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German startup develops tinted windows that generate electricity

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/126449-german-firm-develops-tinted-windows-that-generate-electricity The next great advance in solar power generation is always right around the corner, right?

Google Self-Driving Car Takes Blind Man To Taco Bell

http://www.webpronews.com/google-self-driving-car-takes-blind-man-to-taco-bell-2012-03 Google uploaded a video of a self-driving car test, showing Steve Mahan, a legally blind man behind the wheel, and stopping at Taco Bell for a burrito. Google says in the video description, “We announced our self-driving car project in 2010 to make driving safer, more enjoyable, and more efficient.
Here’s a list of 9 ways you can modify your body to be even more useful, from bionic implants to portable power generators. http://techflesh.com/9-implants-that-make-human-healthy-body-even-more-useful/

9 Implants that make human healthy body even more useful

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Microsoft Ponders Future of Kinect, Tech

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/microsoft-ponders-future-of-kinect-tech/
http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/02/24/lighting-the-oceans-with-wave-power/

Wavelight - Rescue Lights by Zhang Yakun, He Siqian, Zhu Ningning, Chen Chen & Mu Zhiwei

Lighting The Oceans With Wave Power The Wavelight concept coverts mechanical energy captured by ocean waves into electrical energy to illuminate a series of LED lamps. Each lamp is tethered to its neighbor with a weight anchored to the sea floor.
The next sequence is even cheaper Packed Chip The Ion Proton I can sequence much of a human genome for just $1,000.

The $1,000 Genome, and the New Problem of Having Too Much Information

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-02/1000-genome-medicine-has-new-problem-too-much-information
Wireless is everywhere and routers are the force that makes it happen, so why not supercharge yours to take proper advantage of it?

Turn Your Home Router Into a Super-Powered Router with DD-WRT

http://www.howtogeek.com/56612/turn-your-home-router-into-a-super-powered-router-with-dd-wrt/