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New test spots cancer 10yrs before symptoms show - Lifestyle

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11705167

New test spots cancer 10yrs before symptoms show - Lifestyle

http://www.thedrive.com/news/3208/uc-irvine-accidentally-invents-a-battery-that-lasts-forever?utm_content=inf_10_3522_2&xid=socialedge_pd&tse_id=INF_dbc2e3a0754311e6830705286b626410

UC Irvine Accidentally Invents a Battery that Lasts Forever - Alright, /r/futurology, what's wrong with it?

http://www.sciencealert.com/costa-rica-has-been-running-on-100-renewable-energy-for-2-months-straight

76 Days, No Fossil Fuels: Costa Rica Has Been Running on Renewables for Over Two Months

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/we-risk-programming-inequality-into-our-dna

We Risk Programming Inequality into Our DNA. The rich will be able to pay to live longer, healthier lives, and the poor might not.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2016/09/06/memory-loss-associated-with-alzheimers-may-be-preventable-and-reversible/#b80b5e8304bd

Memory Loss Associated With Alzheimer's May Be Preventable And Reversible

The 'impossible' EM Drive is about to be tested in space

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space

The 'impossible' EM Drive is about to be tested in space

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-tesla-autopilot-drove-a-man-with-a-blood-clot-to-the-hospital-and-expanded-the-autonomous-car/

How Tesla Autopilot drove a man with a blood clot to the hospital, and expanded the autonomous car debate

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/the-next-industrial-revolution/498779/

The Next Industrial Revolution Could Put Millions Out of Work

https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/02/san-francisco-lowes-stores-to-get-robot-workers-this-fall/

San Francisco Lowe's stores to get robot workers this fall

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ge-makes-1-4b-bet-on-3d-printing-acquires-two-firms-to-boost-additive-manufacturing/

GE makes $1.4B bet on 3D printing, acquires two firms to boost additive manufacturing

China Is Planning a Massive Sea Lab 10,000 Feet Underwater

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-07/china-pushes-plan-for-oceanic-space-station-in-south-china-sea

China Is Planning a Massive Sea Lab 10,000 Feet Underwater

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/51doln/recently_released_paper_by_us_government_agency/

Recently released paper by U.S. Government agency indicates that the Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) phenomena is real and of a nuclear nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QovFbcC2x6k

A new fleet of humanoid robots have been introduced at Tokyo Airport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBgRo9tnv-I

Discussing the merits of Unconditional Basic Income | Enno Schmidt | TEDxBasel

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160905114756.htm

The first plants modified with the "genetic scissors" CRISPR-Cas9 have been cultivated, harvested and cooked

Japan to develop 3D maps for self-driving cars

http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Japan-to-develop-3-D-maps-for-self-driving-cars

Japan to develop 3D maps for self-driving cars

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/the-price-of-solar-is-declining-to-unprecedented-lows/?

The Price of Solar Is Declining to Unprecedented Lows - Despite already low costs, the installed price of solar fell by 5 to 12 percent in 2015

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/building-a-new-tor-that-withstands-next-generation-state-surveillance/

Building a new Tor that can resist next-generation state surveillance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAC5iutVsZM&feature=youtu.be

DeepSee: Automated theft detection with deep learning

http://nyp.st/2cA3qJT

Sex with robots will be so good, addiction already a concern

SpaceX says it can continue launching Falcon 9 rockets from two other launch pads

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/3/12782612/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-explosion-launch-pads-vandenberg-39a

SpaceX says it can continue launching Falcon 9 rockets from two other launch pads

http://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2016/09/02/machine-learning-just-got-more-human-with-googles-rankbrain/

Machine learning just got more human with Google's RankBrain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J2CY4Iyciw

One more piece of the puzzle, the Tractor Beam is real

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-interpreters-how-linguists-would-talk-to-extraterrestrials/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_ARTC_NEWS

Alien Interpreters: How Linguists Would Talk to Extraterrestrials

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/technology/goodbye-ivory-tower-hello-silicon-valley-candy-store.html

Jumping on the Big Data Craze, More Economists Are Studying Consumer Behavior And Moving To Silicon Valley

For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon

http://news.wisc.edu/for-first-time-carbon-nanotube-transistors-outperform-silicon/

For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/2/12775922/google-project-ara-modular-phone-suspended-confirm

Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21700371-how-keep-waste-carbon-dioxide-ground-turning-air-stone?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/turningairintostone

Turning carbon dioxide into stone

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/08/01/world/i-am-captain-now-self-driving-ships-coming-soon

Engineers plan a fully self-driving cargo ship by the end of the decade

http://futurism.com/images/this-week-in-science-august-27-september-2-2016/?view=zzz

This Week in Science: Using Ultrasound to End Comas, DNA Sequencing in Space, Bill Nye Gets A Talk Show, And More

Iowa Passes Plan to Convert to 100 Percent Renewable Energy. "We are finalizing plans to begin construction of the 1,000 wind turbines, with completion expected by the end of 2019,"

http://www.govtech.com/fs/Iowa-Passes-Plan-to-Convert-to-100-Percent-Renewable-Energy.html

