Science & Technology – Week of 01.20.2013


DIY Bioprinter Lets Wannabe Scientists Build Structures From Living Cells

Wired | 24 January 2013
A new bioprinter developed at a hackerspace can print living cells…


Coming Soon, the Car That Runs on Air: Peugeot Citroen Unveil New 117mpg Hybrid (and It’s £1,000 Cheaper Than a Prius)

The Daily Mail | 22 January 2013
If you have ever grimaced at your petrol bill and dreamed of a car…


Call for Action to Reduce Harm from Mobile Phone Radiation

PR Log | 24 January 2013
The 750-page volume, “Late Lessons from Early Warnings,” includes…


Rise of the Drones

Nova | 23 January 2013
Drones. These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets…


Momentum Machines Robots Will Prepare Hamburgers, Eliminate Fast Food Jobs

Cyrptogon | 23 January 2013
Funded by San Francisco’s Lemnos Labs, it has developed a robot…


Atari U.S. Operations File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Bloomberg | 21 January 2013
Atari SA’s U.S.-based video-game- making businesses have filed for…


How to catch illegal logging in the Amazon? Make the trunk call

The Independent | 16 January 2013
Trees in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being fitted with mobile phones…


Nuclear Waste-Burning Reactor Moves A Step Closer to Reality

The Guardian | 09 July 2012
Feasibility study shows GE-Hitachi’s proposed Prism fast reactor could offer…


Google Glasses: Your Arm is A Keyboard

Geeks Are Sexy | 19 January 2013
Google has somehow found a way to up the sci-fi levels on its proposed…