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New Technique Reveals Black Phosphorus’ Properties and How to Control Them

Aug 11
2016

Researchers can turn ‘on’ or ‘off’ the mechanical anisotropy of black phosphorus.

Nexus: Choosing Sides In The Trans-Human Revolution

Aug 11
2016

Beyond the fights and the chases in Ramez Naam’s Nexus trilogy, it is an opportunity to consider how technology might move some humans beyond humanity, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

The Most Dangerous Object Known To Humanity

Posted by Sean Brazell in futurism

Aug 11
2016

How the origin of Earth’s greatest meteor shower might be the demise of life on Earth as we know it.

Future By Design | The Venus Project — Directed by William Gazecki

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in futurism

Aug 11
2016

Lifeboat’s Jacque Fresco in a 2006 documentary about his work and The Venus Project

Ready for a Human Hybrid? Human-Animal Chimeras May Now Be Possible

Posted by Carse Peel in futurism

Aug 11
2016

There are calls to lift NIH’s restrictions on the controversial chimera studies. But are we ready for this most controversial study yet?

Social Entrepreneurs Need To Be Futurists, Too

Posted by Karen Hurst in futurism

Aug 10
2016

What if we tried to prevent future problems, instead of just solving the ones in front of us?

Making the cloud safe for intel

Posted by Karen Hurst in futurism

Aug 10
2016

The intelligence community’s tech think tank wants a new model for keeping data safe in the cloud.

A new tech giant? Why you need to know about China’s LeEco

Posted by Karen Hurst in futurism

Aug 8
2016

China is going to try to own tech and be the SV for the world within the next 7 years. This is definitely in process and many companies in China have been rejecting US tech products for the past several months due to US pressures about the S. China Sea and ramp up efforts to build their own tech companies to take down Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc. They do have the IP to possibly do it.

So, move over FB, Youtube, and Amazon, there is a new streaming media competitor on the horizon coming to online users near you. Lookout the remaining parts of Alphabet (namely Google), Amazon, and Microsoft.

China’s LeEco doesn’t come up much when China’s top tech firms are mentioned. Maybe it should.

DARPA wants to build very low frequency wireless systems

Posted by Karen Hurst in futurism

Aug 8
2016

Well, we can easily figure out who this and how this will be used on.

Wireless transmitters that operate at very or ultra low frequencies (0.3‐30 kHz) typically require some big antenna complexes to handle their communications.

Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said they are interested looking to eliminate that issue and develop smaller physical structures that could handle new long-distance communication applications.

+ DARPA wants huge Holy Grail of mobile ad hoc networks

DARPA in search of a 100 Gb/sec wireless technology that can penetrate clutter+.