When NASA’s space shuttle program retired in 2011, American astronauts were left with no way of transport to and from the International Space Station, except by Russian spacecraft. Considering tensions are now high between the two countries, thanks to Russia’s takeover of the Crimea region of Ukraine, NASA is looking for new options.
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Sep 9, 2014
Second Guessing the State of the Morrow, Incorrectly!
Posted by Andres Agostini in category: futurism
Sep 9, 2014
Mota Smart Ring delivers smartphone alerts to your finger
Posted by Seb in categories: electronics, mobile phones
By Nick Lavars — GizMag
Your level of interest in the latest smart ring developments might just depend on how much time you spend yanking your phone out of your pocket. For those after connectivity without lifting a finger, the Mota Smart Ring is designed to ensure important updates are on hand right when you need them.
Sep 9, 2014
Fun Info-graphic of 2014 Society! 2014 Western Caste System! (Some Serious Researched Books Argued)
Posted by Andres Agostini in category: futurism
Sep 8, 2014
Getting Fortune 500 Prospective Client’s Cash, Continually and Successfully!
Posted by Andres Agostini in category: futurism
Getting Fortune 500 Prospective Client’s Cash, Continually and Successfully!
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS ACCORDING TO THESE COMPANIES:
Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, Daimler-Chrysler’s Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Royal Dutch Shell, Google, Xerox, Exxon-Mobil, Boeing, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, NASA and DARPA, Lockheed Martin, RAND Corporation and HUDSON Institute, Northrop Grumman Corporation, etc.
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Sep 8, 2014
Hitachi developing reactor that burns nuclear waste
Posted by Seb in category: nuclear energy
By David Szondy — Gizmag
The problem with nuclear waste is that it needs to be stored for many thousands of years before it’s safe, which is a tricky commitment for even the most stable civilization. To make this situation a bit more manageable, Hitachi, in partnership with MIT, the University of Michigan, and the University of California, Berkeley, is working on new reactor designs that use transuranic nuclear waste for fuel; leaving behind only short-lived radioactive elements.
In popular imagination, nuclear waste is a wildly radioactive goo that glows like the back end of a lightning bug. But in real life, the real problem of nuclear waste isn’t the “hot” stuff, but the mildly radioactive elements with atomic numbers greater than 92. That’s because highly radioactive elements have short half lives. That is, they burn themselves out very quickly – sometimes in a matter of minutes or even seconds.
Sep 7, 2014
The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud
Posted by Seb in category: cybercrime/malcode
By Andy Greenberg — Wired
As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend, blame for the scandal has rotated from the scumbag hackers who stole the images to a researcher who released a tool used to crack victims’ iCloud passwords to Apple, whose security flaws may have made that cracking exploit possible in the first place. But one step in the hackers’ sext-stealing playbook has been ignored—a piece of software designed to let cops and spies siphon data from iPhones, but is instead being used by pervy criminals themselves.
Sep 6, 2014
Why Germany Outrules and Outsmarts the Entire World! By Andres Agostini at www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini
Posted by Andres Agostini in categories: economics, education, futurism
In Pictures.
It’s impossible to overstate how much the Internet matters. It has forever altered how we share information and store it for safekeeping, how we communicate with political leaders, how we document atrocities and hold wrongdoers accountable, how we consume entertainment and create it, even how we meet others and maintain relationships. Our society is strengthened and made more democratic by the open access the Internet enables. But the Internet as we know it is at risk from a variety of threats ranging from cybercrime to its very infrastructure, which wasn’t built to withstand the complications our dependence upon it causes.
We asked some of the Net’s biggest stakeholders and thought leaders to lay out ways we can maintain the Internet as a home for innovation, community, and freely exchanged information. We are excited to present you with these six takes on what could go wrong—and how to bring us back from the brink.
Sep 5, 2014
What Boeing’s space taxi could mean for the future of commercial space travel
Posted by Seb in category: space travel
By Robin Burks — TechTimes