Robots to be more intelligent than humans in 40 years – “Intel has had a little chat about the future of the computing and robotics at the recent IDF event, and has come out with some alarming facts…”

Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system – “Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets…”

Plan for anaerobic digesters in every town to recycle leftovers – “Waste-disposal units designed to turn leftover food into electricity and fertiliser could be built around every town and city as part of a scheme being considered by ministers…”

5 Really Weird Things About Water – “Water, good ol’ H2O, seems like a pretty simple substance to you and me. But in reality, water – the foundation of life and most common of liquid – is really weird and scientists actually don’t completely understand how water works…”

Unmanned Drone On L.I. Sparks Terror Investigation – “An unmanned drone being built by an engineer on Long Island sparked a large counter-terrorism investigation across the New York area, officials tell WNBC.com. Police said they had stumbled upon overnight testing of the drone at a little-used airstrip in Calverton, Long Island…”

Photosynth, a sophisticated technology from Microsoft, turns a bunch of overlapping photos into a 3-D panorama. – “Wednesday, Microsoft introduced yet another way to represent a place: Photosynth. This sophisticated technology does a simple thing. It turns a bunch of overlapping photos into a 3-D panorama…”

Suicidal bacteria illustrates evolution of co-operation – “Bacteria have sometimes behaviour that can amaze scientists, by its complexity and efficiency. Salmonella can commit suicide and help their “brothers” to establish infections that are more damaging, thus helping their species. But scientists believe they have found the answer to this surprising kamikaze behavior…”

Air-purifying church windows early nanotechnology – “Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered…”

Weird Tech: The GPS-assisted cannabis-hunting tortoise – “It’s been a strange week for tracking tech. In an unlikely turn of events, police arrested a suspected marijuana-grower after a box tortoise with a GPS tracker attached to its shell accidentally strayed (slowly) into a secret cannabis patch…”

Annals of the Patently Absurd – “Microsoft has received a patent on a “new and improved” Page-Up and Page-Down system…”

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Genome Of Simplest Animal Reveals Ancient Lineage, Confounding Array Of Complex Capabilities – “As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving—even in life’s tiniest critters. From first detection in the 1880s, clinging to the sides of an aquarium, to its recent characterization by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a simple and primitive animal, Trichoplax adhaerens, appears to harbor a far more complex suite of capabilities than meets the eye…”

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