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FUTURISM UPDATE (September 25, 2014)

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LINKEDIN: “Litmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory!” by http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140924064538-344…sh-victory

FAST COMPANY: DHL Will Begin Testing Drones (Flying Robots) Deliveries On Friday http://www.fastcompany.com/3036215/fast-feed/dhl-will-begin-…-on-friday

GNC: Soft robots will go where first responders can’t http://gcn.com/blogs/emerging-tech/2014/09/soft-robots.aspx?…14&m=1

INC: What Google Looks for in New Hires http://www.inc.com/business-insider/what-google-looks-for-in…id=sf01001

FORBES: Nearly A Third Of All Female Prisoners Worldwide Are Incarcerated In The United States [Infographic] http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2014/09/23/nearly-…ium=social

GIZMODO: Meet Google’s Robot Army. It’s Growing. http://gizmodo.com/a-humans-guide-to-googles-many-robots-1509799897

DAILY MAIL: Google’s robot dog ‘Cujo’ goes on patrol with the Marines as it carries up to 400lbs of their kit and weapons http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2692328/Here-…trial.html

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. FORBES: Is Strategy Dead? 7 Reasons The Answer May Be Yes http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricksmith/2014/09/22/is-strategy…ay-be-yes/

BLOOMBERG: Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/occ…all-street

BLOOMBERG: Obama’s War Isn’t Bush’s Mistake http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/oba…-s-mistake

BLOOMBERG: Rich-on-Rich Warfare in U.S. Politics http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/ric…s-politics

CSC: 3D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing [REPORT] http://assets1.csc.com/innovation/downloads/LEF_20123DPrinting.pdf

ZDNET: UPS expands 3D printing services across US http://www.zdnet.com/ups-expands-3d-printing-services-across-us-7000033972/

THE ECONOMIST: Global Markets and the world’s economy, Losing momentum http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2014/09/markets-an…g_momentum

FINANCIAL TIMES: Philippines swings into trade deficit http://on.ft.com/1mWa7EW

CNBC: How 3-D printing will radically change the world http://www.cnbc.com/id/101638702

FORBES: The Future Of 3D Printing And Manufacturing http://www.forbes.com/sites/rakeshsharma/2014/01/15/1255/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: 3-D Printing Will Change the World http://hbr.org/2013/03/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world/

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google’s Moonshot Chief Claims Progress on Project Loon Balloons http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/24/googles-moonshot-chie…-balloons/

THE ECONOMIST: Tesco’s accounting problems. Britain’s biggest retailer is in worse trouble than previously thought. http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21619783-…ing_orange

TECH COCKTAIL: 5 Experts Weigh In on the Future of 3D Printing http://tech.co/future-3d-printing-2014-07

REUTERS: GM compensation fund makes first offers to victims, gets more claims http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-gm-recall-compe…DI20140924

REUTERS: Apple iPhone rollout marred by ‘bendgate,’ dropped cell service http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-apple-iphone-be…0B20140924

READY NASA. MOSCOW TIMES: Russia to Inject Massive New Funding Into International Space Station http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-to-inj…07779.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Poll: Putin Seen by Russians as Highest Moral Authority http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/putin-is-top-mora…07773.html

NEXT GOV: FBI Plans Rapid DNA Dragnets http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2014/09/fbi-plans-rapid…=ng-skybox

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: Need to Know Memo: A Strategic Approach to Cybersecurity http://www.govexec.com/technology/2014/06/need-know-memo-str…g-earthbox

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: CDC Predicts As Many As 1.4 Million Ebola Cases by Early 2015 http://www.govexec.com/defense/2014/09/cdc-predicts-many-14-…ref=skybox

BLOOMBERG: Goldman Sees Topix Decline as Abe Exhausts Policy Tools http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-24/goldman-see…tools.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: 5 Factors That Reduce Cloud Complexity (While Increasing Security) http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/putin-is-top-mora…07773.html

DER SPIEGEL: The Syrian Front: Waiting to Die in Aleppo http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/death-and-dying-in…93123.html

