3D Printing Food

Not exactly my idea of delicious, but it could go somewhere:

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/futuristic-food

Quantum device detects and corrects its own errors

An important step for quantum computers:

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2015/015060/strength-numbers

Researchers enable solar cells to use more sunlight

http://wwwen.uni.lu/universite/actualites/a_la_une/researchers_enable_solar_cells_to_use_more_sunlight

Why Robots Will Be The Biggest Job Creators In World History

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2015/03/01/why-robots-will-be-the-biggest-job-creators-in-history/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix

I'm not sure I agree with this, mainly because all previous technological advancements solved one or a few problems, thus freeing up people to do other work. But when robots can replace humans in ANY line of work--including innovation itself--then it's not the plow, the horse-drawn carriage, the typewriter that's rendered obsolete, but human beings themselves.

Valve announces a virtual reality headset for sale this year

https://games.yahoo.com/news/valves-big-announcement-excited-terrified-205836051.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Solar electricity has reached grid parity in half of developed countries

http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/2015/03/02/solar-electricity-is-competitive-globally-deutsche/

A ‘breakthrough’ in rechargeable batteries for electronic devices and electric vehicles

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-breakthrough-in-rechargeable-batteries-for-electronic-devices-and-electric-vehicles?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c86b9dfb7d-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-c86b9dfb7d-281903081

​Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence aces Atari gaming challenge

http://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-deepmind-artificial-intelligence-aces-atari-gaming-challenge/

Google's SolarCity’s boosts its residential solar power model by $300 million

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/26/3627172/google-solarcity-big-solar-fund/

I've invested $5K in SolarCity myself.

Solar Really Can Be Cheaper Than Coal

http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/Solar-Really-Can-Be-Cheaper-Than-Coal.html

"Swanson’s law...stipulates that for every doubling of global manufacturing capacity, the dollar per watt cost of PV cells falls by 20 percent."

Volvo vows to put first self-driving cars in customers' hands by 2017

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/volvo-vows-the-first-self-driving-car-in-customers--hands-by-2017-202033465.html

New Paper-like Material Could Boost Electric Vehicle Batteries

http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/27263

Scientists find strongest natural material

http://www.port.ac.uk/uopnews/2015/02/18/scientists-find-strongest-natural-material/

Could dark matter be responsible for periodic mass extinctions on Earth?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/could-dark-matter-cause-some-mass-extinctions-and-geologic-upheavals?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=05a1b4a493-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-05a1b4a493-281903081

Virtual reality could be indistinguishable from reality in 10 years

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/19/virtual-reality-2015-tim-sweeney/

New nanotech material: the "buckybowl"

http://www.sissa.it/sites/default/files/images/documents/form_e_documenti_linkati/2015_02_16_Corannulaene/Mezze%20palle%20per%20circuiti%20molecolari-2-eng.pdf

Get ready for $10 oil

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ready-10-oil-230002605.html

Although I'm glad petro-nations are weakened by cheap oil, I think this is only bad news for alternative energy development and adoption. It won't stop it...but it could slow it down by years.

Ooops. Updated to proper link.

Elon Musk's massive battery factory could come online well ahead of schedule

http://www.hybridcars.com/gigafactory-could-open-ahead-of-schedule-in-2016/

DARPA aims to create a prosthetic hand that moves and provides sensation

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-prosthetic-hand-that-moves-and-provides-sensation-just-like-a-natural-hand?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2b56ba3a3d-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-2b56ba3a3d-281903081

250 Years of Planetary Detection in 60 Seconds

It starts slow, but watch:

http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/XyWqp4T.gif

TESLA: In 6 months we will start producing battery packs that can power a home

http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-in-6-months-we-will-start-producing-battery-packs-that-can-power-a-home-2015-2

and

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/12/this-new-tesla-battery-will-power-your-home-and-maybe-the-electric-grid-too/

