Engineers more than double data transmission capacity over fiber-optic cables

http://www.kurzweilai.net/engineers-more-than-double-data-transmission-capacity-over-fiber-optic-cables?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f0426ca9bd-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-f0426ca9bd-281903081

Autonomous cars and man's future

A nicely detailed assessment of the impact of our driverless future:

http://factor-tech.com/feature/autonomous-cars-and-mans-future-the-road-ahead/

‘Renewables Are Cheapest Energy Option’ When Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Removed

http://ecowatch.com/2015/06/27/renewables-are-cheapest/

D-Wave Systems breaks the 1000 qubit quantum computing barrier

I have no idea if this is really groundbreaking or amazing, but it sounds like it is:

http://kurzweilai.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aad1a7eea269839c7d10845e8&id=8ffcd82815&e=b5efa4426b

A Google self-driving car cut off a rival self-driving car while driving in California

:-)

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-two-rival-self-driving-cars-have-close-call-in-california-2015-6?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Still was safe!

Making trucks more efficient isn't all that hard to do

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/making-trucks-efficient-isnt-actually-hard/

New manufacturing process cuts lithium-ion battery cost in half

http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-manufacturing-process-cuts-lithium-ion-battery-cost-in-half?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8db8d69024-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-8db8d69024-281903081

7 Ways These Rolling Robots With Screens Could Change Our Lives

The next step after videoconferencing:

http://time.com/3923648/rolling-robot-screen-beam/

What's next? Perhaps offices populated by android drones with full human motion capability becoming commonplace, eliminating a lot of commuting need.

Should You Put Solar Panels On Your House?

http://time.com/3933638/solar-panels-house/

Single-catalyst water splitter from Stanford produces clean-burning hydrogen 24/7

Use excess solar power to generate hydrogen during the day, and use the hydrogen for power at night:

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/june/water-splitter-catalyst-062315.html

The Way Humans Get Electricity Is About to Change Forever

According to this, we're still screwed as far as global warming is concerned. However, it doesn't take into account the potentials of nanotech:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-23/the-way-humans-get-electricity-is-about-to-change-forever?cmpid=yhoo

The story of the invention that could revolutionize batteries

A very promising-sounding process:

http://qz.com/433131/the-story-of-the-invention-that-could-revolutionize-batteries-and-maybe-american-manufacturing-as-well/

Interview with the director of "Capture the Sun" documentary on solar power

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/21/the_energy_revolution_that_has_1_percenters_shaking_in_their_boots/

First UK user receives world’s most lifelike bionic hand

They're getting more and more realistic!

http://rslsteeper.com/news/first_uk_user_receives_worlds_most_lifelike_bionic_hand

Do black holes create a hologram copy of anything that touches it?

Your physics weirdness for the day:

https://news.osu.edu/news/2015/06/16/%E2%80%8Bfuzzyhologram/

Could hemp nanosheets topple graphene for making the ideal supercapacitor?

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2014/august/could-hemp-nanosheets-topple-graphene-for-making-the-ideal-supercapacitor.html

3D Printing Is About To Change The World Forever

Very encouraging!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricksmith/2015/06/15/3d-printing-is-about-to-change-the-world-forever/

Elon Musk building a SolarCity plant in Buffalo, NY

Niiiiice:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-biggest-challenge-yet-143000250.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Tipping Point in Transit

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2015/06/10/tipping-point-in-transit/?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003&_r=0&referrer=

Injectable device delivers nano-view of the brain

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/06/injectable-electronics-promise-sharper-view-of-brain/

A major advance in ultra-high-speed, all-optical data transmission

http://www1.lehigh.edu/news/crossing-critical-threshold

10 Post-Human Entities Who Could Inherit The Earth

http://listverse.com/2015/06/10/10-post-human-entities-who-could-inherit-the-earth/

Residential solar installs post largest quarterly growth ever

http://www.cio.com/article/2933337/energy-efficiency/residential-solar-installs-post-largest-quarterly-growth-ever.html

Here's what it would take for the US to run on 100% renewable energy

Big tax incentives could make this move along more rapidly, as will improving technology:

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/9/8748081/us-100-percent-renewable-energy

The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Continent; Europe's Import Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells

Arguably more suitable as a political post, but it's the argument for buying cheap solar, whatever the source, that intrigues me:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/06/07/the-lunatics-have-taken-over-the-continent-europes-import-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-cells/

Why The Military Will Drive Energy Innovation to a New Level

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/06/07/why-the-military-will-drive-energy-innovation-to-a.aspx

'Sunshine State' or not, Florida badly behind on solar power

http://news.yahoo.com/sunshine-state-not-florida-badly-behind-solar-power-153940047.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Stanford engineers' breakthrough heralds super-efficient light-based computers

http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-engineers-breakthrough-heralds-super-efficient-light-based-computers

Korean Robot Takes Home $2M Prize in DARPA Challenge

http://news.yahoo.com/korean-robot-takes-home-2m-prize-darpa-challenge-122922371.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Self-driving cars: Forecasts, tech timelines, and the benefits and barriers that will impact adoption

http://www.businessinsider.com/report-10-million-self-driving-cars-will-be-on-the-road-by-2020-2015-05?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=taboola&utm_campaign=taboolaMain&utm_term=dailykos&IR=T

Another promising approach to fusion power

http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/06/mystery-company-blazes-trail-fusion-energy

DARPA laser research boosts airborne death rays, tiny laser scanners

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/darpa-laser-research-boosts-airborne-death-rays-tiny-laser-scanners/

Simple, inexpensive, unobtrusive way to make batteries last 8x longer

Rather amazing!

https://www.yahoo.com/makers/no-joke-new-2-50-gadget-makes-batteries-last-8-120545843275.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Worldwide Apollo Plan to be launched for alternative energy development

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apollo-plan-cheaper-green-energy-230256088.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Fab plants are now making superfast carbon nanotube memory

Very cool, and imminent:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2929471/emerging-technology/fab-plants-are-now-making-superfast-carbon-nanotube-memory.html

Military technology: Laser weapons get real

Enjoy the tech boner! I love that they're applying sounds from SF movies:

http://www.nature.com/news/military-technology-laser-weapons-get-real-1.17613

Robots that can adapt like animals

Watch the videos:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v521/n7553/full/nature14422.html#videos

Can Cigarettes Beat Tesla At The Energy Storage Game?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cigarettes-beat-tesla-energy-storage-171914656.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

MIT's Robot Cheetah Now Jumps While Running, So Walls Won't Protect You

http://gizmodo.com/mits-robot-cheetah-can-now-run-and-jump-so-walls-wont-1707536079