DER SPIEGEL: German Central Bank Head Weidmann: ‘The Euro Crisis Is Not Yet Behind Us’ http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/interview-with-…93409.html

NORWAY TODAY: Environmental activists disappointed over Norway at climate summit http://www.norwaytoday.info/home_view.php?id=13075

HEW YORK TIMES: Exposing Hidden Bias at Google http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/technology/exposing-hidden…y&_r=0

NEW YORK TIMES: Under New Leadership, BlackBerry Unveils the Passport, Its Newest Smartphone http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/technology/under-new-leade…technology

NO DOPE BUT WORK. WALL STREET JOURNAL: China’s Tech Factories Turn to Student Labor http://online.wsj.com/articles/chinas-tech-factories-turn-to…48?mod=LS1

WALL STREET JOURNAL: The U.S. Postal Service wants to deliver more groceries for Amazon.com Inc., http://online.wsj.com/articles/postal-service-seeks-to-exten…NeedToKnow

I FORESEE A HUGE INTRANET FOR AND BY CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA, BRAZIL. WALL STREET JOURNAL: Russia Steps Up New Law to Control Foreign Internet Companies http://online.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-co…NeedToKnow

FORBES: Mobile Master: KakaoTalk Creator Becomes One Of South Korea’s Richest Billionaires http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2014/09/24/mobile-master…lionaires/

FORBES: Amazon Begins Contacting Developers For Secret Smart Home Projects http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2014/09/24/amazon-smart-home-plans/

FORBES: Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors: Part Of America’s Long-Term Energy Future? www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2014/09/22/molten-salt-nu…gy-future/

FORBES: Wal-Mart Really Wants To Be Your Bank, Retailer Launches Mobile Checking Account http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2014/09/24/wal-mar…g-account/

FORTUNE: General Motors appoints its first cybersecurity officer http://fortune.com/2014/09/24/general-motors-appoints-its-fi…y-officer/

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Litmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140924064538&#…sh-victory

KAI: New UHF RFID technology helps robots find household objects http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-uhf-rfid-technology-helps-robo…ld-objects

KAI: Soft robotics ‘toolkit’ features everything a budding robot-maker needs http://ln.is/www.kurzweilai.net/ERPSy …

THE GUARDIAN: Russia’s eavesdropping on phone calls examined by Strasbourg court http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/strasbourg-cour…mails-fsb–

A RESERVE-CURRENCY UNDERMINER. THE GUARDIAN: Bitcoin-mining computer company faces shutdown by US authorities www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/24/bitcoin-mining-co…s-shutdown

BUSINESS INSIDER: This Giant Solar-Powered Plane Is Going To Circumnavigate The Earth http://www.businessinsider.in/This-Giant-Solar-Powered-Plane…368438.cms

I FEEL SORRY FOR BOEING. CNN: Airbus to help develop first supersonic business jet http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/24/travel/airbus-supersonic-j…?hpt=hp_c4

Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini
White Swan Book Author
www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini
www.amazon.com/author/agostini

by - c/net

Bitcoin, the best known form of virtual currency, faces numerous obstacles to widespread acceptance and adoption, but a new group called Coin Center has added a voice of support.

The organization is led by Jerry Brito, a law professor and a former research fellow at George Mason’s Mercatus Center. In an announcement made Thursday, Brito said Coin Center is a “new non-profit research and advocacy center focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies.” Bitcoin was the first and still the best known virtual currency or crytocurrency, which means that cryptography is used for its transactions and its creation.

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FUTURISM UPDATE (September 24, 2014)

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COLUMN-Efficiency, the invisible energy revolution: John Kemp http://www.agbc-berlin.de/content/column-efficiency-invisibl…-john-kemp

EBN: Apple Perfects Global Supply Chain http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?doc_id=274867&section_id=3219

NEW YORK TIMES: Testing Future Conditions for the Food Chain www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/testing-future-conditions…e&_r=0

INSTEAD OF PSEUDO-LEARNING FROM THE DUMB ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI, STUDY STEVE JOB’S CO-FOUNDER AND ENGINEER, STEVE WOZNIAK VIA ISBN: 978–0393330434. DIDN’T YOUR PARENTS TELL YOU TO GO TO THE DARCAL ROOT?