Scientists Have Figured Out a Way to Convert Solar Energy Into Liquid Fuel

http://time.com/3706444/solar-energy-liquid-fuel/?xid=newsletter-brief

Ray Kurzweil's predictions, then and now

http://www.inquisitr.com/1805304/ray-kurzweil-predicts-some-fantastic-things-coming-in-the-next-25-years/

Seven Reasons Cheap Oil Can't Stop Renewables Now

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/seven-reasons-cheap-oil-can-t-stop-renewables-now

What Apple Just Did in Solar Is a Really Big Deal

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-11/what-apple-just-did-in-solar-is-a-really-big-deal

3D printing could enable planes that are 50% more fuel efficient

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/02/advanced-additive-manufacturing-could.html

More robots coming to U.S. factories

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/09/bcg-report-on-factory-robots/23143259/?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Sexbots slowly but steadily advance

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/11649/sex-robot-future-roxxxxy/?fb=dd

Spain heavily investing in graphene

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-next-miracle-material/38875?utm_medium=pp&utm_source=HF1&utm_campaign=pp

Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered

http://news.vcu.edu/article/Pentagraphene_a_new_structural_variant_of_carbon_discovered

The average star has two planets in the "Goldilocks Zone" for life?

http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/scientists-predict-earth-like-planets-around-most-stars

One-Atom-Thin Silicon Transistors Invention Holds Promise for Super-Fast Computing

http://www.utexas.edu/news/2015/02/03/silicon-silicene-transistors/

Scientists discover a mechanism to cure the common cold?

http://phys.org/news/2015-02-scientists-viral-enigma-machine.html

New Technique Reverses Aging By Decades In Cultured Human Cells

http://io9.com/new-technique-reverses-aging-by-decades-in-cultured-hum-1682754539?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Raspberry Pi 2 gets 6X more processing power, 2X more memory in same credit card-size $35 package

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/02/raspberry-pi-2-gets-6x-more-processing-power-2x-more-memory-in-same-credit-card-size-35-package/

Giant space telescope could image objects at 1000x the resolution of Hubble

http://www.kurzweilai.net/giant-space-telescope-could-image-objects-at-far-higher-resolution-than-hubble?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8c31bd1bb3-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-8c31bd1bb3-281903081

Graphene Could Double Electricity Generated From Solar

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/tweaked-graphene-could-double-electricity-generated-solar

Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/01/telomere-extension-turns-back-aging-clock-in-cultured-cells.html

The coming era of unlimited—and free—clean energy

http://wadhwa.com/2014/09/19/the-coming-era-of-unlimited-and-free-clean-energy/

Peter Diamandis' Bold a Reminder of How Entrepreneurs Will Control the World's Fate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivek-wadhwa/peter-diamandis-bold_b_6525886.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology

Fish found under Arctic ice

http://time.com/3681478/antarctica-fish/?xid=newsletter-brief

I would think this increases the possibility for life--even complex life--to exist on Europa and Enceladus.

Solar project for Panhandle would be Florida's largest

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-solar-duke-gulf-announcements-20150122-story.html

Could our galaxy be a navigable wormhole?

http://www.universetoday.com/118423/the-entire-milky-way-might-be-a-huge-wormhole-thats-stable-and-navigable/

Super-hydrophobic surface created

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLegmQ8_dHg

The danger of using nanotubes for medical devices

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-limitations-carbon-nanotubes-blood-medical.html

Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-self-assembled-nanotextures-antireflective-surface-silicon.html

Why It's Taking The U.S. So Long To Make Fusion Energy Work

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/fusion-energy-reactor_n_6438772.html

Dubai solar facility to be built for half the cost of US electrical power

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/18/record-low-solar-energy-price-is-a-lot-cheaper-tha.aspx

Car battery technology approaching the tipping point

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/18/the-scientific-breakthrough-that-will-completely-c.aspx

Elon Musk donates $10M to ‘keep AI beneficial’

http://www.kurzweilai.net/elon-musk-donates-10m-to-keep-ai-beneficial?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=623517c3d2-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-623517c3d2-281903081

Grid parity: Why electric utilities should struggle to sleep at night

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/03/25/grid-parity-why-electric-utilities-should-struggle-to-sleep-at-night/

New material, technique efficiently produce hydrogen, syngas fuel feedstock

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-material-technique-efficiently-hydrogen-syngas.html

DNA robots to attempt to cure late-stage leukemia this year, then repair spinal cords

Wow:

http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6410

"A human patient with late stage leukemia will be given DNA nanobot treatment. Without the DNA nanobot treatment the patient would be expected to die in the summer of 2015. Based upon animal trials they expect to remove the cancer within one month.

