Renewable Energy is Now Competitive With Fossil Fuels

Even before renewable energy subsidies are taken into account:

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/is-the-cost-of-renewable-energy-falling.html/?a=viewall

First Carbon Nanotube Computer Made

An important step:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v501/n7468/full/nature12502.html

The Terrafugia Transition Flying Car is Here

And for the same price as a Cessna:

http://translogic.aolautos.com/2013/09/02/translogic-137-terrafugia-transition-flying-car/?ncid=webmail2

First Human Brain-To-Brain Interface Lets Scientist Control Colleague's Body

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/first-human-brain-to-brain-interface_n_3824853.html

Half of All Jobs at Risk for Computerization

http://www.futuretech.ox.ac.uk/news-release-oxford-martin-school-study-shows-nearly-half-us-jobs-could-be-risk-computerisation

I think that's optimistic. I see the writing on the wall for education, too--at least in my field of computer application instruction.

Using Bacteria to Generate Electricity From Sewage

http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-scientists-use-wired-microbes-generate-electricity-sewage

Bits of Information Teleported Across Computer Chip

http://www.livescience.com/39655-qubits-teleported-across-computer-chip.html?cmpid=545408

New Method Increases Solar Efficiency 3-10x...

...and that's not even optimized:

http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-scientists-demonstrate-new-method-harvesting-energy-light

Increase in Solar Energy Efficiency

http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-bedair-junction-2013/

The Future of Design by Elon Musk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqs_S-zEBY&feature=youtu.be

Researchers create artificial robot muscles that can lift 80x their weight

Potentially a huge step forward...

http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/pressrel/1309/020913.php