Walmart will be Sputnikked by Amazon or Alibaba. That is, as you don’t understand English and Russian, let us try Latin:
“… Si vis pacem, para bellum.…”
(Corporations and countries who get sputnikked are not Incessantly Renewing the Global and Geopolitical Competitive Advantage)
Alibaba President: Our Sales Will Surpass Walmart In Two Years. Read more:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinas-alibaba-surpass-walmart-sale…z3HlHZ1P1Y
Elizabeth Gibney — Nature
Physicists have found hints that the asymmetry of life — the fact that most biochemical molecules are ‘left-handed’ or ‘right-handed’ — could have been caused by electrons from nuclear decay in the early days of evolution. In an experiment that took 13 years to perfect1, the researchers have found that these electrons tend to destroy certain organic molecules slightly more often than they destroy their mirror images.
Many organic molecules, including glucose and most biological amino acids, are ‘chiral’. This means that they are different than their mirror-image molecules, just like a left and a right glove are. Moreover, in such cases life tends to consistently use one of the possible versions — for example, the DNA double helix in its standard form always twists like a right-handed screw. But the reason for this preference has long remained a mystery.
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WIRED: Huge Flock of Minisatellites Aims to Photograph the Entire Earth Every Day http://lnkd.in/dT53SGk
BLOOMBERG: Mercedes, VW to Thwart Google’s Car Inroads in Car Data http://lnkd.in/dRnNVqz
WIRED: How Facebook Could End Up Controlling Everything You Watch and Read Online http://lnkd.in/daY8Uc9
ALL SUBMARINES ARE CLANDESTINE. BLOOMBERG: Xi’s Clandestine Submarine Caves Bolster China’s Maritime Goal http://lnkd.in/dTCtVyB
THE DEATH OF GEOLOGISTS AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS. BLOOMBERG: Watson to Explore for Oil as Repsol Taps IBM’s Analytics Machine http://lnkd.in/dQ2AgkA
THE ECONOMIST: 27m employees around the world have their internet use monitored http://econ.st/1q2WI9S
BBC: EDF France: Inquiry after drones buzz nuclear sites http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29831897
WASHINGTON POST: Surprise! Controversial Patriot Act power now overwhelmingly used in drug investigations http://lnkd.in/dRbNgdc
BLOOMBERG: U.S. Gas Boom Turns Global as LNG Exports to Shake Up Market http://lnkd.in/dP4fQNr
THE ECONOMIST: Prostitution and the internet. More bang for your buck. How new technology is shaking up the oldest business http://lnkd.in/d_KR5fa
COMPUTERWORLD: AI researchers say Elon Musk’s fears ‘not completely crazy’ Artificial intelligence researchers have own worries about intelligent systems http://lnkd.in/dcv9pdj
“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer
BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI
White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)
http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini
http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini
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This archive file was compiled from an interview conducted at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, 2013. In the discussion, Amit Singhal, a key figure in the evolution of Google’s search engine, broadly outlined the significant hurdles that stood in the way of achieving one of his long-held dreams — creating a true ‘conversational’ search engine. He also sketched out a vision of how the initial versions of such a system would, and also importantly, would not attempt to assist the individuals that it interacted with.
Though the vision was by design more limited and focused than a system capable of passing the famous Turing test, it nonetheless raised stimulating questions about the future relationships of humans and their ‘artificial’ assistants.
More about Amit Singhal:
Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Singhal
Google Search:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search
— Salon
There are places you never expect to be in life. For me, this was certainly one of them: in a conference room in suburban Charlotte on the campus of Southern Evangelical Seminary, with an enormous old Bible on a side table, shelves of Great Books lining the walls, and, on the conference table itself, a 23-inch-tall robot doing yoga.
Meet the Digitally Advanced Viritual Intelligence Device, a NAO (now) robot known as “D.A.V.I.D.”
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WIRED: Hackers Are Using Gmail Drafts to Update Their Malware and Steal Data http://lnkd.in/dsiYwPY
YAHOO: Volkswagen says to launch over 20 electric vehicle models in China http://lnkd.in/dV-ZcpM
“The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally (if not more) advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent.”
