Perovskite Offers Shot at Cheaper Solar Energy

http://online.wsj.com/articles/perovskite-offers-shot-at-cheaper-solar-energy-1411937799?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

Scientists come closer to the industrial synthesis of a material harder than diamond

http://mipt.ru/en/news/harder_than_diamond_201409

Ultra-thin diamond nanothreads are strongest, stiffest materials

The best material to use in making a space elevator:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/smallest-possible-diamonds-form-ultra-thin-nanothreads?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=46b6db3250-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-46b6db3250-281903081

Ultra-fast ‘phase-change materials’ could lead to 1,000-times-faster computers

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/quick-change-materials-break-the-silicon-speed-limit-for-computers

Japanese company plans space elevator by 2050

http://www.cnet.com/news/japanese-company-plans-space-elevator-by-2050/#ftag=YHF65cbda0

Researchers Create a Scaleable Nanosized Hydrogen Generator

http://newswise.com/articles/a-nanosized-hydrogen-generator

Scientists Discover an On/Off Switch for Aging Cells

http://newswise.com/articles/scientists-discover-an-on-off-switch-for-aging-cells

First Water-Based Nuclear Battery Developed Can Be Used to Generate Electrical Energy

Another potentially game-changing storage system:

http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2014/0916-first-water-based-nuclear-battery-developed-by-mu-researcher-can-be-used-to-generate-electrical-energy/

A new impermeable form of graphene oxide could be the ultimate protective coating

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-new-impermeable-form-of-graphene-oxide-could-be-the-ultimate-protective-coating?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e1450f72b7-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-e1450f72b7-281903081

http://phys.org/news/2014-09-graphene-corrosion-free-future.html#nRlv

Grid Parity Here or Coming in More Than Half of U.S. States

http://blog.ucsusa.org/how-much-does-rooftop-solar-power-cost-grid-parity-633

New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass

http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-algorithm-enables-mit-cheetah-robot-to-run-and-jump-untethered-across-grass?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4cc668be04-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-4cc668be04-281903081

Renewable energy creating revolution in energy creation

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/14/1329718/-NYT-renewable-energy-creating-revolution-in-energy-creation?detail=email

A soft ‘wearable robot’ exosuit to increase stamina for soldiers and civilians

Currently vaporware, but...

http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/09/walsh-to-advance-wearable-robot-design

Will Brownian Motion Sink the Hopes of Nanotech?

http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/11/23/going-soft-on-nanotech/

Robot learns to load a dishwasher

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29168675

New finding may considerably delay the aging process

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/uoc--ubd090814.php

Simplest form of long distance technological telepathy achieved

http://www.kurzweilai.net/researchers-demonstrate-direct-brain-to-brain-communication-in-human-subjects?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=67e61eaba8-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-67e61eaba8-281903081

New advance in making graphene

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-08/crystals-chemicals-and-a-crazy-idea-forget-breaking-bad-and-try-breaking-graphite.html?cmpid=yhoo

GM to launch hands-free driving

http://news.yahoo.com/gm-launch-hands-free-driving-050530248.html

The proliferation of 3D printing

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29114744

New generation of chips are half the size and 30% thinner than the previous generation

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29066210

Space Station’s Robonaut 2 Is Getting More Astronaut-Like By The Day

http://www.universetoday.com/114346/space-stations-robonaut-2-is-getting-more-astronaut-like-by-the-day/

The next steps for Watson

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/questions-for-ibms-watson/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

The Top 10 U.S. States for Solar Power — And What They Can Teach Us

http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/09/top-ten-states-leading-example-harnessing-solar-energy/