Gene Therapy Is Used to Adjust Pigs’ Heartbeat http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/health/gene-therapy-used-to-create-biological-pacemaker-in-pigs.html?_r=0 Gene Therapy Is Used to Adjust Pigs’ Heartbeat http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/health/gene-therapy-used-to-create-biological-pacemaker-in-pigs.html?_r=0 Can Tetrahedrite Help Generate Cheap Thermoelectric Energy? http://www.21stcentech.com/tetrahedrite-generate-cheap-energy/ The Future Air Force Is Cooler Than Science Fiction http://www.bloomberg.com/video/the-future-air-force-is-cooler-than-science-fiction-myRkbUytQq2XCBpmp7qzpQ.html How Superstorm Sandy Gave Rise to Wireless Startup http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-17/how-superstorm-sandy-gave-rise-to-wireless-startup.html REUTERS: Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine war zone, 295 dead… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini AND www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Nest’s Tony Fadell on Smart Objects, and the Singularity of Innovation http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2013/11/07/nests-tony-fadell-on-smart-objects-and-the-singularity-of-innovation/ Controlling the Home, Google Style http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/controlling-the-home-google-style/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 A Robot With a Little Humanity http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/a-robot-with-a-little-humanity/ Criminal Software, Government-Grade Protection http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/criminal-software-government-grade-protection/ Internet Of Things: What’s Holding Us Back http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/it-strategy/internet-of-things-whats-holding-us-back/d/d-id/1235043 Microsoft Slicing 18,000 Jobs: More Change Ahead http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/digital-business/microsoft-slicing-18000-jobs-more-change-ahead/d/d-id/1297364? PayPal fuels higher eBay revenue even as cyber attack,… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Urban Skyfarm concept would provide inner city farming space http://www.gizmag.com/aprilli-design-studio-urban-skyfarm/32954/ Honda’s new ASIMO robot is all grown up http://www.gizmag.com/new-honda-asimo-robot/32977/ DARPA announces Phase 1 of its XS-1 spaceplane program http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-xs-1-spaceplane-phase-design-contracts/32965/ Morphing material could allow robots to switch between hard and soft states http://www.kurzweilai.net/morphing-material-could-allow-robots-to-switch-between-hard-and-soft-states Stanford Microchip Identifies Diabetes Type, Works in Minutes http://www.medgadget.com/2014/07/stanford-microchip-identifies-diabetes-type-works-in-minutes.html UK: Let’s Make a… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
How machine learning is saving lives while saving hospitals money http://gigaom.com/2014/07/14/how-machine-learning-is-saving-lives-while-saving-hospitals-money/ Meet the algorithm that can learn “everything about anything” http://gigaom.com/2014/05/23/meet-the-algorithm-that-can-learn-everything-about-anything/ Three Teams To Develop Spaceplane Concepts for DARPA http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/41263three-teams-to-develop-spaceplane-concepts-for-darpa Wisconsin scientists find genetic recipe to turn stem cells to blood http://www.news.wisc.edu/22991 Novartis to license Google “smart lens” technology http://www.marketwatch.com/story/novartis-to-license-google-smart-lens-technology-2014-07-15 Google Unveils Smart Contact Lens… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Political futurism, ethics energized by sci-fi
.@hjbentham . @clubofinfo. @dissidentvoice_ . @ieet. #scifi. #philosophy. #ethics. Literature has served an indispensable purpose in exploring ethical and political themes. This remains true of sci-fi and fantasy, even if there is such a thing as reading too much politics into fictional work or over-analyzing. Since Maquis Books published The Traveller and Pandemonium, a novel authored… Continue reading Political futurism, ethics energized by sci-fi
A minor new Result can change the World (c-global)
It is a nice game: Pretend that c, the speed of light in the vacuum, were a global constant of nature. Then the Einstein equation assumes a more compact form. And black holes acquire radically new properties. One should not try to produce them down on earth, for example. Fortunately, this simple game is pure… Continue reading A minor new Result can change the World (c-global)
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Small E-Airplanes Take Flight but No Commercial Passenger Planes in the Near Future http://www.21stcentech.com/electric-airplanes-flight/ The End of Retirement http://harpers.org/archive/2014/08/the-end-of-retirement/ Roger Schell on long-term computer security research http://intelligence.org/2014/06/23/roger-schell/ Samsung Suspends Ties With Chinese Supplier Over Child Labor http://www.inc.com/associated-press/samsung-suspends-china-supplier-over-child-labor.html?cid=sf01001 Students Create a Bio Printer To Test Drugs on Your Own 3D Printed Human Cells Rather than Animals… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Super Size Me: Now You Can 3D Print a Life-sized Model of Yourself
Written by Janey Davies – Inside 3DP Forget those eight-inch mini-me models you can get for £60 if you happen to live near an Asda in Manchester, offering the service. Now, thanks to a firm in China, you can actually own a fully life-sized replica of yourself. The company is called Qingdao Unique Products Develop Co.… Continue reading Super Size Me: Now You Can 3D Print a Life-sized Model of Yourself
Bitcoin Price Prediction Tool: Amazingly Accurate
Mark M. Bravura – CryptoCoins News The single biggest stigma that still haunts Bitcoin is it’s extreme volatility. However, imagine if you had a tool likened to an amazingly accurate Bitcoin crystal ball. Moreover, one that did not incur any out-of-pocket expenses to reap the benefits. Well, now you do, thanks to the Bitcoin prediction… Continue reading Bitcoin Price Prediction Tool: Amazingly Accurate
Space giants join forces to battle SpaceX: This is how cheap space travel begins
By Sebastian Anthony – ExtremeTech Two of Europe’s largest companies, Airbus and Safran, are joining forces to fight SpaceX’s attempts to steal away their majority share of the lucrative commercial space launch business. This is one of the first times that one of the larger, entrenched, government-backed aerospace consortia has deigned to raise a quizzical eyebrow in acknowledgement at the… Continue reading Space giants join forces to battle SpaceX: This is how cheap space travel begins