Within 1 or 2 years they hope to have spinal cord repair working in animals and then shortly thereafter in humans."

Atomically precise manufacturing to arrive within a decade?

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1417633678.php

Solar at grid parity in most of the world within 2 years

http://www.kurzweilai.net/solar-at-grid-parity-in-most-of-the-world-within-2-years?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=635a8c7b63-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-635a8c7b63-281903081

Energy-harvesting discovery generates 200 times higher voltage to power wearables, other portable devices

http://www.kurzweilai.net/energy-harvesting-discovery-generates-200-times-higher-voltage-to-power-wearables-other-portable-devices?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=635a8c7b63-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-635a8c7b63-281903081

4 Things I Learned Driving a Tesla for 10,000 Miles

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/11/4-things-i-learned-driving-a-tesla-for-10000-miles.aspx

Is the solar panel & battery combo ready to change energy markets?

https://gigaom.com/2015/01/11/is-the-solar-panelbattery-combo-ready-to-change-energy-markets/

Intel's $150 HDMI Stick Turns Any TV Into a Windows Desktop

http://ces.gizmodo.com/intels-150-hdmi-stick-turns-any-tv-into-a-windows-desk-1678550370

Why the United States Is Moving Slowly on Renewable Energy

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/07/united-states-moving-slowly-on-renewables-2-charts.aspx

GraphExeter defies the Achilles heel of 'wonder material' graphene

http://phys.org/print339873773.html

Cheap Solar Power Emerges From Perovskites

"Using the material in a hybrid cell may eventually boost efficiency to more than 40 percent"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-07/cheap-solar-power-emerging-from-mineral-named-for-russian-count.html

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Identifies 1,000 Alien Planets

http://www.livescience.com/49355-nasa-kepler-spacecraft-1000-exoplanets.html?cmpid=558952

Google Backs Utah’s Largest Solar Power Plant

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/06/google-backs-utahs-largest-solar-power-plant/?mod=yahoo_hs

Google wants to make wireless networks that will free you from AT&T and Verizon’s data caps

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/google-wants-wireless-networks-free-t-verizon-data-180034085.html

Number of terrestrial planets in their stars' habitable zone now doubled

http://www.universetoday.com/117881/new-finds-from-kepler-8-new-worlds-discovered-in-the-habitable-zone/

The Most Ingenious Gadgets From CES 2015

http://time.com/3653602/ces-gadgets/?xid=newsletter-brief

And this is the ultimate device for the selfie generation:

http://flynixie.com/

Removable electric batteries for quick charging

For scooters first, but with broader potential applications:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7484171/gogoro-smartscooter-electric-scooter-removeable-battery

Obama’s big research push kicks off with a meeting of the minds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-research-initiative-seeks-to-create-new-tools-to-understand-the-human-brain/2015/01/02/dce17f02-7bb8-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html

Two mistakes about the threat from artificial intelligence

https://agenda.weforum.org/2014/12/two-mistakes-about-the-threat-from-artificial-intelligence/

Resveratrol activates ancient stress response at 1,000 times lower doses

http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2014/20141222schimmel.html

A step toward a potential anti-aging drug

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-step-toward-a-potential-anti-aging-drug?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a0174ace0d-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-a0174ace0d-281903081

India Plans the World's Largest Solar Power Plant

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/28/india-plans-the-worlds-largest-solar-power-plant.aspx

The First Prototype of Google’s Self-Driving Car

Only 25 mph top speed? Not impressive...but this one should be on the market in just a few years:

http://time.com/3644661/google-self-driving-car-prototype/?xid=newsletter-brief

Utilities fighting back against solar customers

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/22/3605710/new-mexico-utility-charge-solar-owners-30-a-month/

Chinese solar panels hit with a anti-subsidies, anti-dumping tariffs

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/20/us-deals-major-blow-to-chinese-solar-manufacturers.aspx

I would think this is ultimately good news for US manufacturers, though not as much for consumers in the short term.

