Nations can join to protect melting Arctic

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/highleyman-nations-can-join-to-protect-melting-arctic-1.4011780

/ global warming climate change melt ice sea carbon dioxide CO2 greenhouse gas permanent seasonal /

Pedal-powered plane wins novel flight race (video)

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/09/pedal-powered-plane-flight-race.html?cmpid=NLC%7CNSNS%7C2012-1709-GLOBAL%7Cpedalpowered&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=pedalpowered

Photo credit: amphalon, Flickr
/ New Scientist TV ground effect human powered flight lightweight ultralight aircraft Icarus Cup /

Non-military drones take to the skies in larger numbers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/non-military-drones-take-to-the-skies-in-larger-numbers/2012/09/10/b2689d22-e16f-11e1-ae7f-d2a13e249eb2_story.html

/ human pilot remote control lap top robot pilot Centaur half-human half-robot team engineers Aurora /

iPhone 5: Memory & performance doubled

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57513867-37/iphone-5-benchmarks-surface-performance-doubles/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57513818-37/iphone-5-gets-more-faster-memory-says-report/

/ benchmark A6 processor twice as fast chip iOS product results posted Geekbench accurate more instructions per clock cycle Samsung 32-nanometer manufacturing process advanced manufacturing process faster more power efficient /

The future of flight: Changes in the air

http://www.economist.com/node/21527035

/ glide ratio fuel efficiency distance Gimli Glider Incident composite material carbon fibre plastics lightweight ceramics 3D printing additive manufacturing precision micron /

Microsoft patent: Smack your phone to silence it

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57513616-71/microsoft-patent-smack-your-phone-up/

/ accelerate tap hit strike motion sensor /

A chip to repair the brain

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/a-chip-to-repair-the-brain-20120916-25ztk.html

/ brain implant microprocessor sharpened decision making restored lost mental capacity monkeys picture matching game memory rodent probe sensor forehead neighbouring layers cerebral cortex damage /