Scientists develop a 'nanosubmarine' that delivers complementary molecules inside cells

It's too preliminary to be all that encouraging yet, but such a "nanosubmarine" is the ultimate goal for maintaining biological health:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/uom-sda062514.php

Maybe it can use this to maneuver:

http://www.ats.org/news/worlds-smallest-propeller-could-be-used-for-microscopic-medicine/

New concept may halve the cost of solar power costs

http://gizmodo.com/a-new-adaptive-material-could-halve-the-cost-of-solar-p-1613204859

A Colorful Tree That Grows 40 Different Types Of Fruit

This isn't really new tech, but it does suggest some cool options for the future. I would love to have a few of these trees!

http://designtaxi.com/news/367792/In-New-York-There-Is-A-Colorful-Tree-That-Grows-40-Different-Types-Of-Fruit/?interstital_shown=1

Driverless Cars to Hit Public Roads in Britain by January 2015

http://time.com/3056369/driverless-cars-to-hit-public-roads-in-britain-by-january-2015/?xid=newsletter-brief

A better test than the Turing Test

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140728005207/en/Nuance-Announces-Winograd-Schema-Challenge-Advance-Artificial#.U9klavldV8F

One good reason to like Apple products

http://www.nationofchange.org/apple-build-100-acre-solar-farm-north-carolina-1406558032

New Quantum Theory Topples Einstein's Spacetime

I'm not sure what this implies, but it is fascinating:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/splitting-time-from-space/

New way to generate steam power from the sun

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/new-spongelike-structure-converts-solar-energy-into-steam-0721

The failed Republican economy in Kansas

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/19/1315203/-I-know-bupkis-about-economics-but-I-know-what-happened-to-Kansas?detail=email

We will have fully self-driving cars by 2020?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/wait-six-years-to-buy-your-next-car?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6c3d2027ea-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-6c3d2027ea-281903081

This device adds extra robotic digits to our hands

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/getting-grip-robotic-grasp-0718

Do we live in a multiverse?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/is-our-universe-a-bubble-in-the-multiverse?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8310c7f168-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-8310c7f168-281903081

The allure of solar roadways

http://www.nationofchange.org/are-solar-roadways-next-our-clean-energy-horizon-1405953466

We will need robot caregivers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/opinion/sunday/the-future-of-robot-caregivers.html?_r=0

New chip-chemistry process could help extend Moore’s Law

http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-chip-chemistry-process-could-help-extend-moores-law

Biologists discover electric bacteria that eat pure electrons rather than sugar

http://mobile.extremetech.com/latest/221698-biologists-discover-electric-bacteria-that-eat-pure-electrons-rather-than-sugar-redefining-the-tenacity-of-life

Fish oil pills may prevent Alzheimer's

Gotta keep the meat brain healthy until it can be replaced with machine parts!

https://www.yahoo.com/health/fish-oil-boosts-brain-power-says-science-91965585587.html

Wind energy faltering after tax subsidies cut

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/07/17/5-graphs-about-wind-energy

Vibrations in photosynthesis may increase solar efficiency

http://www.nationofchange.org/vibrations-vegetables-energetics-process-photosynthesis-could-boost-solar-power-efficiency-140552580

New technology fits a terabyte of data on a postage stamp-sized flash drive

http://news.rice.edu/2014/07/10/rices-silicon-oxide-memories-catch-manufacturers-eye/

Boron "Buckyball" Discovered

A new material for the nanotechnology playhouse:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/bu-rdb071014.php

New Internet speed record blows past Google Fiber

10x faster than Google Fiber...over copper cables?

http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/10/technology/innovationnation/internet-speed-record/index.html?iid=HP_Highlight&nbd=5_things

Your skin cells have a sense of smell?

Slightly off-topic, but definitely interesting:

http://time.com/2969963/sandalwood-scent-heal-wounds/?xid=newsletter-brief

IBM investing $3 billion to extend computing beyond silicon

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/44357.wss

Rooftop solar power is making coal obsolete in Australia

http://news.yahoo.com/rooftop-solar-power-making-coal-obsolete-australia-203834801.html

Dean Kamen's Stirling engine could soon replace grid power

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2014/07/02/dean-kamen-thinks-his-new-stirling-engine-could-power-the-world/

The potential replacement for silicon

http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2014/june-17-2014.htm

Scientists criticize the Human Brain Project

Well, if they can get the research expanded, that'll be a good thing:

http://www.livescience.com/46678-scientists-criticize-human-brain-project.html

USC Scientists Create New Battery That’s Cheap, Clean, Rechargeable… and Organic

http://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-scientists-create-new-battery-thats-cheap-clean-rechargeable-and-organic/

"The batteries last for about 5,000 recharge cycles, giving them an estimated 15-year lifespan ... "Lithium ion batteries degrade after around 1,000 cycles, and cost 10 times more to manufacture."