Fossil Fuel Divestment Joined by the Founders of Standard Oil http://www.21stcentech.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-joined-founders-standard-oil/

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Will Get 80 New Warships to Repel NATO http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-s-blac…07682.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Military Purchases Drive Manufacturing Growth, Hiding Stagnation Beyond http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-s-mili…07690.html

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence. Latest in Robotics & Artificial Intelligence. http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: We Are Playing God with a Declassified Future [Excerpt] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-are-playing-god…e-excerpt/

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Personal Drones: Are They a Public Hazard? http://www.scientificamerican.com/video/personal-drones-are-…ic-hazard/

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: China Plans Supercollider http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-plans-supercollider/

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Transistor Successor Set to Bring on “The Machine” Age Soon http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/transistor-success…-age-soon/

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Will Automation Take Our Jobs? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-automation-take-our-jobs/

TECHCRUNCH: Video: Cirque du Soleil Does Its Thing… With Drones http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/video-cirque-du-soleil-does…th-drones/

NEW SCIENTIST: Watch a swarm of 1000 mini-robots assemble into shapes http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26060-watch-a-swarm-of…CIJ_RYb8mw

MASHABLE: Facebook Further Reveals Plans for Internet-Connected Drones (Flying Bots) http://mashable.com/2014/09/23/facebook-drones-internet-org/

MASHABLE: These Tiny Robots Can Self-Assemble into Different Shapes http://mashable.com/2012/12/19/robots-self-assemble/

TECHCRUNCH: The “Robo Brain” Will Use The Internet To Teach Robots http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/25/the-robo-brain-will-use-the…ch-robots/

FAST COMPANY: The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Robotics http://www.fastcompany.com/3026314/most-innovative-companies…n-robotics

FAST COMPANY: Can Jibo, The Family Robot, Make The World More Beautiful? http://www.fastcompany.com/3035971/then-and-now/can-jibo-the…-beautiful

FASTCODESIGN: Control This Art Museum’s Robots From The Comfort Of Your Couch http://www.fastcodesign.com/3034298/fast-feed/control-this-a…your-couch

BBC: Robot builders inspired by animal kingdom http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26222542

THE GUARDIAN: ‘Killer robots’ pose threat to peace and should be banned, UN warned, taking jobs and lives! http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/29/killer-robots-ban-un-warning

THE GUARDIAN: Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so… http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-goo…telligence

THE ECONOMIST: New roles for technology. Rise of the robots http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21599762-prepare-robot…ology-rise

THE ECONOMIST: Robots, Immigrants from the future http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21599522-robots…akes-their

ROBOHUB: The Economist 14-page Special Report: Rise of the Robots—Cool! http://robohub.org/the-economist-14-page-special-report-rise-of-the-robots-cool/

FAST COMPANY: How The “Internet Of Things” Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms http://www.fastcompany.com/biomimicry/how-the-internet-of-th…-organisms

FAST COMPANY: The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies In The Internet Of Things http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/in…-of-things

FAST COMPANY: In Boston, The Internet of Things Is Already In Front Of Your Face www.fastcompany.com/3033636/internet-of-things/in-boston-the…-your-face

FASTCODESIGN: Could This Idiotic Product Help “The Internet Of Things” Go Mainstream? http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673027/could-this-idiotic-produ…mainstream

FASTCODESIGN: Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671606/google-and-berg-team-up-…-of-things

ENGAGEDT: Huawei’s just bought an internet-of-things startup http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/23/huawei-internet-of-things/

REUTERS: Verizon hires TAP Advisors to plan sale of assets http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-verizon-assetsa…nologyNews

YAHOO NEWS: The Internet of Things Will Provide Top Companies Huge Opportunity http://finance.yahoo.com/news/internet-things-top-companies-huge-151545735.html

