Science & Technology – Week of 02.10.2012


Asteroid 2012 DA14: 5 Surprising Facts About Friday’s Earth Flyby

Fox News | 14 February 2013
While there is no chance that asteroid 2012 DA14 will hit Earth this Friday, the asteroid’s flyby is history-making for several other reasons…


Free Wi-Fi for Entire US Population would Benefit All

Daily Wildcat | 13 February 2013
Rumors have been circulating since an article ran in the Washington Post last week about a new Federal Communications Commission proposal for free Wi-Fi…


Test-Tube Data

The Economist | 26 January 2013
LIKE all the best ideas, this one was born in a pub. Nick Goldman and…


Good conduct

The Economist | 26 January 2013
HEAT, as every schoolboy (and schoolgirl) knows, moves in three ways…


Better Than Human: Why Robots Will — And Must — Take Our Jobs

Wired | 24 December 2012
It’s hard to believe you’d have an economy at all if you gave pink slips…


Intel Plans Online TV Service as PC Chip Sales Wane

Yahoo! News | 12 February 2013
Top chipmaker Intel Corp plans to launch an Internet television service…


Plane Finder – Flight Radar and Live Flight Tracking

Plane Finder
Plane Finder works by picking up ADS-B plane feeds used by commercial…


Mini Drones: Army Deploys Tiny Helicopters

Sky News | 04 February 2013
British troops are using a nano drone just 10cm long and weighing 16 grams…