Cooperative Flying Robots Build a Tower

Very cool development of things to come:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnkMyfQ5YfY&feature=player_embedded

Solar Power is a Lot Less Expensive than People Realize

http://www.kurzweilai.net/solar-power-much-cheaper-to-produce-than-most-analysts-realize-study-finds?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=138037f6cb-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Title Fixes

I've decided using "Nanotechnology Update" and "Robotics Update" and so on are not all that helpful. So I'm switching to titling the links based on the article, as I do with my Political Venom blog. Just makes more sense....

Derek

Singularity Update

A Q&A session with Ray Kurzweil:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/singularity-q-a?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=10251e2fe2-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Nanotechnology Update

3D printing saves on materials and cost, and allow the creation of complex, convoluted shapes impossible by traditional manufacturing techniques:

http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39316/

Alternative Energies Update

Investment in power production from renewable energy bypasses coal for the first time:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-renewables-20111125,0,2421278.story