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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 03, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

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New York Times: Russia Forecasts a Recession in 2015, Signaling a Toll From Sanctions and Oil Prices http://lnkd.in/eGUbX5a

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Software equal to or better than humans at cataloging published science data www.kurzweilai.net/software-equal-to-or-better-than-humans-a…ience-data

TechChruch: The Internet Of Things Is Reaching Escape Velocity http://lnkd.in/eigac32

The Guardian: How the internet of things can encourage business collaboration and the ensuing hackers http://lnkd.in/ec5pUuC

IF PUTIN GOES TO ANKARA, HE IS DEMAGOGUE. THEN, IF OBAMA GOES TO FERGUSON, IS HE THEN A DEMAGOGUE, STUPID?

Phys.Org: Can capacitors in electrical circuits provide large-scale energy storage? http://lnkd.in/eMDT6x8

Smithsonian: Five Practical Uses for “Spooky” Quantum Mechanics http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-practical-…94/?no-ist

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Kalashnikov Unveils New Brand and Plan for World Domination http://lnkd.in/esx9uKY

MOSCOW TIMES: Why Germany Is No Longer Russia’s Best Western Friend http://lnkd.in/e8NM23j

REUTERS: Iran hackers targeted airlines, energy firms: report http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/02/us-cybersecurity-i…8I20141202

The Globe and Mail: NATO announces new quick-reaction force, condemns Russia http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/nato-ministers-con…e21867075/

The Globe and Mail: NATO announces new quick-reaction force, condemns Russia http://lnkd.in/ehaf5rQ

Gigaom: Leveraging cloud-based analytics for crowdsourced intelligence http://research.gigaom.com/report/leveraging-cloud-based-ana…elligence/

The Economist: How to trace a cyber-weapon http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/11/economist-explains-26

BBC NEWS: Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540

ENGINEERING: A Reader Head for Quantum Computers? http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…uters.aspx

ENGINEERING: Bulletproof Graphene Material http://lnkd.in/eUQpmfy

ENGINEERING: Passive Cooling Uses Outer Space as a Heat Sink http://lnkd.in/eUc4-nr

ENGINEERING: Particles, Waves and Ants http://lnkd.in/eqfY6uN

Huffington Post: Stephen Hawking Says Artificial Intelligence ‘Could Spell The End Of The Human Race’ http://lnkd.in/eJytxWh

(Phys.org): Powerful new technique simultaneously determines nanomaterials’ chemical makeup, topography http://phys.org/news/2014-12-powerful-technique-simultan…mical.html

Wall Street Journal: NATO Struggles to Muster ‘Spearhead Force’ to Counter Russia http://online.wsj.com/articles/nato-struggles-to-muster-spea…1417459067

( Phys.org): Robot water pipe inspectors http://phys.org/news/2014-12-robot-pipe-inspectors.html

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

Written By: — Singularity Hub

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In one of the gutsiest performances in sports history, NFL quarterback Chris Simms had to be carted off the field after taking several vicious hits from the defense during a game in 2006. Remarkably, Simms returned to the game shortly thereafter and led his team on a scoring drive before having to leave the game for good.

As it turns out, Simms had ruptured his spleen and lost nearly five pints of blood.

While you can live without your spleen, it serves several important functions in the body including making antibodies and maintaining a reservoir of blood. It also works to keep the blood clean by removing old blood cells and antibody-coated pathogens.

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

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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

Businessweek: The American Oil Boom Won’t Last Long at $65 Per Barrel http://lnkd.in/e-4zp-S

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia-China Military Ties Deepen Amid Western Pressure Over Ukraine http://lnkd.in/eCnUChK

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Ruble Fights Back From 6 Percent Falls as Oil Continues Slide http://lnkd.in/euUp6Mi

DER SPIEGEL: War on Whistleblowers: Berlin Gets Serious in the Search for Moles http://lnkd.in/eCxBs5q

QUESTION: WHY GERMAN CLEVERNESS SAVANTS WILL NEVER FULLY EMBRACE A FULL NATION-STATE MEMBERSHIP WITH INTERPOL? DO YOU KNOW?
REUTERS: Global stocks fall after weak global data; yen, oil recover from lows http://lnkd.in/edMtVaK

