Science & Technology – Week of 07.07.13

Top Solar Power States Per Capita (Updated) vs Top Solar Policy Leaders
Clean Technica | 25 June 2013
Last year, I put together rankings of the top solar power countries per capita…

Researchers Develop Flexible Metal for 3-D Printers
The New York Times | 10 July 2013
A group of researchers from North Carolina State University have developed…

San Francisco to L.A. in 30 Mins. With Proposed New Transportation System
Yahoo! News | 09 July 2013
Commuting is a way of life for most Bay Area residents…

The Best Approach for Avoiding Zombies
Inside Science | 28 September 2009
Physics could help if you’re trapped by the staggering undead…

3D-Printed Liquid Metal Brings Stretchable Gadgets Closer
BBC News | 10 July 2013
Stretchable electronics may start appearing in the near future…

Rosphere Spherical Robot Could be Rolling Up for Work to Monitor and Tend Crops
Gizmag | 07 July 2013
If you see what looks like a hamster ball rolling around a cornfield…

Bitcoin ATM Gets Ready for Roll Out
CNBC | 08 July 2013
A cash machine that accepts the virtual currency bitcoin…

Ocean Spreading of Radioactivity From the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
The extraordinary earthquake that generated an extreme tsunami that struck Japan…

IVF Baby Born Using Revolutionary Genetic-Screening Process
The Guardian | 07 July 2013
Next-generation sequencing could enable IVF clinics to determine the chances of children developing diseases…