Scientists are working on new technology that could beam unlimited energy to Earth from space

http://www.businessinsider.com/space-based-solar-panels-beam-unlimited-energy-to-earth-2015-9?ref=yfp

Bhutan Is Already Carbon Neutral and Now Plans to Go 100% Organic and Zero-Waste

http://ecowatch.com/2015/09/28/bhutan-organic-zero-waste/

Harvard Researchers Hail Cost-Effective Battery That Could Store Surplus Wind and Solar Power

http://ecowatch.com/2015/09/30/harvard-flow-battery/?ref=yfp

So...what's the holdup?

From a purely scientific perspective, solar is the only solution

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-28/only-solar-power-can-meet-human-needs-in-long-term?cmpid=yhoo&ref=yfp

Tesla's Fully Autonomous Electric Vehicles With 1,000KM Range Will Be Available By 2018

http://www.ibtimes.com/elon-musk-teslas-fully-autonomous-electric-vehicles-1000km-range-will-be-available-2118251?ref=yfp

Tiny carbon-capturing motors may help tackle rising carbon dioxide levels

A way to combat climate change?

http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1817

Brain-computer interface enables paralyzed man to walk without robotic support

http://www.kurzweilai.net/brain-computer-interface-enables-paralyzed-man-to-walk-without-robotic-support?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=db91598c16-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-db91598c16-281903081

First Internet-based telepathic communication

http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/09/23/uw-team-links-two-human-brains-for-question-and-answer-experiment/

Here's how much of the world would need to be covered in solar panels to power Earth

http://www.techinsider.io/map-shows-solar-panels-to-power-the-earth-2015-9

Scientists Achieve New Quantum Teleportation Record

http://scitechdaily.com/scientists-achieve-new-quantum-teleportation-record/

Electrophysiology of Intuition

I don't know if this is valid, but if so it's an interesting factor that may need to be accounted for in A.I. research:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=7-Trg51GKwM

100% Renewable Energy Possible by 2050, Says Greenpeace Report

http://ecowatch.com/2015/09/21/100-renewables-2050-greenpeace/

Greenpeace and DLR found that the investment necessary to reach a 100 per cent renewable goal will be a considerable US$1 trillion a year.

However, this will be more than covered by the US$1.07 trillion in savings on fuel costs alone in the same period, not to mention the vast co-benefits to human health and the avoided costs from climate change-related extreme weather that come with the renewable transition.

Bosch claims they will commercialize 400 watt hour per kilogram solid state batteries at half the price of today's batteries by 2020

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/09/bosch-claims-they-will-commercialize.html

117 watt-hours per kilogram: The level Tesla and Panasonic were achieving in 2008 for the Roadster
200 watt-hours per kilogram: The level Sonny Wu, Boston-Power's CEO, says the company is achieving today
250 watt-hours per kilogram: The approximate energy density of the batteries in the Tesla S
400 watt-hours per kilogram: According to Tesla's Elon Musk, the concept of battery-powered transcontinental airplanes becomes “compelling” once batteries hit 400 watt-hours per kilogram
400 watt-hours per kilogram: The level that battery aspirant and ARPA-E grant recipient Envia claimed it could achieve

Stanford engineers invent transparent coating that cools solar cells to boost efficiency

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/september/thermal-overlay-solar-092115.html

and

http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/22/stanford-researchers-cool-sunlight-to-improve-solar-cell-effic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mbfbusinessyahoo+%28MBF+Yahoo+Business%29

Scientists Develop an Ultrathin Invisibility Cloak

http://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-an-ultrathin-invisibility-cloak/

Scientists Report a Major Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Disease

http://scitechdaily.com/scientists-report-a-major-breakthrough-in-alzheimers-disease/

Low Vitamin D Associated with Faster Decline in Cognitive Function

http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/low-vitamin-d-associated-with-faster-decline-in-cognitive-function/

Lightweight solar cells track the sun, providing 40 percent more energy than fixed cells

http://www.kurzweilai.net/inspired-by-art-lightweight-solar-cells-track-the-sun?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3954f7edac-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-3954f7edac-281903081

Efficient new catalyst may pave way for hydrogen economy

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/09/14/Study-Efficient-new-catalyst-may-pave-way-for-hydrogen-economy/5441442253733/

How one computer taught itself to be a chess 'international master' in 72 hours

http://www.dailydot.com/technology/giraffe-chess-program-deep-learning/?fb=dd

Why storing solar energy and using it at night is closer than you think

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/16/why-using-solar-energy-at-night-is-closer-than-you-think/

Realizing Carbon Nanotube Integrated Circuits

http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2015/09/realizing-carbon-nanotube-integrated-circuits.html

First superconducting graphene created

http://news.ubc.ca/2015/09/08/first-superconducting-graphene-created-by-ubc-researchers/

GoPro's Google-Powered Camera Is the Next Best Thing To Teleportation

This is pretty amazing. Play it on a smart phone, and wherever you tilt or turn it, the view changes like in virtual reality, but with great resolution and no hiccups:

http://gizmodo.com/gopros-15k-google-powered-camera-is-the-next-best-thin-1729264199

Some pretty amazing things are coming down the pike....

Reese Witherspoon Stared Into My Soul and Showed Me the Future of Films

http://ces.gizmodo.com/reese-witherspoon-stared-into-my-soul-and-showed-me-the-1677984150

High Density Wind Farms Generate Less Electricity Than Thought

http://scitechdaily.com/high-density-wind-farms-generate-less-electricity-than-thought/

The year humans finally got serious about saving themselves from themselves.

Long but good. This belongs in both the Political Venom and Advancing Technologies blogs:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/sunniest-climate-change-story-ever-read.html?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Cooperative Carbon Capture by a Novel Material that Mimics a Plant Enzyme

http://science.energy.gov/bes/highlights/2015/bes-2015-07-b/

The Holy Grail: Machine Learning+Extreme Robotics

http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/53216

Physicists Create a Magnetic Wormhole for the First Time

http://scitechdaily.com/physicists-create-a-magnetic-wormhole-for-the-first-time/

Not as exciting as a gravitational wormhole, but this is fascinating:

"The overall effect is that of a magnetic field that appears to travel from one point to another through a dimension that lies outside the conventional three dimensions."

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs

http://www.kurzweilai.net/completely-paralyzed-man-voluntarily-moves-his-legs-ucla-scientists-report?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e32b1fa12f-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-e32b1fa12f-281903081

The US Just Made Its Largest Investment In Renewable Energy Yet

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-navy-solar-farm-arizona_55e5e235e4b0b7a9633a6406?utm_hp_ref=whats-working

Google’s Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/technology/personaltech/google-says-its-not-the-driverless-cars-fault-its-other-drivers.html?_r=1&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003&referrer=

Artificial Leaf Harnesses Sunlight for Efficient Fuel Production

http://www.caltech.edu/news/artificial-leaf-harnesses-sunlight-efficient-fuel-production-47635

Capturing and Converting CO2 in a Single Step

http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-capture-and-convert-co2-from-a-smokestack-in-a-single-step-at-low-cost?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fe4b6dcfb0-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-fe4b6dcfb0-281903081