REUTERS: More U.S.-led strikes hit Islamic State in Syria, Iraq, U.S. says http://lnkd.in/eey_gfj

REUTERS: Russia’s Gazprom ( GAZP.MM) on Monday cancelled a project to construct the South Stream pipeline to supply gas to southern Europe — an apparent casualty of the dispute between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. http://lnkd.in/epN73AN

Telegraph.co.uk: MIT’s ‘cheetah’ robot can run and jump Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a a four-legged robot — based upon the movements of a Cheetah — that can run up to 10 mph http://lnkd.in/e6YP7JM

How Come Artificial Intelligence is Burning Your Hands? http://lnkd.in/eeYxWB3

Engadget: Microsoft acquires email startup Acompli http://lnkd.in/e-d9pmM

Engadget: BMW is bringing its pay-as-you-go cars to London http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/01/bmw-drivenow-london/

Telegraph.co.uk: China warns Britain to stay out of its affairs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/1126…fairs.html

BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS: Shale: an overlooked option for US nuclear waste disposal http://thebulletin.org/shale-overlooked-option-us-nuclear-waste-disposal7831

Wall Street Journal: China’s Economy Shows More Weakness http://online.wsj.com/articles/chinas-economy-shows-more-weakness-1417402728

The Guardian: Russia intervenes as crumbling rouble echoes 1998 debt crisis. Collapse in Russian currency, which has been badly buffeted by a plunge of almost 40% in oil prices, prompts central back action http://lnkd.in/e_3_aJs

Financial Times: The economic collapse of Ukraine must be halted. The IMF and western donors need to inject $15bn of emergency funding http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/91620f78-76f5-11e4-944…z3KgVAqS7x

BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS: Mind the climate gap http://thebulletin.org/mind-climate-gap7827

Financial Times: The economic collapse of Ukraine must be halted. The IMF and western donors need to inject $15bn of emergency funding http://lnkd.in/etQ5yuJ

EURABIAN ECONOMY WILL FALL. TOO MANY CROOKS. Wall Street Journal: Bring On the Currency Wars http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/11/21/bring-on-the-currency-wars/

Financial Times: Japan actions risk igniting currency war. Devaluation is becoming a habit in an economy that has lost its edge. http://lnkd.in/eZq8hbi

Barron’s: Will China Join the Global Currency War? http://online.barrons.com/articles/will-china-join-the-globa…1417139018

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: How Come Artificial Intelligence is Burning The Hell of Your Hands? http://lnkd.in/e9F98Nw

Scientific Computing: Department of Energy Awards $425 Million in Next-gen Supercomputing Technologies http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2014/11/department-e…chnologies

Phys.Org: Researchers develop magnetic levitating gear http://phys.org/news/2014-12-magnetic-levitating-gear.html

Phys.Org: Researchers develop magnetic levitating gear http://lnkd.in/ezk35MW

Mashable: Japan’s levitating train travels 300 mph and just carried its first passengers http://mashable.com/2014/11/17/japan-maglev-train/

Telegraph.co.uk: Migrants ‘prefer Germany to Britain’, report finds http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11264679/…finds.html

New York Times: A Low-Cost Alternative to Pricy Big Data on the Farm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/a-low-cost-alternat…farm/?_r=0

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

Kurzweil AI

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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.

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

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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

New York Times: Leader Asserts China’s Growing Role on Global Stage http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/world/asia/leader-asserts-.…html?_r=0

In the entire northern side of the Western Hemisphere and Eurabia, it is IMPOSSIBLE to speak about Peace, Ethics, Leadership, and Gentle Bosses, and the Values of the Human Consciousness and Intelligence over Artificial Intelligence while the GREAT MAJORITY OF THE WEST IS INTO DOPED SODOM AND DRUNK GOMORRAH. The West has made itself intellectually castrated to countermeasure China and Russia.

