With a graphene amplifier and a graphene transmitter, wow, how small a walkie-talkie can you make? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131118091502.htm
Coding and Techy Stuff
This "Coding and Techy Stuff" category is here because peripatetically I make a living as a software engineer. This is where I put anything related to coding and technology, and sometimes just unrelated information such as you might find posted on ycombinator's always-intellectually-curious Hacker News.
Google wins book scanning landmark
Scanning the books is fair use. Hooray! Information wants to be free, and Google just helped it get more free. Google Gets Total Victory Over Authors Guild: Book Scanning Is Fair Use