Science & Technology – Week of 03.03.2013

Peer-to-Peer Rental:
The Rise of the Sharing Economy

The Economist | 09 March 2013
Last night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms…

Chinese Physicists Measure Speed of Einstein’s ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’: At Least 10,000 Times Faster Than Light
ExtremeTech | 07 March 2013
A team of Chinese physicists have clocked the speed of spooky action at a distance…

Going Blind: The Coming Satellite Crisis
PBS | 28 February 2013
For many of us, inaccurate forecasts do little more than ruin a picnic or sully a recently washed car…

‘Zombie’ Cells Created In New Mexico Lab Said To Outperform Living Ones In Some Ways
The Huffington Post | 21 February 2013
Think the only zombies out there are the ones you see in science fiction movies? Think again…

Temporary Tattoos Could Make Electronic Telepathy and Telekinesis Possible
io9 | 20 February 2013
Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only…

Collision Course
The New York Times | 04 March 2013
It was the longest, most costly manhunt in science for an elusive particle that was said…

Billionaires in Space: Whose Dreams Are Biggest?
Bloomberg | 01 March 2013
As Elon Musk and his SpaceX rocket make another trip to the International Space Station…