Davos: Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer says Internet of Things will create ‘tipping point’ http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1228173/davos-yah…ping-point

ENGADGET: The Internet of Things isn’t safe: thousands of smart gadgets hacked to send spam and phishing emails http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/17/internet-of-things-hacked…-phishing/

WIRED: In the Programmable World and Human Minds, All Our Objects Will Act as One http://www.wired.com/2013/05/internet-of-things-2/all/

WIRED: Everything Is Hyper Connected in the Internet of Things http://www.wired.com/2014/08/everything-hyper-connected-internet-things/

WIRED: Why Tech’s Best Minds Are Very Worried About the Internet of Things http://www.wired.com/2014/05/iot-report/

SAS: What is the Internet of Things? http://www.sas.com/en_us/insights/articles/big-data/what-is-…hings.html

MASHABLE: 70 Percent of Internet of Things Devices Are Vulnerable to Hacking, Study Says http://mashable.com/2014/08/02/internet-of-things-hacking-study/

MASHABLE: Samsung, Dell and Intel to Create New ‘Internet of Things’ Standard http://mashable.com/2014/07/08/open-interconnect-consortium-samsung-dell-intel/

TECHCRUNCH: Seed Is Creating A Truly Idiot-Proof Internet Of Things http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/12/seed-is-creating-a-truly-id…of-things/

THE GUARDIAN: The internet of things — the next big challenge to our privacy http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/28/internet-of-things-privacy

PANDO DAILY: For GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, the Internet of Things is about saving the planet http://pando.com/2014/05/15/for-ge-ceo-jeffrey-immelt-the-in…he-planet/

LIVE SCIENCE: Power of the Future: 10 Ways to Run the 21st Century http://www.livescience.com/11324-power-future-10-ways-run-21st-century.html

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Halfway There. Why the Left Wins on Culture and Always Loses on Economics http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141764/michael-kazin/halfway-there

PHYS ORG: Scientists create ‘evolved’ protein that may stop cancer from spreading http://phys.org/news/2014-09-scientists-evolved-protein-cancer.html

ENGINEERING: Turning Toxic Waste into Batteries http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesi…eries.aspx

ENGINEERING: VEST — sensory substitution for patients with hearing loss http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…-loss.aspx

SLATE: Drooling on Your Shoes or Living Long and Prospering? http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/0…spans.html

BBC FUTURE: Life expectancy: How long will you live? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120410-a-matter-of-life-and-death

THE ECONOMIST: Longevity and Healthy Aging http://www.economist.com/topics/longevity-and-healthy-aging

THE ECONOMIST: Electric cars. Fully charged http://www.economist.com/news/business/21597893-tesla-gains-…ly-charged

THE GUARDIAN: Volvo and Renault lead way as electric car sales double in EU http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/30/volvo-ren…uble-in-eu

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: BMW to Deliver Electric Car in China in September 2014 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bmw-to-deliver-ele…september/

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: If the Fuel Source Ain’t Clean, Your Electric Car Ain’t Green http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coal-power…s-pollute/

TECHCRUNCH: Bitcoin’s Price Skyrockets Following PayPal’s Hug http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/bitcoins-price-skyrockets-f…hCrunch%29

WIRED: Forget GMOs. The Future of Food Is Data—Mountains of It http://www.wired.com/2014/09/ex-googler-using-big-data-model…pic=907945

NEW YORK TIMES: Still No Flying Cars? Debating Technology’s Future http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/arts/peter-thiel-and-david.…html?_r=0

NEW SCIENTIST: Why electric car maker Tesla has torn up its patents http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25734-why-electric-car…CIychYb8mw

BBC: Speedy charging driving a global boom in electric cars http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29034483

NEW YORK TIMES: Google’s Next Phase in Driverless Cars: No Steering Wheel or Brake Pedals www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/technology/googles-next-phase-in-…wheel.html

WASHINGTON POST: Google’s new driverless car has no brakes or steering wheel http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/28…ing-wheel/

TECHCRUNCH: PRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/prss-digital-magazine-platf…hCrunch%29

