a british team has developed the first silicon re-programmable photonic chip using quantum technology. this chip can continuously entangle photons as part of it's working parameters. that is amazing! just a few short years ago, quantum entanglement was theory! now there is a chip that does it automatically. we are closer and closer to the trek universe. read here for details:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/108573-worlds-first-programmable-quantum-photonic-chipso... want to be buried in space? no, not a joke. virginia is trying to make that a reality. in an effort to boost a spaceport (mid-atlantic spaceport) they are proposing a bill that would allow for an income deduction to go towards space burial. no mention of people outside virginia however. i would love to have my ashes spread into space.
read here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-space-burial-20111209,0,993488.story