Scientists Report Finding Reliable Way to Teleport Data

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/science/scientists-report-finding-reliable-way-to-teleport-data.html?_r=0

SpaceX Unveils Dragon V2 Spaceship, a Manned Space Taxi for Astronauts

http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-unveils-dragon-v2-spaceship-manned-space-taxi-053345005.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

More on the Skype translator (with video)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/microsoft-skype-translator_n_5405904.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Skype Translator Will Be Able to Interpret Calls in Real Time

Universal translator, here we come!

http://time.com/121983/skype-translator-microsoft/

Google’s New Car Doesn’t Have a Steering Wheel

http://time.com/121680/google-self-driving-car-autonomous-vehicle-advanced-prototype/

Glasses-free 3D projector

Closing in on truly realistic 3D images without glasses, which needs different eye focusing for different distances, and the ability to change viewing angle to reveal or hide objects behind other objects:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/glasses-free-3d-projector?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=836712646c-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-836712646c-281903081

Researchers Reveal Smallest, Fastest Nanomotor Yet

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/researchers-reveal-smallest-fastest-nanomotor-yet

It's microtechnology, not nanotechnology, but it's still an important step in the right direction.

Aerofex hoverbike could be yours by 2017

http://www.cnet.com/news/aerofex-hoverbike-headed-for-market-in-2017/

The answer to America's power needs: Solar roads

http://theweek.com/article/index/261385/the-answer-to-americas-power-needs-solar-roads

The Organic Battery From Japan That Could Spawn The Next Tesla

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/organic-battery-japan-could-spawn-130000304.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

and

http://www.cnet.com/news/japanese-company-promises-revolutionary-new-electric-vehicle-battery/

World’s Largest Solar Array Set to Crank Out 290 Megawatts of Sunshine Power

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-s-largest-solar-array-set-to-crank-out-290-megawatts-of-sunshine-power/

Parrot camera drone

http://www.cnet.com/videos/parrot-bebop-drone/

Camera drones are getting smaller and more powerful. How long before they're virtually undetectable and ubiquitous? David Brin's Transparent Society keeps getting closer....

'Killer robots' to be debated at UN

For anyone who still doubts they're coming:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27343076

85TB of data can now fit onto a single cassette tape

http://news.yahoo.com/sony-figured-cram-185tb-data-onto-single-cassette-014537232.html

How futuristically retro. Like an antimatter-powered carburetor.

Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe

http://www.kurzweilai.net/astronomers-create-first-realistic-virtual-universe?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b61671a8d4-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-b61671a8d4-281903081

Another blow against the creationists....

Scientists create the first life form with 'alien' DNA

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5691744/scientists-create-life-form-with-alien-dna-six-letters

First Solar Wins Contract to Build 43 Megawatts for CA

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-06/first-solar-wins-contract-to-build-43-megawatts-for-edf.html?cmpid=yhoo

Predictions for disruptive future technologies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-hunckler/revolutionary-technology_b_5257025.html

Human Brain Microchip Uses 9,000 Times Less Power Than a PC

http://www.livescience.com/45304-human-brain-microchip-9000-times-faster-than-pc.html

I think they meant to say less power, not faster....

Watson finds pro and con arguments for any controversial topic

Could this be the first steps toward a cyberocracy that makes better decisions for societies than humans do...like driverless cars will make the roads safer than human drivers?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/introducing-a-new-feature-of-ibms-watson-the-debater?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=46c8d8958b-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-46c8d8958b-281903081

Young blood reverses aging in older animals

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/science/young-blood-may-hold-key-to-reversing-aging.html?_r=0

http://hsci.harvard.edu/news/functioning-aged-brains-and-muscles-mice-made-younger

Google's self-driving cars are tackling city-street driving

http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-self-driving-car-masters-city-street-driving?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7eed3a9a58-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-7eed3a9a58-281903081

Graphene may have bad environmental effects

http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/22044

Is the movie Transcendence plausible?

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/04/transcendence_science_can_we_really_upload_johnny_depp_s_brain.html

The 2070 time frame for whole brain emulation seems to ignore the Law of Accelerating Returns (assuming it holds), and I understand we have supercomputers right now that may be able to handle a human brain (even if the software and brain understanding issues lag behind).

Hawking, Tegmark, Russel and Wilczek on the lack of A.I. planning

Not much of an article, but notable for its writers and what they believe is coming:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-hawking/artificial-intelligence_b_5174265.html