Federal Government Aims to Develop a 500 Wh/kg Battery, 350 kW Charging System

http://www.hybridcars.com/federal-government-aims-to-develop-a-500-whkg-battery-350-kw-charging-system/

China surges further ahead in solar power production

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3098893/sustainable-it/china-surges-further-ahead-in-solar-power-production.html

Energy, For U.S. Security

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/26/energy-for-u-s-security/

Uncle Sam Wants You — Or at Least Your Genetic and Lifestyle Information

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/us/politics/precision-medicine-initiative-volunteers.html?_r=0

New Battery Could Overcome Key Drawbacks of Lithium-Air Batteries

http://scitechdaily.com/new-battery-could-overcome-key-drawbacks-of-lithium-air-batteries/

The Hyperloop: BUSTED!

Hmm, looks like the hyperloop has some probably insurmountable obstacles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFesa01llk

And a follow-up video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwe2M-LDZQ

Utahns’ enthusiastic embrace of solar power could cost the state $42M

http://www.sltrib.com/news/4123522-155/utahns-enthusiastic-embrace-of-solar-power#sthash.saiw2YSb.gbpl&st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery=/

Solar module prices hit all-time low as inventories pile up

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3098824/sustainable-it/solar-module-prices-hit-all-time-low-as-inventories-pile-up.html

Yale Researchers Cross the “Break Even” Point in Preserving a Bit of Quantum Information

http://scitechdaily.com/yale-researchers-cross-the-break-even-point-in-preserving-a-bit-of-quantum-information/

Why Can’t Consumers Stop Driverless Cars?

https://medium.com/@mitchturck/why-cant-consumers-stop-driverless-cars-3f1f27717638#.1usxmsr0v

Updated Brain Map Identifies Nearly 100 New Regions

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/science/human-connectome-brain-map.html?referer=

Musk Reveals Four New Vehicles and a Forecast for Tesla's Future

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-21/elon-musk-reveals-how-he-forecasts-tesla-s-future

Engineers Reveal a ‘New Universe’ of Organic Molecules That Can Store Energy in Flow Batteries

http://scitechdaily.com/engineers-reveal-a-new-universe-of-organic-molecules-that-can-store-energy-in-flow-batteries/

Peering into atomically thin transistors with microwaves, scientists make a radical discovery: a one-dimensional transistor

http://www.kurzweilai.net/peering-into-atomically-thin-transistors-with-microwaves-scientists-make-a-radical-discovery-a-one-dimensional-transistor

Obama makes new push on solar power

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/288340-obama-makes-new-push-on-solar-power

You’ll Never Believe How Cheap New Solar Power Is

Lots of encouraging news:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/18/3797907/solar-energy-miracle-charts/

How Far Away Is Commercial Electric Aviation?

http://insideevs.com/far-away-commercial-electric-flight/

Mayo Clinic researchers discover drug combination that helps immune system attack cancer cells

http://www.kurzweilai.net/mayo-clinic-researchers-discover-drug-combination-that-helps-immune-system-attack-cancer-cells

Record-Setting Hard Drive Writes Information One Atom At a Time

http://gizmodo.com/record-setting-hard-drive-writes-information-one-atom-a-1783740015

Still a long ways off, though....

Berkeley Lab scientists grow atomically thin transistors and circuits

http://www.kurzweilai.net/berkeley-lab-scientists-grow-atomically-thin-transistors-and-circuits

A New Design Strategy for Better Lithium Oxygen Batteries

http://scitechdaily.com/a-new-design-strategy-for-better-lithium-oxygen-batteries/

Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm In The World, Thanks To Shell

http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/07/cheapest-offshore-wind-farm-in-the-world-thanks-to-shell/#

DARPA-funded prosthetic arm set to go on sale later this year

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12147726/prosthetic-luke-arm-commercial-launch-2016

Canadian Company Turns Air Into Fuel In Climate Change Fight

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carbon-capture-fuel_us_577a177ae4b0a629c1aa7669

‘Soft Robots’ Look Nothing Like the Machines You Know

http://time.com/4391892/soft-robotics/

World's Largest Storage Battery Will Power Los Angeles...

...during peak demand. Note: the battery is not portable:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-s-largest-storage-battery-will-power-los-angeles/?wt.mc=SA_Facebook-Share

Discovery Could Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells to 31%, and Perovskite is plentiful

http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/07/discovery-could-boost-efficiency-of.html

Engineers Design Programmable RNA Vaccines That Protect Against Ebola and H1N1 Influenza

http://scitechdaily.com/engineers-design-programmable-rna-vaccines-that-protext-against-ebola-and-h1n1-influenza/

Big solar is leaving rooftop systems in the dust

Once again it's probably wise to wait before getting a rooftop solar system:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-solar-leaving-rooftop-systems-050001843.html

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report

A great summary of how things are moving along in robotics and AI:

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-special-report-pt-1-20160229

Yale Engineers Turn Wasted Heat Into Power

http://scitechdaily.com/yale-engineers-turn-wasted-heat-into-power/

Falling Battery Prices Bring Opportunities and Pitfalls to EVs and Energy Storage

A 70% price drop in the last 18 months???

http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/07/01/falling-battery-prices-bring-opportunities-and-pit.aspx#.V3apwAfZ9E4.facebook

I keep wanting to get a solar system with battery backup, but the way prices keep dropping, it seems wisest to wait....

Tesla Driver Killed in Crash While Using Car’s Self-Driving System

http://time.com/4390853/tesla-self-drive-driver-killed-car-crash-auto-pilot/

I really hope this doesn't put a damper on robot cars. It shouldn't, since they're still a lot safer than humans...but you know, humans is weird.