THE GUARDIAN: Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? Natural and social scientists develop new model of how ‘perfect storm’ of crises could unravel global system http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/ma…scientists
THE GUARDIAN: Antares rocket on ISS resupply mission explodes seconds after launch. Private unmanned craft carrying supplies for International Space Station crashes and burns on Nasa launchpad in Virginia. Antares disaster is stark reminder of ‘incredible dangers’ of spaceflight http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/28/antares-rocke…al-science
THE INDEPENDENT: Nasa Antares rocket explodes just seconds after takeoff. A Nasa rocket headed for the International Space Station exploded moments after lift off on Tuesday. http://lnkd.in/dPaXusg
HP: HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion™ technology. HP Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D, opening up new possibilities beyond existing technologies to enable a whole new vision for the future of 3D printing. http://lnkd.in/dQjFMXq
GREENTECH: GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete. Without a Federal Tax Credit. GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete Without a Federal Tax Credit. However, the company still wants to see the PTC extended through next year to buy time for a “multi-year phaseout.” http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ge-govt-affairs-…after-2015
KAI: Google X plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and wearable sensor to detect diseases http://lnkd.in/dG8dFCf
KAI: ‘Data smashing’ could automate discovery, untouched by human hands http://www.kurzweilai.net/data-smashing-could-automate-disco…uman-hands
FAST COMPANY: The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors. Space elevators, teleportation, hoverboards, and driverless cars: The top-secret Google X innovation lab opens up about what it does–and how it thinks. http://lnkd.in/d2MuY2h
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Meet the Google X Life Sciences Team http://lnkd.in/d3qyB7e
CIO: Report: Criminals Use Shellshock Against Mail Servers to Build Botne http://lnkd.in/dgd-D-d
COMPUTERWORLD: Smarter algorithms will power our future digital lives. Baidu researcher says next-gen deep-learning algorithms will feed search, IoT, robotic devices. http://lnkd.in/dGUGRVq
BBC: High milk diet ‘may not cut risk of bone fractures’ http://lnkd.in/dYifNAS
THE GUARDIAN: The future of business lies in people, not profit http://lnkd.in/dZyJFvn
SLATE: Singularity or Transhumanism: What Word Should We Use to Discuss the Future? http://lnkd.in/dt7KhpU
AEON: How plagues really work. The next pandemic will erupt, not from the jungle, but from the disease factories of hospitals, refugee camps and cities http://lnkd.in/dQZtfGK
TED AND SIR MARTIN REES PhD: Can we prevent the end of the world? http://lnkd.in/dg3itr4
As Afghanistan looks for investment, China eyes stability http://lnkd.in/dj_4VVF
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Reinventing cement: a potential game-changer for the planet. A concrete example of massive carbon reduction could result from rearranging the building material’s molecules http://lnkd.in/dfF5NvA
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Why do so many Canadian businesses fear cloud computing? http://lnkd.in/dnpepyv
THE ATLANTIC: What schools and teachers can learn from one of YouTube’s most popular science stars http://theatln.tc/1017wyI
INFOWORLD: Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks http://lnkd.in/dkApk8u
CIO: Cloud Migrations Require Big Changes in IT Staffing http://trib.al/t0aJErc
THE ECONOMIST: Sales of gluten-free food and drink there have surged from $5.4 billion to $8.8 billion over the past two years http://econ.st/1u6CxPs
THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket is booming http://econ.st/1wmYGXw
SPEROFORUM: $50 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction. International nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France won’t begin operation until 2027, but Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works claims they will place a fusion reactor on the back of a truck in ten years. http://lnkd.in/dSsEm9c
COMPUTERWORLD: Review: The new Da Vinci all-in-one 3D scanner/printer http://www.computerworld.com/article/2839535/review-the-new-…inter.html
ENGADGET: Dabbling in the future of payment: A week of Apple Pay and Google Wallet http://lnkd.in/dedZdgt
FORBES: What Google’s Knowledge Graph Means For The Future Of Search http://lnkd.in/d-pPZ8U
FRANCE IN DEEP TROUBLE. FRANCE 24 Russia says France due to hand over first warship November 14 http://f24.my/13caF0t
BLOOMBERG: While You Were Getting Worked Up Over Oil Prices, This Just Happened to Solar http://lnkd.in/dKE8AAS
ERICSSON: THE IMPACT OF DATIFICATION ON STRATEGIC LANDSCAPES at http://lnkd.in/dTweXPD
PHYS ORG: A new spin on virtual reality helps engineers read robots’ minds http://lnkd.in/dqTQMrw
GIGAOM: If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter http://lnkd.in/dwifZW4
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
Ever since humans first envisioned robots, we’ve thought about how to make the machines more like us. Robots compete against us on game shows, and rendezvous with us in the bedroom (or at least, make virtual sex feel real). But part of being human is sensing the world around us in a particular way, and doing it all at the same time.
