Circuits That Mimic the Brain’s Design

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/i-b-m-research-points-to-circuits-that-mimic-the-brains-design/

Lockheed Martin Put Quantum Computer to Work

This could herald the tipping point:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/technology/testing-a-new-class-of-speedy-computer.html?_r=0

Tackling the Uncanny Valley

Facial rendering is almost there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOil2HSDq0E

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d1ZOYU4gpo

Bringing a Virtual Brain to Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/science/bringing-a-virtual-brain-to-life.html?_r=0

Whole brain cellular-level activity mapping once a second

An important next step:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/whole-brain-cellular-level-activity-mapping-once-a-second

Rapyuta: The RoboEarth Cloud Engine

Moving robotic computation to the cloud to make robotic learning less expensive and more expansive:

http://www.roboearth.org/

Isn't this how the Battlestar Galactica reboot started? :-)

Crowdfunding Accelerates Clean Energy Investment

This is terrific to hear, as is the fact that per-watt solar prices have dropped to less than 100th what they were in 1977:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/crowd-funding-clean-energy/

Deus Ex Bionic Augmentations vs. the Real World

Short documentary comparing the augmentations from the game Deus Ex with the current state of the art bionics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW78wbN-WuU&feature=player_embedded

The Age of Enhancement

Superhuman abilities seeping into our world:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/superman/2013/03/superman_2_0_how_human_enhancement_technologies_are_giving_us_all_superpowers.html

A 3D Printed Car That Runs for Free

We're on the verge of 3D printing becoming mainstream, and that's the conceptual foundation of nanofactories:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/11/3d-printed-hybrid-uses-sunlight-ethanol-or-gas/

Brain Interface Allows Rats to Communicate by Thought Alone

I predicted this method of telepathy in the late 1980s. :-)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23221-first-mindreading-implant-gives-rats-telepathic-power.html?full=true

Big Dog Throws Cinder Blocks

C'mon, don't tell me you're not thinking Terminator-ish thoughts!

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/bigdog-throws-cinder-blocks-with-huge-robotic-facearm