3D-printed composite is lighter than wood and stiffer than concrete

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-strong-composite/32738/

The secret to human limb and organ regeneration?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/limb-regeneration-do-salamanders-hold-the-key?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=aa5916e08b-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-aa5916e08b-281903081

Microsoft is pursuing research into quantum computers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/technology/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html?_r=0

Single dose reverses autism-like symptoms in mice

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/uoc--sdr061114.php

Elon Musk plans to build one of the single largest solar panel production plants in the world and send people in Mars in ten years

http://www.kurzweilai.net/musk-announces-plans-to-build-one-of-the-single-largest-solar-panel-production-plants-in-the-world?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=637110a742-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-637110a742-281903081

I hope all the great projects he's doing isn't because he has a small penis.

On second thought...I don't really care about the reason!

More:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-17/solarcity-to-acquire-silevo-to-become-pv-panel-manufacturer.html?cmpid=yhoo

Leukemia drug found to stimulate immunity against many cancer types

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/ucl-ldf061114.php

New Type Of Computer Capable Of Calculating 640TBs Of Data In One Billionth Of A Second, Could Revolutionize Computing

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/new-type-computer-capable-calculating-640tbs-data-one-billionth-second-could

"...if the technology was scaled down, smartphones could be fabricated with 100 terabytes of memory."

Damn impressive!

200 years that changed the world (with Hans Rosling)

Here's that active chart Ray Kurzweil used in his talk (posted here a few days ago):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt8ElTQMIg

A gene that stimulates growth of new brain cells in adults

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/coh-coh060614.php

Kurzweil talk on what the future will be like

Long, but that gives Kurzweil enough time to give a compelling overview of the Law of Accelerating Returns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe7hG1NXVdw&feature=youtu.be

Kurzweil says not so fast on the claim the Turing Test has been passed

http://www.kurzweilai.net/response-by-ray-kurzweil-to-the-announcement-of-chatbot-eugene-goostman-passing-the-turing-test?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9e3dc32041-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-9e3dc32041-281903081

Seeing Kurzweil's test of the chatbot makes it clear the Turing Test has definitely NOT been passed.

Computer becomes first to pass Turing Test in artificial intelligence milestone

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/computer-becomes-first-to-pass-turing-test-in-artificial-intelligence-milestone-but-academics-warn-of-dangerous-future-9508370.html

Fooling people into thinking you're a 13 y.o. Ukrainian boy who speaks English as a second language isn't the biggest challenge...but it's still a big one!

New Supercapacitor NanoTech May Provide Power Storage in Cables, Clothes

http://today.ucf.edu/new-nanotech-may-provide-power-storage-cables-clothes/

Improved Supercapacitors Double in Capacity for Super Batteries, Electric Vehicles

http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/22587

Scientists Find Stronger 3-D Material that Behaves Like Graphene

https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2014-06-02-scientists-find-stronger-3-d-material-behaves-graphene.aspx

The fuel cell for home

Cheaply and simply converting chemical energy into electrical energy:

http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2014/june/the-fuel-cell-for-home.html

2D Transistors Promise a Faster Electronics Future

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2014/06/03/2d-transistors-promise-a-faster-electronics-future/

Robot dancer inhabits the Uncanny Valley

Creepy, yes, but some of those motions are so human-like:

http://www.fastcocreate.com/3028268/how-did-this-happen-the-terrifying-fascinating-dancing-woman-thats-giving-the-internet-the-w

Kurzweil TED Talk on the expansion of the neocortex

http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_get_ready_for_hybrid_thinking

Printed robot parts self-assemble when heated

http://www.kurzweilai.net/self-assembling-printable-robotic-components?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=554a4574ea-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-554a4574ea-281903081

Today's 3-cylinder engines output as much power as V8s from the 1970s

http://time.com/money/2795469/3-cylinder-engine-fuel-efficiency-horsepower/

Robot Velociraptor Runs Faster Than Usain Bolt

Faster and stronger and more enduring...I have to laugh at those who point to today's limits as if there won't be continuing and dramatic improvements.

