Top 5 Favorite Blogs/Articles from 2014

Hello all! I went into my archives and picked out my top 5 favorite blogs/articles I wrote last year. I'm looking forward to writing some more in 2015, my 10th year on CR4!

Google Leaps Into Quantum Computing - Google has hired Dr. John Martinis to head up a group to build a Quantum Computer from the bottom up. If successful, it will change computing forever.

Exoplanets! - When I wrote this roughly a year ago, 1074 exoplanets in 812 planetary systems have been confirmed. As of a few days ago, that total has increased to 1855 planets in 1164 planetary systems. A new age of astronomy has begun!

Lockheed Martin's 100 MW Fusion Reactor - Lockheed Martin believes it could have a working fusion reactor prototype in 5 years! A production model in 10 years! Sound too good to be true? Many agree, but there are tantalizing signs that the dream of fusion may actually become reality this time.

The Nuclear Weapons of the United States - For those of you nostalgic for the days when desks protected you from radiation, or for a younger generation addicted to "The Americans" and wanting more.

Delicate Audacity: The Saturn V Rocket - A look back at an engineering marvel. A reminder of what we can accomplish when we put our hearts and minds into something.

Anyway, that's it. I hope you've enjoyed reading these as much as I enjoyed researching and writing them. I'm looking forward to learning about new technologies and dragging old cool technologies back into the light. Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best in 2015!