Spherical Glass Solar Energy Generator by Rawlemon
Desginboom | 25 August 2012
German born, Barcelona-based architect André Broessel has sent us images of his latest development…
Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience
The New York Times | 28 December 2013
Computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes…
SpaceX Launches First Commercial Satellite Into Orbit
Business Insider | 03 December 2013
An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket developed by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, blasted off on Tuesday to put its first commercial satellite into orbit…
China Says Satellite Network to Be Big Asset, Others Can Use It Too
Reuters | 27 December 2013
China’s homegrown satellite navigation system will bring untold economic, social and military benefits and other countries in Asia are welcome to use it…
Utilities Fight Back Against Solar Energy
Slashdot | 26 December 2013
JoeyRox writes “The exponential growth of rooftop solar adoption has utilities concerned about their financial future.”
Where U.S. R&D Dollars Go
MIT Technology Review | 08 January 2013
This chart tracks the five federal agencies that have spent the most money on research and development…
NASA Moonshot Will Test Laser Communications
MIT Technology Review | 04 September 2013
NASA launches a moon satellite this week that will test ultrafast optical data transmission…
8 Spaceports That Are America’s Gateway to the Stars
Gizmodo | 26 September 2013
We are so, so close to commercial orbital tourism…
News and Views From the Nefarium
Giza Death Star | 26 December 2013
Spaceports. Licensed FAA approved spaceports… In Oklahoma…
200,000 People Apply to Live on Mars
CNN | 10 December 2013
If you have ambitions of being one of the first people on Mars, listen up…
Going Global: As Connectivity Balloons, So Does Wikipedia’s Diversity
Wired | 19 December 2013
Anyone can edit Wikipedia. But the vast majority of contributors speak the languages of the world’s wealthiest, most-wired countries…
Google Acquires Boston Dynamics and Seven Other Robotics Companies: Next Stop, Judgment Day
ExtremeTech | 16 December 2013
Google, the search engine and advertising company, has acquired Boston Dynamics…
This Is What The World Would Look Like If Cell Phone Radiation Was Visible
Disclose.tv | 22 December 2013
It shocks many people to discover that less than 1 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible to the human eye…
Private Space Flight: Cluster Analysis
The Economist | 18 December 2013
The entrepreneurs of new technologies like to flock together…