Science & Technology – Week of 11.03.13

Germany Reaches 59% Renewable Energy Peak, Power Grid Doesn’t Blow Up
The 9 Billion | 30 October 2013
Earlier this month on a very sunny and windy day…

Big Cable May Have Felled Seattle’s Mayor, But it Couldn’t Stop This Colo. Project
The Washington Post | 06 November 2013
In 2009, Vince Jordan was one of a handful of Coloradans hoping to flip the switch…

Welcome to the Real Space Age
New York | 19 May 2013
This is not a rendering. It is a launching pad in the New Mexico desert…

Driverless Cars Set to Roam Milton Keynes From 2017, says Vince Cable
The Guardian | 07 November 2013
Buckinghamshire town to be first location in UK to get autonomous ‘pods’ which will ply own segregated pathways…

100,000 British Invited to Post Their Genomes Online – in the Name of Science
RT | 07 November 2013
A hundred thousand British volunteers could have their genetic information available to anyone in the world…

Tech Jobs Becoming Popular Choice Among Elite Business Grads
The Washington Business Journal | 06 November 2013
A record number of graduates from elite business schools are choosing technology sector jobs over finance…

The Man Who Would Teach Machines to Think
The Atlantic | November 2013
Douglas Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author…

This Awesome Dad 3-D Printed a Prosthetic Hand for His Son
MSN | 31 October 2013
3-D printers are one of the coolest pieces of technology available…

Graphene Revolution – Interview on BBC World News

YouTube | 17 January 2013
Graphene – Live interview on ‘Impact with Mishal Hussain’…