I took a few days off from posting due to traveling for the holidays, but I’m back and ready for action. Here’s a few good links that eluded my all-seeing eye while I was away:
- FuturePundit writes about tiny photovoltaic cells – described as “glitter-sized” – that could be embedded in clothing and other places where conventional photovoltaic cells won’t fit and/or aren’t practical.
- Popular Science publishes its list of the “100 Best Innovations of 2009″ although it seems to me that a lot of these are just product improvements rather than true innovations. Still, it’s a fun read.
- Like drinking alcohol but hate the resulting drunkenness and hangover? Scientists in London are working on a synthetic alcohol that will provide a “pleasant state of mild inebriation” but could be reversed with an antidote.
- Next Big Future posts comments from nanotechnology visionary and evangelist Eric Drexler on nanotech developments, including why you won’t be developing molecular nanotechnology in your basement lab and where molecular manufacturing progress is taking place.