Science & Technology – Week of 10.20.13

Who Said Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees? Gold Found in Eucalyptus Tree Leaves
ABC Melbourne | 23 October 2013
In a world-first research conducted by CSIRO geoscientists, gold particles have been discovered in the leaves of eucalyptus trees…

Fuel Cell Vehicles are Bulls***t: Elon Musk
Revolution-Green | 25 October 2013
At a recent press conference in Germany Elon Musk revealed his feelings about the EV vs Fuel Cell powered Vehicles…

Tesla? Breakthrough Magnetic Resonance Coupling
Revolution-Green | August 2013
Magnetic Resonance Coupling Research at Stanford University…

Inventor Creates a $100 3D Printer for Future Mars Missions
Gajitz | October 2013
Most 3D printers – even the low-end ones – still cost thousands of dollars…

Two Large Earth Facing Sunspots Give us Both Barrels, Incoming Storm Expected
Astronomy Report | 23 October 2013
Sunspot 1875 lit off a small solar flare directly at the Earth…

IBM’s Watson is Better at Diagnosing Cancer Than Human Doctors
Wired | 11 February 2013
IBM’s Watson — the language-fluent computer that beat the best human champions at a game of the US TV show Jeopardy!

It’s Stronger Than Steel and Paper Thin, but Graphene Isn’t Living Up to Its Promise
Quartz | 15 October 2013
If the film classic The Graduate were being made today…

Huawei Proposes Independent Cybersecurity Testing Labs
Information Week | 18 October 2013
Independent bodies would be funded by vendors, customers and government agencies, and validate products’ performance, security and overall trustworthiness…