Space
China's Commercial Space Industry Across LEO, GEO, and Cislunar: Guowang, Qianfan, Reusable Launch, and State-Directed Market Structure
China has filed for nearly 200,000 satellites. Two megaconstellations, zero proven reusable rockets, and a market that isn't quite commercial.
Batteries
Sodium-Ion Batteries in 2026: Cost Reality vs. LFP, CATL's Naxtra, and the Hard Carbon Bottleneck
China holds 95%+ of sodium-ion capacity. CATL's Naxtra hits 175 Wh/kg. Yet at 2026 prices, SIB cells still cost more than LFP.
Technoagriculture
Bioshelters in 2026: Passive-Solar Food Production Proven at Scale in China, Unproven in the West
Bioshelters promise year-round food at minimal energy. In 2026, passive solar scales to 810,000 ha in China but stays unproven in the West.