This is much more complicated than it seems, as scientists haven’t fully unraveled how we’re able to sense what we do; it’s both our hardware and software that contain codes that are difficult to crack. Still, scientists power through, discovering how their own senses work while crafting artificial versions of them. Here are some of the most valiant attempts to get robots to taste, smell, touch, hear, and see in the most human way possible.
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REUTERS: Wall St. flat after last week’s big gain; energy weighs http://lnkd.in/dZxTeKd
REUTERS: Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/27/us-amazon-com-medi…XW20141027
KAI: How ferroelectrics could replace silicon in computers http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-ferroelectrics-could-replace-silicon-in-computers
Power through Ultrasound to Become Ubiquitous if uBeam Succeeds http://www.21stcentech.com/gizmos-gadgets-power-ultrasound-u…-succeeds/
WEST, GET READY. REUTERS: China on track to develop Indian railways as Xi heads to South Asia http://lnkd.in/dEFekhN
BBC: German business confidence falls again, Ifo says http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29787980
REUTERS: Treasury’s Lew warned China on antitrust probes of foreign firms: WSJ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/14/us-usa-china-antit…VM20140914
THE GUARDIAN: The internet is after your job – video http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2014/oct/15/the-…-job-video
THE GUARDIAN: China linked to cyber attacks on Taiwan exploiting Windows vulnerability http://lnkd.in/dgSzSFR
HP: The Internet Destroyed The Middle Class http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/the-internet-destro…72360.html
Yes, Technology Is Going to Destroy the Middle Class http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/yes-technology…ddle-class
DIGITAL THINKING: Is Technology Really Destroying Jobs? http://www.dugcampbell.com/is-technology-really-destroying-jobs/
BLOOMBERG: Move Over, iPhone Cases. Here’s Where No 3-D Printer Has Gone Before http://lnkd.in/dRCR-gx
BLOOMBERG: Russian Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/russia-brai…ncing.html
BLOOMBERG: Supercomputers Combat Ebola in Sierra Leone http://www.bloomberg.com/video/combating-ebola-in-sierra-leo…sJoVw.html
THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket: Oil on troubled waters http://econ.st/12k0A1c
THE ECONOMIST: China’s future growth: Even dragons tire http://econ.st/1oxLWgX
PHYS ORG: Reducing population is no environmental ‘quick fix’, modelling research shows http://phys.org/news/2014-10-population-environmental-quick.html
ENGINEERING: Solar, Storage, and Software: A Three-Pronged Approach to Energy Management http://lnkd.in/dDtJqzY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The Rise of Big Data. How It’s Changing the Way We Think About the World http://lnkd.in/dsccfaC
THE WASHINGTON POST: The rise of big data brings tremendous possibilities and frightening perils http://lnkd.in/dqT2hT2
ENGINEERING: MIT’s First Professional Online Course on Big Data http://lnkd.in/dJFExUi
THE ECONOMIST: New roles for technology. Rise of the robots Prepare for a robot invasion. It will change the way people think about technology http://lnkd.in/dh_7asG
BBC: Are we about to see the rise of robot bosses? http://lnkd.in/dNPWqCy
THE ECONOMIST: Free exchange: The geography of joblessness http://econ.st/12kl5KU
THE ECONOMIST: Information technology: A fork in the digital road http://econ.st/1sUts8L
FUNDWEB: ETF Securities has launched a fund tracking the global robotics industry as it continues to add niche products to its line up. The Robo-Stox Global Robotics and Automation GO Ucits ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is the first ETF offering focused exposure to listed companies…more http://lnkd.in/dvEKfV4
TED: Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_person…anguage=en
“Our economy is bigger than it was before the start of the Great Recession,” says Andrew McAfee, also of MIT.
CBS NEWS: Robots on the rise in the workplace http://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-on-the-rise-in-the-workplace/
BBC: Self-employment: First choice or last resort? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27397993
YOU REALLY LOVE PERPETUAL UNEMPLOYMENT. WIRED: The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World http://lnkd.in/dv_ViiU
QZ: Will robots boost middle class unemployment? http://lnkd.in/dyPqmtq
BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI
White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)
www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini
www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini
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Kurweil AI
Researchers at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, and Pennsylvania State University have developed a 3D printing process that transitions from one metal or alloy to another in a single object.
For example, they created a prototype of an improved telescope mirror mount. The part at the top near the glass mirror is made of a metal with low thermal expansion, so that it won’t shrink in space as much as most metals do. That prevents stress in the epoxy adhesive between the mirror and the metal. The bottom part of this mount is stronger stainless steel and could be connected to a stainless steel component of a spacecraft.