Solar With Batteries to Hit $1 Billion in U.S. by 2018

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-18/solar-paired-with-batteries-to-reach-1-billion-in-u-s-by-2018.html?cmpid=yhoo

Multiferroic heroics put instant-on computing in sight

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/12/multiferroic-heroics-put-instant-computing-sight

In one aspect of vision, computers catch up to primate brain

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/computer-neural-networks-identify-objects-like-primate-brain-1218

Could ibuprofen be an anti-aging medicine?

http://www.buckinstitute.org/buck-news/could-ibuprofen-be-an-anti-aging-medicine

Minnesota could supply more than 50 percent of its power needs through renewable energy by 2030

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2014/12/18/report-sees-bright-future-for-renewable-energy-in-minnesota/

More on the Skype language translator (with video)

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/skype-used-ai-build-amazing-new-language-translator/

Evidence Of Life On Mars?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/life-on-mars_n_6337610.html

How Scientists Are Building Tiny Microscopic Motors

https://screen.yahoo.com/scientists-building-tiny-microscopic-motors-140000866.html

Graphene can be made magnetic

http://gizmodo.com/a-little-lead-can-make-graphene-magnetic-1671641756

AT&T made predictions in 1994 that have come true

http://news.yahoo.com/live-future-t-imagined-1994-161500780.html

I'm especially amused by the claim that voice translation is "still clearly in the future"...on the same day Skype becomes available to do exactly that. :-)

Skype now allows real-time voice translation into another language

Another step in the loss of translation jobs:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/15/7393665/skype-translator-features

A.I. learns to identify images

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/deep-learning-renormalization/

Engineers have doubled the efficiency of a prominent solar cell technology

http://phys.org/news/2014-12-persistent-solar-cell-issue.html

Blu-Ray Disc Can be Used to Improve Solar Cell Performance

http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/11/blu-ray-disc-can-be-used-to-improve-solar-cell-performance.html

U.S. Solar Jumps 41% With Home Systems Surpassing 300 Megawatts

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-09/u-dot-s-dot-solar-jumps-41-percent-with-home-systems-surpassing-300-megawatts

Why Solar Panels Are Going on the Country's Biggest Rooftops

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/10/why-solar-panels-are-going-on-the-biggest-roofs-in.aspx

Quantum Teleportation Reaches Farthest Distance Yet

http://www.livescience.com/49028-farthest-quantum-teleportation.html?cmpid=558756

Alternate energies causing gradual death spiral for utilities

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/12/08/report-energy-efficiency-could-cost-u-s-utilities-48-billion/

New drug can heal spinal cord injuries

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30254698

Australian researchers achieve 40% solar efficiency

http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-technology/unsw-researchers-set-world-record-solar-energy-efficiency

Robotic-leg prosthetic allows amputees to walk normally

http://www.kurzweilai.net/robotic-leg-prosthetic-allows-amputees-to-walk-normally?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b7e5a5230c-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-b7e5a5230c-281903081

Stephen Hawking voices concerns about artificial intelligence

http://www.livescience.com/48972-stephen-hawking-artificial-intelligence-threat.html?cmpid=558754

Levitating magnetic gear system results in zero wear and friction

http://portal.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/actualidad_cientifica/noticias/magdrive_levitating

Solar Power’s Stunning Growth: U.S. Generation up 100 Percent This Year

http://breakingenergy.com/2014/12/01/solar-powers-stunning-growth-u-s-generation-up-100-percent-this-year/