Giancarlo Valdes – Venture Beat We can finally talk about virtual reality games with a straight face. At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles, a small pool of VR games held their own against a big slate of indie titles and triple-A blockbusters. This is the first year that Oculus… Continue reading To infinity and beyond: VR games embrace space travel and innovation at E3 2014
Is the End of Moore’s Law Slowing the World’s Supercomputing Race?
Robert McMillan – Wired Every six months, a team of supercomputing academics compiles a list of the most powerful computers on the planet. It’s called the Top500 list, and it has become a competition of sorts. National labs vie against universities, military facilities, NASA, and even temporary cloud-based supercomputers—all to see who’s building the worlds’… Continue reading Is the End of Moore’s Law Slowing the World’s Supercomputing Race?
Massive Military-Funded Project Aims to Re-align Ailing Brains
Cameron Scott – Singularity Hub Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for epilepsy and movement disorders, most notably Parkinson’s disease, has rapidly gone from experimental to standard practice. With devices to provide delicate electro-stimulation to the brain now available and with maps of which neurons do what steadily gaining detail, attention is now shifting to… Continue reading Massive Military-Funded Project Aims to Re-align Ailing Brains
Can We Cure Violence?
Steven Kotler – Singularity Hub Violence is contagious, this we know. Time and again, researchers have found that exposure to aggression links directly to increases in violent behavior. This is why, for example, 30% of abused children grow up to be abusers themselves. It’s also why, as Gary Slutkin, a professor of epidemiology and public health… Continue reading Can We Cure Violence?
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Diet restriction suspends development in nematode worms, doubles lifespan http://www.kurzweilai.net/diet-restriction-suspends-development-in-nematode-worms-doubles-lifespan Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together-to-perform-movements-not-as-random-as-we-thought A low-cost ‘super-resolution’ microscopic optical device http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-low-cost-super-resolution-microscopic-optical-device Smile! A Drone Is About to Take Your Picture http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/smile-a-drone-is-about-to-take-your-picture-2/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 Bilderberg Group Worried about Nuclear War with Russia– http://usawatchdog.com/bilderberg-group-worried-about-nuclear-war-with-russia-daniel-estulin/ Hebrew University Student Invents… 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
CNN: Something that will NEVER happen to Germania and Scandinavia. ‘Foreign Legion’ in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/16/world/meast/iraq-sria-foreign-legion-jihad-threat-to-west/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 BUSINESS INSIDER: Nine Nations Have Nukes — Here’s How Many Each Country Has https://www.geekwrapped.com/archive/nine-nations-have-nukes-heres-how-many-each-country-has TRANSFORM PETROLEUM IN OBSOLETE AND WORTHLESS. Here’s Why The Middle East Will Be ‘On Fire’ For The Foreseeable Future… 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 to Explain the Number of Financial Crimes on Wall Street http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2014/06/17/no-one-knows-how-to-explain-the-scourge-of-financial-crime/ Traders say they are not “too big to fail”, clearing houses may be http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/01/traders-clearing-idUKL5N0MT37120140401 Retail banks’ worst nightmare? Google http://www.cnbc.com/id/101127506 Thought-controlled robotic suits: How the first cyborg-type robot could help the physically challenged http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/thoughtcontrolled-robotic-suits-how-the-first-cyborgtype-robot-could-help-the-physically-challenged-9550329.html Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage… 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
A Look Behind The FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List http://www.forbes.com/sites/frontline/2014/06/18/a-look-behind-the-fbis-cyber-most-wanted-list/ Singapore Billionaire Bets Big on Energy in Africa, Asia http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/singapore-billionaire-bets-big-on-energy-in-africa-asia.html Oracle Sales, Profit Miss Analysts’ Estimates http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/oracle-sales-profit-miss-analysts-estimates.html Predictive data, the real workhorse behind the Internet of Things http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248891/Predictive_data_the_real_workhorse_behind_the_Internet_of_Things?pageNumber=1 Amid Stratospheric Valuations, Google Unearths a Deal With Skybox http://online.wsj.com/articles/amid-stratospheric-valuations-google-unearths-a-deal-with-skybox-1402864823 In Single Gene, a Path to Fight… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
‘We’re Living in Science Fiction Right Now’ Diamandis Tells GSP 2014
Jason Dorrier – Singularity Hub “It’s that time again.” These were the words on more than one pair of lips at Singularity University’s 2014 Graduate Studies Program (GSP) opening ceremony. The 10-week summer program was Singularity University’s first offering six years ago, and it remains at the heart of Singularity University’s mission today—to use technology… Continue reading ‘We’re Living in Science Fiction Right Now’ Diamandis Tells GSP 2014
Scientists Trigger Stem Cells to Produce New Brain Cells
Cameron Scott – Singularity Hub It turns out that an apple a day — or at least an apple spinach salad — does keep the doctor away. But it’s not true that when brain cells die we can’t make more. When and how remain active questions, however, so there’s no free pass to collectively disregard… Continue reading Scientists Trigger Stem Cells to Produce New Brain Cells