Science & Technology – Week of 12.01.13

Scientists Build a Low-Cost, Open-Source 3D Metal Printer
Michigan Tech | 26 November 2013
OK, so maybe you aren’t interested in making your own toys, cellphone cases, or glow-in-the-dark Christmas decorations. How about a brake drum?

Liftoff: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Spacecraft
Bloomberg | 03 December 2013
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the rocket maker led by Elon Musk, successfully launched its Falcon 9 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station…

The Places Where Google Glass is Banned
The Telegraph | 04 December 2013
Google Glass has been hailed as the future of wearable technology and a possible replacement for the mobile phone…

Clean That Up
The Economist | 30 November 2013
Environmental technology: A combination of two desalination techniques provides a new way to purify the water used in fracking…

China Launches its First Moon Rover Mission
USA Today | 02 December 2013
China successfully launched a lunar probe into space Monday morning…

Andrea Rossi’s Official ECAT Website Ready to Accept Orders for 1MW Unit
OilPrice.com | 02 December 2013
Andrea Rossi, founder, leader, and technology driver at Leonardo Corporation…

Amazon Chief Reveals Drone Delivery System
TIME | 01 December 2013
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed an experimental drone-based delivery service on Sunday…

In ISON’s Wake, a Trail of Questions
CIOC | 29 November 2013
I always find that writing the first line in a blog post is the hardest…

5 Coolest Farm Robots
Modern Farmer | 20 August 2013
Every day brings news of some new ag robot…

GE Turns to 3D Printers for Plane Parts
Bloomberg Businessweek | 27 November 2013
General Electric (GE), on the hunt for ways to build more than 85,000 fuel nozzles for its new Leap jet engines…

Teen Invents Affordable Self-Driving Car




YouTube | 22 May 2013
A Romanian teen is giving Google a run for it’s money by inventing an affordable self-driving car…