Daily Beast: China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution (Countermeassuring North America’s Panama Canal) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/30/china-s-nic…ution.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Pushing for Oil-for-Goods Deal With Iran http://lnkd.in/eknj3H9

MOSCOW TIMES: Putin Heads to Ankara to Deepen Energy Ties With Turkey http://lnkd.in/eKm7But

REUTERS: Mubarak verdict fuels protests, mockery in Egypt http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/30/us-egypt-mubarak-p…ID20141130

Financial Times: China: Fear of a deflationary spiral http://lnkd.in/eH5aX2B

Financial Times: How Russia outmanoeuvred the west in Ukrainian finance http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c141d720-770c-11e4-94…z3KaaocqUV

Financial Times: James Watson to sell Nobel Prize medal http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5fb47ebe-75bc-11e4-a1a9-0…z3KaaocqUV

The Economist: Brussels and budgets. The European Commission decides not to pick to fight with fiscal laggards http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21635236-european-commi…on-miaowed

Design & Trend: How To Stop Automation From Making Us Dumber http://www.designntrend.com/articles/28039/20141129/stop-aut…dumber.htm

Computerworld: How automation could take your skills — and your job http://www.computerworld.com/article/2845383/how-automation-…r-job.html

CIO: What CIOs Can Learn From the Biggest Data Breaches http://www.cio.com/article/2845618/data-breach/what-cios-can…aches.html

NOBODY IS GOING TO SPUTNIK ISRAEL, NEITHER MILITARY, NOR TECHNOLOGICALLY. VERY, VERY SOON, ISRAEL, THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL HOTBED, IS GOING TO OUTSMART EVERY CHALLENGE. ISRAEL WILL BE CONQUERING THE START-UP MARKETPLACE. AND WHEN ISRAEL PREVAILS, I WILL HAVE A BOTTLE ON CAMPAIGN ON THEIR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CULTURE. BRAVO! /// BY THE WAY, WESTERNERS FROM THE NORDIC WESTERN HEMISPHERE, INCLUDING DANIEL GOLDMAN, SHOULD LEARN THE PROFOUND FUNCTIONALIZED NOTION OF “PRUDENCE” AND “TACT” OF MY ISRAELI BROTHERS.

THE GUARDIAN: Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/07/nobel-laureat…-resources

IRRESPONSIBILITY IS A FUNCTION OF IGNORANCE. WALL STREET JOURNAL: In a Twitter Post, Malaysia Airlines Sends the Wrong Message http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/29/world/asia/malaysia-airlin…technology

YOU WILL BE EATEN ALIVE SOONEST. WALL STREET JOURNAL: Wal-Mart and Target Take Fight to Amazon for Holiday Sales http://lnkd.in/ezXwdfx

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Delivery Drones Win an Endorsement From London’s Mayor http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/11/28/delivery-drones-win-a…r/?mod=ST1

DON’T BE STUPID, DRIVERLESS CARS ARE AN EUPHEMISM TO ROBOTIC CARS AND ERGO, MORE MIND CONTROL AND MORE MOBILITY CONTROL.

New Scientist: Run your own experiment using CERN’s public LHC data http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26604-run-your-own-exp…HvB6Mn5N30

Russian Money Suspected Behind Fracking Protests http://nyti.ms/1yyy9IK

NATURE: Nuclear power: Desperately seeking plutonium. NASA has 35 kilograms of plutonium-238 to power its deep-space missions — but that will not get it very far. http://lnkd.in/ev84T9p

NATURE: Cancer: Antitumour immunity gets a boost http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v515/n7528/full/515496a.html

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

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.

A series of studies have intimated at the possibilities:

Now an international team is declaring a successful brain-to-brain data transfer between a person sitting in India to a receiving person in France.

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

GOD OF SUCCESS

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

BBC News: Japan: Train fans experience super-fast maglev speed http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30051961

Quartz: Maglev elevators are coming that can go up, down, and sideways http://qz.com/303624/maglev-elevators-are-coming-that-can-go…-sideways/

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Floating train could whisk you from DC to NY in an hour http://lnkd.in/e6SRzCP

The Seattle Times: Inslee pushes incentives for electric cars http://lnkd.in/ef5Bd7V

SLATE: Why Vladimir Putin has cozied up to an Orthodox Jewish sect: http://slate.me/1tAq005

CBC.ca: Climate change survey reveals Canadians’ fears for future generations http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-survey-reveal…-1.2852605

Phys.Org: Reports identify areas where wildlife can survive in a changing climate http://phys.org/news/2014-11-areas-wildlife-survive-climate.html

Changing climate and rising seas: Understanding the science http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1411/S00299/changing-climat…cience.htm

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

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.

