Science & Technology – Week of 03.02.14

China to Test Cutting-Edge Anti-Smog Drone
RT | 06 March 2014
Government agencies in China are set to test a new aerial drone to tackle their overwhelming air pollution…

Atlantic Oil Drilling Using Seismic Airgun May Wipe Out Endangered Right Whales
Tech Times | 01 March 2014
Oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean may drive North Atlantic right whales to extinction, warn environmentalists…

Boxing Clever
The Economist | 01 March 2014
Engineers are trying to upgrade the humble shipping container…

Russia to Launch 3 Lunar Rovers From 2016 to 2019
RT | 05 March 2014
Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, will send three automated rovers to the moon from 2016 to 2019…

NASA Unveils the Plan for Future Space Activity
Giza Death Star | 28 February 2014
Ms. P.H. and others of you who are regular readers here…

Another Thing to Make You Go Hmmmm: Back to the Giza Death Star Destroyed and Hieronymous Machines and Pencil-Drawn Sensors That are Sensors
Giza Death Star | 03 March 2014
K.M. sent me this article from “our friends at phys.org” and when I saw its contents I was…

First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Cars Roll Out
Popular Science | 05 March 2014
They produce only water as exhaust…

The New Market Space: Billionaire Investors Look Beyond Earth
FT | 28 February 2014
If suborbital travel takes off, it could cut the journey time from London to Sydney to just a couple of hours…

A Solar-Powered Drone Designed To Fly For Five Years Nonstop
Popular Science | 03 March 2014
Titan Aerospace will test a drone that could track hurricanes, spot pirates, and more…

Stephen Wolfram’s Introduction to the Wolfram Language
YouTube | 24 February 2014
Stephen Wolfram introduces the Wolfram Language in this video that shows how the symbolic programming…

A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash
Popular Science | 28 February 2014
This spring, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will become home to the first permanent waterwheel-powered trash interceptor…

WTHR_The Risk Inside Your Credit Card
http://youtu.be/lLAFhTjsQHw
YouTube | 09 March 2011
News on Electronic Pickpocketing…