Link Collection

Singapore scientists invented a new toilet system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilizers, and reduces the amount of water needed to flush the toilet by up to 90%/  In other words, poop is turned into electricity and fertilizer and flushing a toilet only takes 0.2 L for pee and 1 L for poop where it takes 4 to 6 L per flush now:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/06/Energy-Engineering-Green-Tech-New-loo-turns-poo-into-power/


Verizon's spectrum deal with T-Mobile is reportedly highly favorably viewed by FCC officials that are deciding if Verizon's $3.9 bil cable spectrum deal. T-Mobile had been one of the biggest opponents of Verizon's deals and now the 60 million POPs that they will get spectrum for is one of the strongest arguments in favor of Verizon's spectrum deals:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-fcc-views-verizont-mobile-spectrum-swap-favorably/2012-06-26


I think that it is amazing that Google has twice the R&D budget as DARPA and Microsoft and Intel spend 3x more than DARPA on R&D:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/google-will-has-twice-research-and.html


The statue on Google's campus makes it official that the next version of Android is jelly bean:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/26/jelly-bean-is-official-statue-arrives-at-google-campus/