Lifeboat Foundation

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 02, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Star Trek-like invisible shield discovered 7200 miles above Earth that blocks ‘killer electrons’ http://lnkd.in/eanQ5yK

**QUESTION?**: ARE YOU READY FOR THE SOONEST CRASH OF THE ECONOMIES OF EUROPE AND RUSSIA?

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Protons found to pass through graphene, raising hopes for efficient fuel cells. Graphene membranes could also extract hydrogen gas out of the atmosphere http://lnkd.in/exVV3bG

Continue reading “FUTURISM UPDATE (October 02, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn” »

Kurzweil AI

Bacteria within you — which outnumber your own cells about 100 times — may be affecting both your cravings and moods to get you to eat what they want, and may be driving you toward obesity.

That’s the conclusion of an article published this week in the journal BioEssays by researchers from UC San Francisco, Arizona State University and University of New Mexico from a review of the recent scientific literature.

Read more

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 01, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

THE PROBLEM IS NO TECHNOLOGY BUT UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION. WIRED: Sorry, But Technology Alone Can’t Help Us Build a Better World http://lnkd.in/eEsg_zU

ATTENTION! I am not unconditionally in favor of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation. This Civilization is NOT PREPARED AT ALL and it is putrefied with abject universal corruption. Ergo, this Civilization will have a chance of 3% to ever make it!

BBC News: China blocks British MPs’ visit to Hong Kong http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-30267026

Continue reading “FUTURISM UPDATE (October 01, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn” »

by Nicholas West — ZenGardener.com

There has been much speculation about what could be achieved in the area of human brain-to-brain transfer of information.

Continue reading “Researchers Achieve First Successful Telepathic Transfer” »

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 30, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

Toronto Star: Computer glitch sends $20M in overpayments to social assistance recipients http://lnkd.in/eQJMkvu

Washington Post: Russian warships pass through English Channel, anchor off the coast of France http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-warships-pass-th…story.html

Foreign Affairs: Back to Europe’s Future http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142342/david-schoenba…pes-future

Continue reading “FUTURISM UPDATE (November 30, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn” »

Wired.com

The message arrives on my “clean machine,” a MacBook Air loaded only with a sophisticated encryption package. “Change in plans,” my contact says. “Be in the lobby of the Hotel ______ by 1 pm. Bring a book and wait for ES to find you.”

ES is Edward Snowden, the most wanted man in the world. For almost nine months, I have been trying to set up an interview with him—traveling to Berlin, Rio de Janeiro twice, and New York multiple times to talk with the handful of his confidants who can arrange a meeting. Among other things, I want to answer a burning question: What drove Snowden to leak hundreds of thousands of top-secret documents, revelations that have laid bare the vast scope of the government’s domestic surveillance programs? In May I received an email from his lawyer, ACLU attorney Ben Wizner, confirming that Snowden would meet me in Moscow and let me hang out and chat with him for what turned out to be three solid days over several weeks. It is the most time that any journalist has been allowed to spend with him since he arrived in Russia in June 2013. But the finer details of the rendezvous remain shrouded in mystery. I landed in Moscow without knowing precisely where or when Snowden and I would actually meet. Now, at last, the details are set.

Read more

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 29, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

BBC News: Royal Navy launches first ‘drone’ unit http://lnkd.in/ezyfkNj

FINANCIAL TIMES: China has ‘wasted’ $6.8tn in investment, warn Beijing researchers http://lnkd.in/eEAePxA

REUTERS: Saudi Arabia declares price war on U.S. shale http://lnkd.in/ex83vU4

Continue reading “FUTURISM UPDATE (November 29, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn” »

Kurzweil AI

Purdue University researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that could bring “active clothing” and a new class of soft robots.

Continue reading “‘Active clothing’ for soft robots” »

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 28, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

TechCrunch: GoPro Could Go Robo With Consumer Drones Launching Next Year http://lnkd.in/e_Zc-K4

Financial Times: Cheap energy is the new cheap labour. For companies wondering where to locate, the world has turned upside down http://lnkd.in/eyWJ3AN

Business Insider: A Single Number Explains Why Radical Politics In Spain Are Here To Stay http://www.businessinsider.com/spanish-youth-unemployment-an…z3KJxEhaHX

Continue reading “FUTURISM UPDATE (November 28, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn” »