The Story of Quantum Computing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptuFckypqzE

The truly fascinating story of D-Wave's development of a quantum computer. The idea of accessing multiple universes to make calculations is a mind blower.

90 y.o. grandmother uses VR for the first time

This is just fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAC5SeNH8jw&feature=player_embedded

You’ll Probably Never Upload Your Mind Into A Computer

http://io9.com/you-ll-probably-never-upload-your-mind-into-a-computer-474941498

Mostly these are arguments from ignorance, but interesting nevertheless.

The Solar Cell That Turns 1 Photon into 2 Electrons

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-solar-cell-that-turns-1-photon-into-2-electrons

Moore's Law applied to life

http://news.yahoo.com/could-life-older-earth-itself-175255318.html

(Don't bother viewing the video--it's lame and not really related to the article.)

UPDATE: A scornful refutation of that claim:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/18/graaarh-physicists-biologists/

Artificial leaf gains the ability to self-heal damage and produce energy from dirty water

http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=222&content_id=CNBP_032564&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=895f6852-200e-4ef5-af3d-d18b12b85dd9

Artificial Intelligence Awakening

The beginning to a poignant story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhoYLp8CtXI

Petman Robot Almost Moves Like a Human

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFrjrgBV8K0&feature=endscreen

Kinda scary in that gas mask. ;-)

Solar Power Achieves Grid Parity in Parts of the World

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/03/solar-reaching-parity-with-other-energy-sources-say-new-reports

Astronomers anticipate 100 billion Earth-like planets

http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2239-astronomers-anticipate-100-billion-earth-like-planets

With 100 billion Earth-like planets...surely SOME must have advanced life....

All-optical switching promises terahertz-speed hard drive and RAM memory

https://www.ameslab.gov/news/news-releases/quantum-tricks-drive-magnetic-switching-fast-lane

Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/obama-to-unveil-initiative-to-map-the-human-brain.html?_r=0