Making Moral Machines

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/11/google-driverless-car-morality.html

New Sabre engine and SKYLON space plane

Mach 5 travel anywhere in the world?

http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/

Fuel Out of Thin Air

If this can be scaled up and made more efficient, it could be a game changer:

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/scientists-make-gas-air.html

Nanotech Muscle Developed

At 200x stronger than biological muscle, imagine what a human-scale robot could do:

http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/11/15-20871_Wax-Filled-Nanotech-Yarn-Behaves-Like-Super-Strong_article-wide.html

Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs?

Great TED talk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMF-Z74C1QE