Iowa Passes Plan to Convert to 100 Percent Renewable Energy. "We are finalizing plans to begin construction of the 1,000 wind turbines, with completion expected by the end of 2019,"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/09/01/walmart-jobs/89716862/

Walmart to cut 7,000 back-office accounting, invoicing jobs due to automation.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/driverless-bus-takes-to-the-road-in-perth/news-story/05b173c19c7474949df57927639586cb

Driverless bus takes to road in Perth Australia

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universal-basic-income-john-mcdonnell-labour-shadow-chancellor-next-general-election-a7219726.html

John McDonnell: I will win the argument to give every citizen in the UK a basic income

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3115088/consumer-electronics/stay-tuned-for-new-robot-says-sony-ceo.html

Stay tuned for new robot, says Sony CEO: "The robot can create an emotional bond with its owner, he said"

Self-driving buses are now on the road in Helsinki

http://www.curbed.com/2016/8/31/12691516/self-driving-bus-vehicles-finland-helsinki-transportation

Self-driving buses are now on the road in Helsinki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJEzuYynaiw

IBM's Watson just helped create a movie trailer for a movie titled "Morgan" - A horror/thriller about artifical intelligence. What does this mean for film and art of the future?

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=41285748&nid=148

Driverless tractor rolled out by Cache County robotics company | KSL.com

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3767488/Is-cure-Alzheimer-s-sight-Unprecedented-trial-sees-drug-clear-toxic-proteins-brain.html

Revolutionary drug 'may stop Alzheimer from ever developing'

http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/overwhelming-evidence-that-a-guaranteed-income-will-work

Overwhelming Evidence That a Guaranteed Income Will Work

"An independent scientist has confirmed that the paper by scientists at the Nasa Eagleworks Laboratories on achieving thrust using highly controversial space propulsion technology EmDrive has passed peer review, and will soon be published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics"

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/emdrive-nasa-eagleworks-paper-has-finally-passed-peer-review-says-scientist-know-1578716

"An independent scientist has confirmed that the paper by scientists at the Nasa Eagleworks Laboratories on achieving thrust using highly controversial space propulsion technology EmDrive has passed peer review, and will soon be published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics"

http://inhabitat.com/costa-rica-celebrates-113-days-of-100-percent-renewable-energy-and-counting/

Costa Rica celebrates 113 days of 100-percent renewable energy (and counting)

http://factor-tech.com/health-augmentation/24058-scientists-generate-functional-human-tissue-engineered-liver-bringing-complete-lab-grown-organs-a-step-closer/

Scientists generate functional human tissue-engineered liver, bringing complete lab grown organs a step closer

http://tass.com/science/896683

Alien signal detected by Russian astrophysicists turns out to be terrestrial disturbance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzzSao6ypE

CGP Grey: The Simple Solution to Traffic

A universal basic income won't stop people from working–it will change the nature of work

http://qz.com/765902/ubi-wouldnt-mean-everyone-quits-working/

A universal basic income won't stop people from working–it will change the nature of work

http://www.zmescience.com/ecology/renewable-energy-ecology/us-fusion-reactor/

The U.S. plans to build the most advanced fusion reactor ever

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3764112/Is-mystery-impossible-fuel-free-EmDrive-thruster-solved-Claims-secretive-Nasa-lab-publish-paper-warp-drive-humans-Mars-10-weeks.html

Nasa may publish paper on 'warp drive' that could take humans to Mars in 10 weeks

https://hacked.com/new-published-results-impossible-emdrive-propulsion-expected-soon/

New Published Results on the 'Impossible' EmDrive Propulsion Expected Soon

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/08/29/Pentagon-Scientists-Worry-US-Losing-Artificial-Intelligence-Arms-Race

Pentagon Scientists Worry the US Is Losing the Artificial Intelligence Arms Race

Mars simulation ends after a year on Hawaii mountain

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/28/mars-simulation-ends-after-year-hawaii-mountain/89516600/

Mars simulation ends after a year on Hawaii mountain

http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=36248

An international team of researchers has announced the detection of “a strong signal in the direction of HD164595” of artificial origin

https://medium.com/@kailacolbin/the-real-reason-this-elephant-chart-is-terrifying-421e34cc4aa6?imm_mid=0e70e8&cmp=em-na-na-na-na_four_short_links_20160826#.3ybek0jfc

"Technology has gotten so cheap that it is now more economically viable to buy robots than it is to pay people $5 a day"

http://futurism.com/elon-musk-hints-that-tesla-updates-will-soon-lead-to-level-4-autonomy/

Elon Musk Hints That Tesla Updates Will Soon Lead To Level 4 Autonomy

https://www.wired.com/2016/08/forget-self-driving-cars-lets-make-self-driving-living-rooms/

Forget Self-Driving Cars. Let’s Make Self-Driving Living Rooms

NASA Wants to Drop A Submarine in Titan's Ocean To Find Life

https://www.inverse.com/article/20221-life-seeking-nasa-submarine-on-titan-will-be-autonomous