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Indian mission reaches Mars http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Science/Indian-mission-reaches-Mars

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Last-ditch effort for TPP agreement gets under way http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Last-ditch-e…-under-way

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Japan to help train 14,000 climate change experts http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relati…ge-experts

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: With Japan trip likely postponed, Putin still willing to talk http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relati…ng-to-talk

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Japan’s latest robot is a quizmaster http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Japan-s-latest-robot-is-a-quizmaster

INDIA WILL BE THE WORLD’S SUPERPOWER # 1. CNN: India’s spacecraft inches closer to Mars… and history http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/asia/mars-india-orbiter/index.html

INDIA TIMES: Google India: Partnering with Modi government to accelerate Digital India programme http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/goog…e/43243509

Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini
White Swan Book Author
www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini
www.amazon.com/author/agostini

by — 3Dprint.com

While we have seen so many incredible life-changing applications for 3D printing, there are still many concerns which remain on the table when dealing with the possible negative implications of the technology. Whether you believe that the ease in which practically anyone will eventually be able to fabricate a firearm is a good or bad thing, just the thought of 3D printed firearms will send shivers down the spines of law enforcement agencies around the world. There has been an incredibly fast progression of the technology behind the methods of manufacturing guns with 3D printers in the last two years alone. Imagine what the next five to ten year will have in store for us.

It seems like it was only yesterday when Defense Distributed’s Cody Wilson 3D printed the very first known gun. Maybe that’s because it was almost yesterday. Believe it or not, it was only about 17 months ago when Wilson unveiled the 3D printed ‘Liberator’ gun, which he created on a Stratasys Dimension SST 3D printer. What many people don’t realize though, is that several different firearms as well as gun parts have been 3D printed in the short time since Wilson’s creation was revealed. I have provided below, a short history of the various 3D printed firearm models that we have seen to date.

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FUTURISM UPDATE (September 23, 2014)

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WASHINGTON POST: United Way to begin accepting donations in Bitcoin www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/15/united…tion-fund/

Computer Models Tell Us That This Ebola Pandemic Could Soon Kill Millions http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/computer-models-tell-us-ebol…-millions/

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: The power of digitization http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PAL…gitization

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: With growth flagging, Vietnam kicks up privatization http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/With…vatization

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: US supports rapprochement between Japan, neighbors: Kennedy http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relati…rs-Kennedy

NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: South Korean company feeding Southeast Asia’s appetite for Japanese anime http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PAL…nese-anime

REUTERS: Apple sells more than 10 million new iPhones in first three days http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-apple-iphone-idUSKCN0HH1Q120140922

REUTERS: U.S. opposes linking Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-iraq-crisis-usa…B620140922

REUTERS: White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-usa-whitehouse-…9R20140922

DER SPIEGEL: Europe’s Original Sin: What Asylum Policy Says about the EU http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-asylum-policy-…92995.html

DER SPIEGEL: Sharing Burdens: Germany to Urge Shift in EU Refugee Policy http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-to-urge-…93076.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Kudrin: Russia Faces Years of Stagnation http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/kudrin-russia…07565.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Kremlin Adviser Says Russia Should Return to Capital Controls http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/kremlin-advis…07554.html

NEW YORK TIMES: Hurd: Oracle Takes On Microsoft in the Cloud http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/hurd-oracle-takes-o…y&_r=0

Climate Skeptics Point to World Population as the Real Problem http://www.21stcentech.com/climate-skeptics-point-world-population-real-problem/

NEW YORK TIMES: Making Big Data Think Bigger http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/making-big-data-thi…technology

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Combat Tax Inversions http://online.wsj.com/articles/treasury-to-unveil-measures-t…TopStories

WALL STREET JOURNAL: New Level of Smartphone Encryption Alarms Law Enforcement http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-level-of-smartphone-encry…sNewsThird

WALL STREET JOURNAL: What Happens to Yahoo’s Stock Now that Alibaba Is Public? http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/22/what-happens-to-yahoo…c/?mod=ST1

