Science & Technology – Week of 02.23.14

North American Scientists Track Incoming Fukushima Plume
BBC News | 25 February 2014
The likely scale of the radioactive plume of water from Fukushima due to hit the west coast of North America should be known in the next two months…

NASA has Discovered 715 New Worlds
Space Industry News | 26 February 2014
NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new planets…

‘Magic Formula of Physics Moves Every Kind of Animal on Earth’
Cryptogon | 25 February 2014
A magic formula of physics is propelling animals across the planet…

Japanese Company Proposes to Build Solar Power Cells on the Moon to Provide Clean Energy to Earth.
Harnessing the sun’s power is nothing new on Earth…

Cisco Gains Traction In The Connected Road Race
Fast Company | 20 February 2014
Tech giant Cisco thinks there’s something to all this talk of ”smart cities”…

Google Launches Project Tango Smartphone To Experiment With Computer Vision And 3D Sensors
TechCrunch | 20 February 2014
Google today announced Project Tango, an Android-based prototype 5″ phone and developer kit…

Wheelchair-Bound Woman Walks Again With a 3D Printed Exoskeleton
Gizmodo | 22 February 2014
In 1992, Amanda Boxtel suffered a vicious skiing accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down…