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/robot-velociraptor-runs-faster-usain-bolt

U.S. Residential Solar Just Beat Commercial Installations For the First Time

http://www.nationofchange.org/us-residential-solar-just-beat-commercial-installations-first-time-1401641611

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

Unfortunately, graphene is brittle

http://www.livescience.com/45216-graphene-weak-link-discovered.html?cmpid=557212

How a synapse stays stable when its proteins are renewed

http://www.mpg.de/8125352/synapses-stability

This may not sound interesting, but if we are to eventually replace our vulnerable protein human brains with tougher, more resilient materials, this process may hold the answer to how to do so without destroying the original person and having a materially superior copy live on in his/her stead.

Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25458?cmpid=NLC%7CNSNS%7C2014-2404-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&#.U17DLfldVvB

I hope we get beyond fixing biology by moving to a non-protein-based platform.

Cloaked nanodevices can survive the body's immune system

http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpressrelease/150/cloaked-dna-nanodevices-survive-pilot-mission

Google invests millions to lease affordable solar panels to homeowners

http://www.nationofchange.org/google-invests-millions-lease-affordable-solar-panels-american-homeowners-1398693651

U.S. Solar Capacity up 418% Since 2010, Koch Bros Demand Tax on Sun

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/24/1294444/-U-S-Solar-Capacity-up-418-Since-2010-Koch-Bros-Demand-Tax-on-Sun?detail=email#

New technique captures up to 80% of sun's energy

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/smart-spending/technology/solar-technology-marriage-changing-energy-world?page=1

Teabaggers are pro-solar power???

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/04/oklahoma_sb_1456_why_the_tea_party_is_fighting_for_solar_power.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

Gecko-like adhesive now sticks to anything

http://www.kurzweilai.net/gecko-like-adhesives-now-work-on-real-world-surfaces?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2b9967aae5-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-2b9967aae5-281903081

How to destroy the world with nanotechnology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0dYPnui3rM

25 Amazing Facts About Solar

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/20/25-amazing-facts-about-solar.aspx

Scientists discover first Earth-sized planet that could support life

http://news.yahoo.com/found-first-earth-size-planet-could-support-life-181057158.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

Nanoelectronic circuits that operate more than 10,000 times faster than current microprocessors

http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanoelectronic-circuits-that-operate-more-than-10000-times-faster-than-current-microprocessors?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=90d98e883e-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-90d98e883e-281903081

Graphene, the wonder material

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/bend-it-charge-it-dunk-it-graphene-the-material-of-tomorrow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel

http://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-game-changer-converting-seawater-fuel-150544958.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

30-second battery recharge (for cell phones, at least)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/charger-30-seconds_n_5105173.html

The government's identification of the gap between research and production in nanotech

http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6051

Eric Drexler TED talk on nanotechnology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOCEmlnyHk&feature=c4-overview&list=UU_qqMD08PFrDfPREoBEL6IQ

I've talked with Drexler. He's soft-spoken and not very dynamic, but there's some valuable info in this talk.

Making movies for the Oculus Rift

http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-crazy-camera-that-could-make-movies-for-the-oc-1557318674?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Ordered carbon-nanotube design may increase conductivity of solar cells by 100 million times

If the news stories about 3x efficiency here and 10x more energy there are impressive, surely 100 million times is astounding...but what it will result in I have no idea:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/ordered-carbon-nanotube-design-may-increase-conductivity-of-solar-cells-by-100-million-times?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=84111bdf01-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-84111bdf01-281903081

Using natural selection to create drugs cheaply

http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-bioretrosynthesis-solution-shifting-evolution-into-reverse-to-make-cheaper-drugs?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f3c174328a-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-f3c174328a-281903081

Oculus Rift may be the new computer interface, not just a gaming device

http://time.com/39577/facebook-oculus-vr-inside-story/

And more on the coming of age of VR:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/arts/video-games/oculus-rift-and-morpheus-take-games-to-a-new-dimension.html?from=technology

Honda partners a solar home with an electric vehicle

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/business/car-companies-take-expertise-in-battery-power-beyond-the-garage.html?partner=yahoofinance&_r=1