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google’s Recipe for EU’s Digital Agenda http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/22/googles-recipe-for-eu…a/?mod=ST1

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Yahoo’s Core Business Value Cut in Half to $6.8 Billion After Alibaba IPO http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/yahoos-core-business-…o/?mod=ST1

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Need Room Service? A Google-Backed Robot May Knock at Your Door http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/need-room-service-a-g…r/?mod=ST1

WALL STREET JOURNAL: In Silicon Valley, Awe, Dread and Hope for Alibaba http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/in-silicon-valley-awe…a/?mod=ST1

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: 3D printer, 20 mice now en route to space station http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/3D-printer-20-mic…ce-station

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: MAVEN now successfully orbiting Mars. What’s next? (+video) http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/MAVEN-now-success…next-video

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Why is NASA flying planes over Alaska? http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/Why-is-NASA-flying-planes-over-Alaska

NORWAY TODAY: Arctic ice at its lowest level in years http://www.norwaytoday.info/home_view.php?id=13025

NORWAY TODAY: Russia warns Finland against joining NATO http://www.norwaytoday.info/news_view.php?id=11410

NORWAY TODAY: PST: More Islamists back from Syria http://www.norwaytoday.info/news_view.php?id=10494

BLOOMBERG: Crackdown Targets Inversions Designed to Limit U.S. Taxes http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/treasury-un…deals.html

GET READY GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT. BLOOMBERG: Alibaba Could Buy Yahoo for Free http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-22/ali…o-for-free

BLOOMBERG: World Bank Says Ebola’s Spread May Have Catastrophic Cost http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-21/world-bank-…-cost.html

BLOOMBERG: Global Warming (Global Existential Risk of the Planetary Climate) Is Here: Live Coverage of Climate Week 2014 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/global-warm…-2014.html

BLOOMBERG: Billionaire’s Supersonic-Jet Plan Gets Help From Airbus http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/billionaire…irbus.html

BLOOMBERG: Rockefeller Fund Built on Oil to Abandon Fossil Fuels http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/companies-p…imate.html

LINKEDIN: Getting Fortune 500 Prospective Client’s Cash, Continually and Successfully! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140831012719&#…ccessfully

THE ECONOMIST: Cloud computing. Silver lining. Tech giants are waging a price war to win other firms’ computing business http://www.economist.com/news/business/21614186-tech-giants-…ver-lining

BLOOMBERG: China Manufacturing Gauge Tops Estimates in Support for Growth http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/china-manuf…rowth.html

THE ECONOMIST: Corporate computing. The rise of cloud computing is forcing old adversaries to work together. http://www.economist.com/news/business/21580148-rise-cloud-c…ding-cloud

NPR: Experts Warn Of Turbulent Trip To Cloud Computing http://www.npr.org/2011/06/14/137174402/experts-warn-of-turb…-computing

WIRED: Money Is Pouring Into Tech Like It’s 1999—And That’s Not Good http://www.wired.com/2014/09/money-pouring-tech-like-1999and…al_twitter

THE INTERCEPT: Apple Still Has Plenty of Your Data for the Feds https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/

VENTURE BEAT: Eric Schmidt to European Union: Accept Uber-style disruption or face unemployment http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/22/eric-schmidt-to-european-u…mployment/

Intel Powers DIY 3D-Printed Robots http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/intel-powers-diy-3d-printed-robo…ign=buffer

NPR: The Summer Of 2014 Has Been A Messy Time For The World http://www.npr.org/2014/09/13/348286463/the-summer-of-2014-h…-the-world

KAI: Ultra-thin diamond nanothreads are strongest, stiffest materials http://www.kurzweilai.net/smallest-possible-diamonds-form-ultra-thin-nanothreads

KAI: Russian scientists create ultrahard ‘Fullerite’ material at room temperature and lower pressure http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists-come-closer-to-the-indu…an-diamond

Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini
White Swan Book Author
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VICTORY: Getting Fortune-500 Prospective Client’s Cash, Continually and Successfully! By Mr. Andres Agostini at www.linkedin.com/in/AndresAgostini

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS ACCORDING TO THESE COMPANIES:

Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, Daimler-Chrysler’s Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company, Google, Xerox, Exxon-Mobil, Boeing, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, NASA and DARPA, Lockheed Martin, RAND Corporation and HUDSON Institute, Northrop Grumman Corporation, etc.

