Inhabitat's Week in Green: rocket bicycle, microbe sewage treatment and a processor that can run off a single glass of red wine

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

Remember that shapeshifting robot from Terminator 2 who could get shot in the face and heal within seconds? In Spain, scientists have developed a self-healing polymer that is basically a plastic version of that guy. The plastic, which has been nicknamed "Terminator," can be cut in half and then left to repair itself without any outside intervention. In other green tech and design news, the world's first 3D scanner for iPads raised more than $300,000 on Kickstarter in a single day, more than tripling its $100,000 goal. Tesla continued its assault on automotive conventions this week when the company announced plans to develop a self-driving car by 2016. In Nevada, a rocket-shaped bicycle set a new land speed record after ripping through the desert at 83 MPH. And just when we thought we'd seen everything that mobile phones have to offer, enter PhoneBloks, a nifty new concept phone made from a series of modular components that can be snapped together like Lego bricks.

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