3D Printing May Put Global Supply Chains Out of Business: Report
Kurzweilai | 11 October 2012
Will 3D printing make global supply chains unnecessary?
A Chemist Comes Very Close to a Midas Touch
NY Times | 15 October 2012
In a lab in Princeton University’s ultra-sleek chemistry building, researchers toil in a modern-day hunt for an elusive power: alchemy.
Study Confirms Magnetic Properties of Silicon Nanoribbons
R & D | 18 October 2012
Nanoribbons of silicon configured so the atoms resemble chicken wire could hold the key to ultrahigh density data storage and information processing systems of the future.
As Drone Debate Rages, Police Move on to Million-Dollar Spy Planes
NPR | 16 October 2012
While the nation disputes if, when and where the government should use drones over U.S. soil, Texas state police are taking their surveillance efforts to the next level.
For About $20, Cardboard Bicycle Could ‘Change The World,’ Inventor Says
NPR | 15 October 2012
Reuters today catches up on a story that’s been getting some traction in recent weeks
Uniqlo’s CEO on His Long, ‘Crazy’ Fight for the Future of Retail
Wired | 10 October 2012
Tadashi Yanai, CEO of the parent company of Japanese clothing juggernaut Uniqlo and the wealthiest person in Japan, found himself in San Francisco recently, opening his company’s first West Coast store and explaining how Silicon Valley had influenced his fast-growing company.
Student RFID Chipping Conditions American Youth to Accept Government Surveillance
Occupy Corporatism | 12 October 2012
A school in Maryland has installed PalmSecure, a biometric scanning system that requires elementary students to place their hand on infrared scanners in order to pay for their school lunch.
Graphene Could Usher in Flexible, Ultra-Slim Gadgets
NY Times | 12 October 2012
You’ve probably never heard of graphene, a carbon-based material, but it might be stuffed into your pocket
Dear Mystery Algorithm That Hogged Global Financial Trading Last Week: What Do You Want?
PoPSci | 10 October 2012
On Friday, a single mysterious program was responsible for 4 percent of all stock quote traffic and sucked up 10 percent of the NASDAQ’s trading bandwidth.