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FIRST. You fully study the corporation’s story and current culture and lexicon.

SECOND. You fully study the corporation’s financial and legal and compliance and tax standing.

THIRD. If the corporation is publicly traded, you strongly look into this.

FOURTH. You fully study the corporation’s industry and all of its competitors.

FIFTH. If the industry to which belongs the designated corporation is facing an extraordinary unforeseen challenge, make a long executive presentation for the middle-management executives, fully acknowledging the details of said challenge and suggesting, as per authoritative authors in the subject matter, a well-organized myriad of viable fundamental solutions.

At all times, you are to make this executive presentation like a presentation to a sacred university professor and classroom, hence an institutional one only, and not a marketing one as you objective is to break the ice with your targeted corporate client ONLY through meaningfulness, utility, relevance, and purposefulness.

In no slide you would mention your name, but in your solemn business cards.

Throughout this executive presentation, you will NEVER be addressing any theme natural to your Core Business’ Products and/or Services, but in your solemn business cards.

(Commentary to FIFTH. Why does it have to be a long executive presentation? I will respond through Napoleon Bonaparte’s best practices.

Every time a General (Manager) under his Command would give him a one-page letter (memo, slide), Napoleon would say to his General in question,

“…General (Manager), you are to wage a grave military campaigns full of dynamics and details … I want to KNOW everything at all in advance, every detail at all, large or tiny, in order for me to issue my most-detailed commanding plans for your campaign …”

Frequently, Napoleon would dishonorably discharge this General (Manager) or have his head role for incompetence, incompetence is another word for people with a Mind “Engaged” in worshiping The Least Mental Effort, thus repudiating the “extra mile” effort.

Clearly, Napoleon, during his life time and early on, heavily warns against Corporate America CEOs wanting JUST a 1-page memo delivered via email.

SIXTH. Then, you call the prospective corporate client’s P.R. person Or Communications officer and tell them about what you would like to do.

You send a letter with a summary of your presentation via FEDEX. They will give you a time and board room for your presentation, to be received by the corporation’s middle-level and supervisory-level management workers.

SEVENTH. Once you drive you car to the corporation’s office, pay extreme attention to (first) the lower-level security personnel, (second) the front-desk receptionist, and, if possible, and (third) to the great janitorial staff.

Get extremely respectful with them and treat them as the Chairman and become a bit friendly as you try to get the company’s ethos’s by and through the lower-level security personnel, the front-desk receptionist, and the great janitorial staff.

Listen and mind-record their word types and wording construes most carefully.

In my case, by observing the front-desk receptionist for ten (10) minutes, I can tell you exactly what type of corporate culture there is about my coping with, much more importantly than those confidential underground reports by Wall Street Bankers and Trader.

EIGTH. Before starting the executive presentation, say to the audience that you would like to introduce yourself to each one of them and shake their hands, to bring about much more psychological proximity and fore-acceptance.

Then, explain the order of your executive presentation. Second, with great care, deliver the presentation without attacking people, institutions, or even ideas.

Use, with extreme care and utility, their parlance and corporate culture at all times while you get, from A to Z, very solemnly.

Once you have thoroughly and calmly finished your executive presentation, use the Lee Iaccoca’s rule and say,

“ …okay, we have completed this executive presentation and through it we saw this, that, x, y, z,…” in a summarized way.

Give them now boundaryless time and psychological space to ask you zillion questions in the Q-and-A.

Ascertain to respond fully, accurately, on the point and with NONE MANIPULATION at all. If there is something that you do not know, tell them, research the answer fully, and get back with the answer via FEDEX-ed hard-copy.

Once you have responded all of the questions, give them an exact copy of the Executive Presentation, with the additional attachment of the authoritative literature you used in your evidence-based research.

