Mega-cities imminent

via guardian.uk: The world's first actual mega-city is on the way, consisting of Hong Kong/Shenhzen/Guangzhou in China. Over 120 million inhabitants.

stainless-steel 3D printing

via singularity hub: Just what it says. Slightly more expensive, longer wait. But very user-friendly.

biz site is shapeways.com.

Touch-screen quantum mechanics trick

via bbc.co.uk: Utilizing quantum tunneling to create a pressure sensitive touchscreen the thickness of a human hair. (This already is in commercial use!) Say hello to synthetic skin for prosthetics, everybody!

Ironclad - flashdrive pc

from lockheedmartin: Secure, compact computing. Flash drive contains its own OS and files, merely hijacks the connected system's monitor & keyboard. No files actually transferred to host computer.

Claytonics & programmable matter

via singularity hub: very early stages of claytronics research...organised, computerised matter. Current prototype computing elements approx. 3cm tube, hopefully will be 3mm soonish. All elements share computing tasks, and can join together/shift via magnetics & electro-motive chicanery. Your actual SmartMatter (TM).

Bionic limbs are the new black

via bbc: Rather hyperbolic article about the "kewl-ness" of prosthetics. Rightly trashed in the comments. However, still very interesting.

Technoccult

Technoccult: Something to Keep An Eye On.