Google machine-learning system is first to defeat professional Go player

http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-machine-learning-system-is-first-to-defeat-professional-go-player?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a58327ccde-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-a58327ccde-281903081

Yale Engineers Devise Quantum Technology On A Chip

http://scitechdaily.com/yale-engineers-devise-quantum-technology-on-a-chip/

Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought

This could push back the development of true AI by a couple years or so:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/memory-capacity-of-brain-is-10-times-more-than-previously-thought?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6186799282-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-6186799282-281903081

The Real Reason Renewables Are Beating Fossil Fuels

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2016/01/20/the-real-reason-renewables-are-beating-fossil-fuels/#2715e4857a0b2547fef4253f

Neil deGrasse Tyson and futurist Ray Kurzweil on what will happen to our brains and everything else

These are two of the thinkers I most respect in the world, and they're having a conversation on the concept of the singularity. How cool is that?

http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-interview-ray-kurzweil-innovators-2016-1

I knew Tyson was a skeptic about the topic...and the end was a surprise to me.

Kurzweil is kind of the Bernie Sanders of futurists.

Putting an Environmental Price Tag on Coal

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/opinion/putting-an-environmental-price-tag-on-coal.html?_r=0

‘Bubble pen’ can precisely write patterns with nanoparticles as small as 1 nanometer

No complex clean room required!

http://www.kurzweilai.net/bubble-pen-can-precisely-write-patterns-with-nanoparticles-as-small-as-1-nanometer?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=61ba5e6ee5-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-61ba5e6ee5-281903081

Why This Might Be the Beginning of the End for the Toyota Prius

Low gas prices are making the push for hybrid and electric vehicles harder, but it's not all bad due to the cachet of electric vehicles:

http://time.com/money/3654905/toyota-prius-hybrids-sales-decline/

LG announces plans to triple solar panel production by 2020

One can't help but think that the tipping point has been reached....

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lg-announces-plans-triple-solar-213432024.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Sales of gas-turbines drop due to renewable surge

http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-01-14/ge-hit-by-gas-turbine-slump-in-europe

New Material Can Store Solar Energy During the Day and Release it Later as Heat

http://scitechdaily.com/new-material-can-store-solar-energy-during-the-day-and-release-it-later-as-heat/

Do we have free will?

We may not have free will...but we may have a limited "free won't":

http://www.kurzweilai.net/do-we-have-free-will?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ec4dab04c4-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-ec4dab04c4-281903081

I Finally Tried Virtual Reality and It Brought Me to Tears

http://time.com/4172998/virtual-reality-oculus-rift-htc-vive-ces/

5 Solar Energy Trends for 2016 in the Residential Market

http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/01/5-solar-energy-trends-2016-residential-market/

An 18-inch video display you can roll up like a newspaper

http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-18-inch-video-display-you-can-roll-up-like-a-newspaper?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=267dde573f-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-267dde573f-281903081

You can't flatten it? That seems an odd limitation....

How Soon Before Your Job Is Done By A Robot? This Handy Chart Will Tell You

Not really a very clear graphic, but...

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3054842/visualizing/how-soon-before-your-job-is-done-by-a-robot-this-graphic-will-tell-you?utm_content=bufferb0f9c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Whether it's Faraday, Tesla, or Volvo, our electric self-driving car future is closer than ever

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/6/1466657/-Whether-it-s-Faraday-Tesla-or-Volvo-our-electric-self-driving-car-future-is-closer-than-ever?detail=email

Graphene filter can clean nuclear wastewater

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/01/05/Graphene-filter-can-clean-nuclear-wastewater/6721452009215/

Link is a tiny cube that streams media to 7 devices at once — no Wi-Fi or data required

http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/04/link-is-a-tiny-cube-that-streams-media-to-7-devices-at-once-no-wi-fi-or-data-required/

Nvidia outs Pascal GPU in new “supercomputer” for self-driving cars

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/nvidia-outs-pascal-gpu-in-new-supercomputer-for-self-driving-cars/