NASA Wants to Drop A Submarine in Titan's Ocean To Find Life

http://99percentinvisible.org/article/invisible-fences-farmers-plant-beehive-guard-posts-repel-elephants/

Invisible Fences: Farmers in Africa are planting beehive fences to ward off elephants. This sophisticated but low-tech solution works better and more humanely than fires or alarms. It also produces honey the farms can sell.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/scientists-successfully-reverse-menopause-by-rejuvenating-womens-ovaries-a7147981.html

Menopause reversed as scientists successfully 'rejuvenate women's ovaries' Lifestyle

http://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-tesla-oil-energy-493905

How Elon Musk is using Tesla to kill big oil

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/28/ideology-liberal-democracy-technology-bioscience-yuval-harari-artificial-intelligence

A new book by historian Yuval Harari claims that artificial intelligence and genetic enhancements will usher in a world of inequality and powerful elites

Solar panels have dropped 80% in cost since 2010 - Solar power is now reshaping energy production in the developing world

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21696941-solar-power-reshaping-energy-production-developing-world-follow-sun?

Solar panels have dropped 80% in cost since 2010 - Solar power is now reshaping energy production in the developing world

http://www.spacex.com/careers/list

Space X currently has hundreds of vacant positions of all different kinds, including cooks, receptionists, as well as engineers and techs...it looks like they're ramping up for something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoWhNKAzdTw

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function". Al Barlett on Growth and Sustainability

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=5052

NASA releases free exotic cosmic locales space tourism posters

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/finns-to-get-free-money-in-state-experiment-set-to-start-2017?utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-business

Finns to Get Free Money in State Experiment Set to Start 2017

Plasma wings could change the way airplanes are designed and flown — NOVA Next

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/space/plasma-air-control/

Plasma wings could change the way airplanes are designed and flown — NOVA Next

http://imgur.com/gallery/t3Cl2

In Gifs: How A Mars Colony Would Recycle Everything

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2016/08/24/eu-copyright-law-undermines-innovation-and-creativity-on-the-internet-mozilla-is-fighting-for-reform/

EU Copyright Law Undermines Innovation and Creativity on the Internet. Mozilla is Fighting for Reform

http://interestingengineering.com/new-exoskeleton-allows-you-to-feel-inside-vr/

New Exoskeleton Allows You to Feel Inside VR| Interesting Engineering

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/26/volkswagens-2019-electric-car-said-to-get-300-miles-on-a-15-minute-charge/

Volkswagen’s 2019 electric car said to get 300 miles on a 15-minute charge

MIT accidentally discovered a cleaner smelting process | engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/24/mit-accidentally-discovered-a-cleaner-smelting-process/

MIT accidentally discovered a cleaner smelting process | engadget

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11700291

Aerial pizza delivery may sound futuristic but Domino's has been given the green light to test New Zealand pizza delivery via drones.

http://futurism.com/3d-printed-ovaries-allow-infertile-mice-give-birth/

Infertile Mice Give Birth—Thanks to 3D Printed Ovaries

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/615568b7668b452bbc8d2e2f3e5148e6/worlds-first-self-driving-taxis-debut-singapore

World's first self-driving taxis debut in Singapore

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/science/americas-first-offshore-wind-farm-may-power-up-a-new-industry.html?_r=1

America’s First Offshore Wind Farm May Power Up a New Industry

As lab-grown meat and milk inch closer to U.S. market, industry wonders who will regulate?

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/lab-grown-meat-inches-closer-us-market-industry-wonders-who-will-regulate

As lab-grown meat and milk inch closer to U.S. market, industry wonders who will regulate?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602233/finally-the-us-is-about-to-get-its-first-offshore-wind-power/

Finally, the U.S. Is About to Get Its First Offshore Wind Power

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/sex/sex-robots-could-soon-be-in-brothels-sooner-than-we-think/news-story/4f0754973e2b021508539653fbd576ad

The UK is set for a sex revolution with robot brothels

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/could-breakthrough-starshots-ships-survive-the-trip/

Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light?

http://www.voanews.com/a/biodegradable-rubber-tires/3474926.html

New Research Could Mean Biodegradable Rubber Tires

The End of Meaningless Jobs Will Unleash the World's Creativity

http://singularityhub.com/2016/08/23/the-end-of-meaningless-jobs-will-unleash-the-worlds-creativity/

The End of Meaningless Jobs Will Unleash the World's Creativity

http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2016/08/23/the-worlds-top-autonomous-vehicle-tech-firms-are-teaming-up-to-create-the-ultimate-self-driving-system/

The world’s top autonomous vehicle tech firms are teaming up to create the ultimate self-driving system

https://www.calicolabs.com/news/2016/08/17/

Google's Billion Dollar Longevity Venture Calico appoints top of the line Machine-Learning team to employ AI to the science of aging

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/4z5y54/can_humanity_create_an_economy_of_the_future_for/

Can humanity create an economy of the future for a sustainable money-less society or is it science fiction?

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/futuristic-f-35-fighter-pilot-helmet-technology-hails-new-era-aerial-warfare-1577438

Futuristic F-35 fighter-pilot helmet technology hails new era in aerial warfare

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