June 2015
Nantero announced the production of carbon-nanotube memories to revolutionize the use of computers
Nantero, a company specializing in the development of carbon nanotubes, has announced that this type of technology is being applied to the creation of a new type of non-volatile memory in various factories around the world. NRAM, as it’s called, can revolutionize the way computers handle their memory because they have the advantages of the current RAM and NAND without their flaws.
Lester del Rey was born 100 years ago
Lester del Rey (photo ©Dd-b) was born on June 2, 1915 in Saratoga, Minnesota, USA. He claimed that this was a part of his full, much longer, name, provided in various versions, but his sister revealed that his real name was Leonard Kapp. He was a famous science fiction and fantasy writer also very active as a magazine editor. He died on May 10, 1993, leaving a mixed literary legacy ranging from great quality stories to others of much lower level but also a very important contribution in the editorial and publishing field.
The Void Captain’s Tale by Norman Spinrad
The novel “The Void Captain’s Tale” by Norman Spinrad was published for the first time in 1983.
Void Captain Genro Kane Gupta is given command of the starship Dragon Zephir. Generally Void pilots remain isolated from the rest of the crew, though formally they have all the privileges of the ship’s officers. However, the Captain soon discovers that Dominique Alia Wu is a really out of the ordinary pilot.
The Captain quickly becomes obsessed with Dominique Alia Wu and her strange way of conceiving her task. Between the two of them begins a complex sexual relationship which is at the same time strangely spiritual. Dominique Alia Wu keeps on performing regularly the jumps that allow the starship to cross interstellar distances but tries to convince the Captain to perform a blind jump against all the rules.
