5:10 PM
The Air Force is testing technology that will enable swarms of UAVs to fly themselves in UAV formations without colliding:
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/10/air-force-uavs-to-fly-themselves-101010/
Discovery may enable solar cells to be made from organic semiconductors instead of silicon--making solar cells much cheaper, increasing performance, and making it a cost-effective green alternative for widespread replacement of fossil fuel-based electricity:
http://www.gizmag.com/plastic-solar-cell-breakthrough/16620/
A small asteroid (20-30 meters wide) flew past Earth early today within the Earth-moon system. The asteroid was just 28,000 miles over Singapore this morning:
http://www.asdnews.com/news/31080/Small_Asteroid_to_Pass_Within_Earth-Moon_System_Tuesday.htm
Article about how Apple will *not* be making an LTE phone for 2011--this is the same writer who broke the news about the January Verizon iPhone that the Wall Street Journal confirmed 2 months later. Apple is apparently releasing their CDMA iPhone for Verizon in January and when they release their next iPhone in mid-2011 it will have support for both Verizon's and AT&T's 3G networks but won't support 4g:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/11/apples-iphone-4g-2011/
Best Buy is considering creating their own Android App store, similar to Amazon's upcoming Android App store:
http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/best-buy-mulling-android-app-store-behind-amazon-com/2010-10-10