This Week in Tech

In This Week in Tech we celebrate the birthdays of Bucky Fuller and St Tesla, Edge releases their 2012 Summer reading list, designer beehives for urban environments,  Ron Paul releases The Technology Revolution Manifesto, A Nobel laureate talks physics on the street, Neil DeGrasse Tyson vs summer movies, Scientists unite to protest ‘death’ of research, 3D printing blood vessels, digitizing your vinyl collection, introducing the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media and Textuality, synthetic biology as an open system for architectural design, enter the Internet Defense League, comics and cosplay take San Diego, God particles, Metropolis returns, the top ten transhumanist pick-up lines, and much much more.

• [VIDEO] Happy St Tesla's Birthday! PBS Documentary Master of Lightening (Vimeo)
• Why Tesla was the Greatest Geek who Ever Lived (The Oatmeal)
• Read Telsa's autiobiography My Inventions (TFCBooks)
  
• Happy Birthday Bucky Fuller! Salute to an American Visionary (LIFE)
• [VIDEOS] 1974 The World of Buckminster Fuller (YouTube); 1975 Everything I Know (YouTube); 1976 Bucky Fuller, William S Burroughs, and Alan Ginsberg talk Thoughts on The American Dream (YouTube) 
• Comic-Con Opens in San Diego (BoingBoing)
  
• [VIDEO] The Higgs Boson: Top 10 Videos (SingularityWeblog)
  
• Edge.org's 2012 Summer Reading List! (Edge) 
• Ron and Rand Paul's New Crusade: The Technology Revolution and Internet Freedom (BuzzFeed)
• [VIDEO] Nobel laureate occasionally hangs out on street corners, answering physics questions (BoingBoing)
• X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future (Wired)
  
• [ACTION] Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder Says: Protect Internet Freedom; seeks Justice for Richard O'Dwyer (DemandProgress)
• Internet Defense League will spring into action when dumb laws are proposed, guided by the CAT SIGNAL! (BoingBoing)
• Recovered 1927 Metropolis Film Program Goes Behind the Scenes of a Sci-Fi Masterpiece (Wired)
• Ancient New York City in Canada discovered (DiscoveryNews)
  
• [AUDIO] Aubrey de Grey on Singularity 1 on 1: Better Funding and Advocacy Can Defeat Aging (SingularityWeblog)
  
• Bleep's "Guide to Electronic Music" 1930s-today (BoingBoing)
• Stories from the world's first sex survey (BoingBoing)
  
• Memories Serve as Tools for Learning and Decision-Making (ScienceDaily)
• [PROJECT] Kevin Kelly launches graphic novel project The Silver Cord (Kickstarter)
• NIF makes history with record 500 terawatt laser shot (PhysOrg)
  
• NASA To Launch The Finest Mirrors Ever Made (UniverseToday)
• [AUDIO] Buddhism and Transhumanism: The Technologies of Self-Perfection (IEET)
  
• Designer Beehive for Urban Beekeeping (MOSS&FOG)
• [VIDEO] 3D printing blood vessels (ScienceDump)
• Could we build 'Star Trek's' ENTERPRISE? How close is mankind to warp speed? (DiscoveryNews)
  
• London Olympic committee says you're only allowed to link to their site if you have nice things to say (BoingBoing)
  
• How to Digitize Your Vinyl Collection (Gizmodo)
  
• Cyberwar's eerie echoes of the A-bomb race (NewScientist)
• 14 Incredibly Creepy Surveillance Technologies That Big Brother Will Soon Be Using To Spy On You (BlacklistedNews)
• Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away (Gizmodo)
  
• [EVENT] The Secret Science Club presents Mathematical Sociologist and Social Network Expert Duncan Watts (SecretScienceClub) 
  
• Synthetic Biology as an Open System for Architectural Design (IEET)
• A Surgical Implant for Seeing Colors Through Sound (NYTimes)
  
• Here’s Today’s Giant Cosplay Gallery From San Diego (io9)
  
• [VIDEO] Solar Eruption Caught on Camera (Wired)
• Scientists unite to protest ‘death’ of research; Budget cuts will kill evidence, group argues (Ottawa Citizen)
  
• Blogging is the New Persuasive Essay (MindShift)
• [EVENT] Eyebeam Resident Brian House releases Quotidian Record (Eyebeam)
• More Amazon extinctions looming unless action is taken: study (PhysOrg)
• Higgs Boson Impostors? It's Possible, Say Scientists (PCWorld)
  
• Controlling Your Computer With Your Eyes (ScienceDaily)
• 10 Reasons Why Oxytocin Is The Most Amazing Molecule In The World (io9)
  
• App uses Earth's magnetic field to guide you indoors (NewScientist)
  
• [ACTION] The People vs Monsanto Act (FoodDemocracyNow)
• Millions Will Flow to Privacy Groups Supporting Weak Facebook Settlement (Wired)
  
• [VIDEO] Putting Data in Human Context (ScienceDump/TED)
• Chances You Are Being Watched Rise to About 1 in 50 (MotherJones)
• Hawking's rival says Higgs wager win is icing on cake (NewsDaily)
• [VIDEO] DisCERN this: Large Hadron Rap (ScienceFriday)
• The Weaponization of Neuroscience (Technoccult)
• Canadian Supreme Court upholds fair dealing and user rights in copyright (BoingBoing)
• Bill Nye vs CNN on Climate Change and Wildfires (YouTube/CNN)
  
• Let the Shut-Ins Bang Their Virtual Girlfriends in Peace (Technoccult)
• Focus Jarifa Speed: Electric Bicycle for $3399 (NewWheel)
• Introducing the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media and Textuality (Lori Emerson)
• [VIDEO] As Japan Says Fukushima Disaster "Man-Made" & "Preventable," Fears Grow for Nuclear Plants Worldwide (DemocracyNow!)
  
• [AUDIO] Neil DeGrasse Tyson Investigates The Space Science Of Summer Movies (NPR)
• Alaskan researchers find evidence of genetic change in salmon in response to warming climate (PhysOrg)
• Artist creates genetically modified Elvis-mouse hybrid (io9)
  
• Scientist claims jellyfish-like aliens exist (TheTelegraph)
• 5 Insane Explanations for Stuff Your Body Does Every Day (Cracked)
• Why Eugenics Will Always Fail (io9)
• [VIDEO] Illusionist Marco Tempest works with technology, as well as traditional sleight of hand (BoingBoing)
  
• The End of TV and the Death of the Cable Bundle (TheAtlantic)
  
• Virgin Galactic Unveils LauncherOne Rocket for Private Satellite Launches (MSNBC)
  
• Psychologists discover links between angry thoughts and displaced aggression in male gang affiliates (MedicalXpress)
• Choosing the virtual reality experience that’s right for you (io9)
  
• [VIDEO] 20 Under 20: Transforming Tomorrow (CNBC)
  
• Top 10 Transhumanist Pick-up Lines (H+)