http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/01/03/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/
some really fascinating stuff. My favorites:
INVISIBILITY CLOAK TECHNOLOGY:
British Columbia company HyperStealth Biotechnology showed a functioning prototype of its new fabric to the U.S. and Canadian military this year. The material, called Quantum Stealth, bends light waves around the wearer without the use of batteries, mirrors, or cameras. It blocks the subject from being seen by visual means but also keeps them hidden from thermal scans and infrared.
STEM CELLS COULD EXTEND HUMAN LIFE BY OVER 100 YEARS:
When fast-aging elderly mice with a usual lifespan of 21 days were injected with stem cells from younger mice at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh, the results were staggering. Given the injection approximately four days before they were expected to die, not only did the elderly mice live — they lived threefold their normal lifespan, sticking around for 71 days. In human terms, that would be the equivalent of an 80-year-old living to be 200.
so, which ones are you excited about?