Science & Technology – Week of 09.08.13

200,000 Apply For One-Way Mission to Colonise Mars – But Only Four Can Become the First Human Settlers of the Red Planet
The Independent | 10 September 2013
Over 200,000 people from more than 140 countries have applied for a one-way ticket to Mars…

Jaw-Dropping Software Makes 3-D Models From Any Photo
Wired | 11 September 2013
There was a time not long ago when digital image editing was something left to the experts…

Phonebloks

YouTube | 10 September 2013
A phone only lasts a couple of years before it breaks or becomes obsolete…

Glitch Resolved, NASA Probe on Its Way to the Moon
Reuters | 09 September 2013
Engineers have resolved a minor glitch with a new NASA robotic lunar probe…