Unfortunately, graphene is brittle

http://www.livescience.com/45216-graphene-weak-link-discovered.html?cmpid=557212

How a synapse stays stable when its proteins are renewed

http://www.mpg.de/8125352/synapses-stability

This may not sound interesting, but if we are to eventually replace our vulnerable protein human brains with tougher, more resilient materials, this process may hold the answer to how to do so without destroying the original person and having a materially superior copy live on in his/her stead.

Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25458?cmpid=NLC%7CNSNS%7C2014-2404-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&#.U17DLfldVvB

I hope we get beyond fixing biology by moving to a non-protein-based platform.

Cloaked nanodevices can survive the body's immune system

http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpressrelease/150/cloaked-dna-nanodevices-survive-pilot-mission

Google invests millions to lease affordable solar panels to homeowners

http://www.nationofchange.org/google-invests-millions-lease-affordable-solar-panels-american-homeowners-1398693651

U.S. Solar Capacity up 418% Since 2010, Koch Bros Demand Tax on Sun

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/24/1294444/-U-S-Solar-Capacity-up-418-Since-2010-Koch-Bros-Demand-Tax-on-Sun?detail=email#

New technique captures up to 80% of sun's energy

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/smart-spending/technology/solar-technology-marriage-changing-energy-world?page=1

Teabaggers are pro-solar power???

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/04/oklahoma_sb_1456_why_the_tea_party_is_fighting_for_solar_power.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

Gecko-like adhesive now sticks to anything

http://www.kurzweilai.net/gecko-like-adhesives-now-work-on-real-world-surfaces?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2b9967aae5-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-2b9967aae5-281903081

How to destroy the world with nanotechnology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0dYPnui3rM

25 Amazing Facts About Solar

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/20/25-amazing-facts-about-solar.aspx

Scientists discover first Earth-sized planet that could support life

http://news.yahoo.com/found-first-earth-size-planet-could-support-life-181057158.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

Nanoelectronic circuits that operate more than 10,000 times faster than current microprocessors

http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanoelectronic-circuits-that-operate-more-than-10000-times-faster-than-current-microprocessors?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=90d98e883e-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-90d98e883e-281903081

Graphene, the wonder material

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/bend-it-charge-it-dunk-it-graphene-the-material-of-tomorrow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel

http://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-game-changer-converting-seawater-fuel-150544958.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

30-second battery recharge (for cell phones, at least)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/charger-30-seconds_n_5105173.html

The government's identification of the gap between research and production in nanotech

http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6051

Eric Drexler TED talk on nanotechnology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOCEmlnyHk&feature=c4-overview&list=UU_qqMD08PFrDfPREoBEL6IQ

I've talked with Drexler. He's soft-spoken and not very dynamic, but there's some valuable info in this talk.

Making movies for the Oculus Rift

http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-crazy-camera-that-could-make-movies-for-the-oc-1557318674?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Ordered carbon-nanotube design may increase conductivity of solar cells by 100 million times

If the news stories about 3x efficiency here and 10x more energy there are impressive, surely 100 million times is astounding...but what it will result in I have no idea:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/ordered-carbon-nanotube-design-may-increase-conductivity-of-solar-cells-by-100-million-times?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=84111bdf01-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-84111bdf01-281903081