This is pretty cool:
http://www.gizmag.com/mollusk-nacre-tougher-glass/30654/
Say goodbye to breaking drinking glasses if this becomes a mass produced reality.
Cheap, waterless toilet that turns waste into clean water and power to be trialed in Africa.
http://www.crummy.com/writing/TheFuture/Stuff%20You%20Wouldn't%20Believe!.html