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

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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

REUTERS: EU lawmakers urge regulators to break up Google http://lnkd.in/eYxYA25

REUTERS: Canadian startups woo Silicon Valley expats for top jobs http://lnkd.in/eH6HftJ

BLOOMBERG: What Tech-Worker Shortage? http://lnkd.in/ejzNWHR

MOSCOW TIMES: Cheap Oil Threatens Russia With Recession, Deficits and Oil Output Falls http://lnkd.in/ejpSYA3

MOSCOW TIMES: Russians Split on Whether to Blame Oil, Sanctions or Crimea for Economic Woe http://lnkd.in/eYs-d2m

DER SPIEGEL: The Jihad Cult: Why Young Germans Are Answering Call to Holy War http://lnkd.in/eB_dqbf

DER SPIEGEL: The Global Hunt for an Ebola Vaccine http://lnkd.in/eCSPxv9

FORBES: Goldman Sachs Leads $15 Million Investment In Tech Start Up Kensho http://lnkd.in/eSFhsmR
BLOOMBERG: OPEC Policy Ensures U.S. Shale Crash, Russian Tycoon Says http://lnkd.in/efd-zEv

BLOOMBERG: CNBC, Telegraph and Independent Hacked by Pro-Assad Group http://lnkd.in/e448-fh

Washington Post: A simple guide to the sudden collapse in oil prices http://lnkd.in/esRPaZn

Fox News: How low can it go? Oil, gas prices in freefall as OPEC reels from US fracking http://lnkd.in/e2EC3CV

THE TIMES OF INDIA: China wants to push polluting ‘sunset’ industries to India http://lnkd.in/eb9bdyV

THE GUARDIAN: Europe’s next privacy war is with websites silently tracking users http://lnkd.in/eYkNNzx

( Phys.org): New largest number factored on a quantum device is 56,153 http://lnkd.in/eSe7G9K

ENGINEERING: Blue Ray Discs Could Hold A Key to Better Solar Cells http://lnkd.in/eHMipZ6

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Michigan State police wants to use drones soon http://lnkd.in/esyQR24

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: The race towards quantum computation http://lnkd.in/epBsgG4

IEEE Spectrum: A New Kind of Atom Trap Chip for Quantum Computers http://lnkd.in/eDtmCV8

IEEE Spectrum: DIY Exoplanet Detector. You don’t need a high-powered telescope to spot the signature of an alien world http://lnkd.in/e5Mx8hH

IEEE Spectrum: NTSB Decision Defining “Aircraft” as Anything That Flies Lacks Common Sense http://lnkd.in/e2uD3Qx

IEEE Spectrum: Startups Get the Kinks Out of Drones, Online Shopping, Mobile GPS and Other Techs http://lnkd.in/e8z3bBC

IEEE Spectrum: Can China Turn Carbon Capture into a Water Feature? http://lnkd.in/eqiSB5V

POPULAR SCIENCE: America’s Laser Gun Goes To War http://lnkd.in/eE-J-st

POPULAR SCIENCE: A Genetic Fog Machine That Tags Criminals http://lnkd.in/e9XdnbZ

POPULAR SCIENCE: DARPA FLASH. Military technology for safer firefighting http://lnkd.in/eFCAcey

POPULAR SCIENCE: Underwater Robot Maps Polar Ice In 3-D http://lnkd.in/e4smm5w

POPULAR MECHANICS: Meet the First 3-D Printed Object Made in Space http://lnkd.in/eAAVV3K

InformationWeek: Rethink Robotics Turns Robots Into Better Co-Workers http://lnkd.in/e5G-vQs

Reuters: Deregulation at heart of Japan’s new robotics revolution http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/19/us-japan-robots-idUSKCN0J32DS20141119

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

Kurzweil AI

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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.

Such an elastic technology could make possible robots that have sensory skin, stretchable robotic garments that people might wear for added strength and endurance, “g-suits” for pilots or astronauts to counteract the effects of acceleration, and lightweight, versatile robots to roam alien landscapes during space missions.

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