Do this in hard-copy only and put it a nice white envelope. You give one package to each attendee and give the P.R. Manager three or four more for the CEO and the Board Members.

NINE. If you followed through to ULTIMATE PERFECTION, points #1 through #8, step by step, you will see them ask you something along these lines,

“…Okay, Mr. A, we like you evidence-based research and executive presentation and wonder who in the marketplace could offer these solutions to us …” Without being or sounding desperate, you will say quickly and softly, “… Our Company can fully take care of those for you …”

And the idea now is that you go from a Pro Bono Executive Presentation into a formal for-business conversation with your prospective corporate client.

As the formal conversation begins, as per my long experience, tell them kindly that in parallel you want to fulfill the corporation’s Guidelines to become a Registered Contractor as per your company’s Lines of Professional Practice.

Also in parallel, ask the mid-level managers that you are formally talking to that you would like to gain more familiarity by doing some small talk with lower-level employees, including the lower-level security and janitorial staff.

Put in writing a detailed overview and hand to him or her personally.

Sometimes these folks know the corporation better than the CEO.

THEN, FOLLOW THROUGH THESE PRACTICAL TENETS CONDUCIVE TO OUTRIGHT VICTORY:

(1.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Procter & Gamble, talk to them through the notions of and by Process Re-engineering.

(2.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at GE, talk to them through the notions of and by Six Sigma, and Peter F. Drucker’s Management by Objective (MBO). While you are with them, remember to commend on the Jack Welch’ and Jeff Immelt’s master lectures at GE’s Crotonville.

(3.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at RAND Corporation and HUDSON Institute, talk to them through the notions of and by Herman Khan’s (Dr. Strangeloves’) Scenario Methodology.

(4.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Mitsubishi Motors and Honda and Daimler-Chrysler’s Mercedes-Benz and Maytag, talk to them through the notions of and by Kaisen.

(5.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at NASA and DARPA and the Industrial-Military Complex, talk to them through the notions of and by Systems Approach with the Perspective of Applied Non-Theological Omniscience. And, also, want to get funded by DARPA? How? The pathway is extremely easy and promissory. Just give them an unimpeachable real-life demonstration of how to “violate” the Laws of Physics correctly and frequently, for Life!

(6.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Lockheed Martin, talk to them through the notions of and by Lean, Six Sigma and Skunk Works.

(7.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Toyota, talk to them through the notions of and by Toyota Production System (methodology). Please remember: TPS is also known as “…Thinking People System…”

(8.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Royal Dutch Shell, talk to them through the notions of and by Pierre Wack’s Scenario Methodology.

(9.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Mayo Clinic, talk to them through the notions of and by Dr. Joseph Juran’s (Total Quality Assurance) Prescription (ISBN: 978–0787900960).

Also remember to conjointly speak, at all times, of efficiency, productivity, and ROI as it stems in the incessant real-time reckoning of man-hours per patient cured and healed.

To this end, you might wish to peruse this great title: The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management by Peter F. Drucker (ISBN: 978–0061345012).

(10.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Google, talk to them through the notions of and by Strong Quantum Supercomputing and Human-Death Reverse-Engineering, as well as Curing Human Death.

(11.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Xerox, talk to them through the notions of and by PARC (Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated).

(12.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at ExxonMobil, talk to them through the notions of and by Efficiency and Productivity as well as Return On Investment (ROI) per Petroleum Barrel produced (outputted), and Project Management.

(13.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Boeing, talk to them through the notions of and by Aerospace Engineering, Avionics, Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Safety Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

(14.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence), talk to them through the notions of and by Superintelligence entrenched, in “… plain sight…,” in the covert ad infinitum realm of Dark Energy and Dark Matter.

(15.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Loyd’s of London, Swiss RE, Munich RE, and Allianz, talk to them through the notions of and by Minimax, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Predictive Analytics, and Systems Engineering.

(16.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Amazon, talk to them through the notions of and by Low-Cost And High-End Online Commerce, Content Creation, Hi-Tech, Quadcopters (Commercial Flying Drones), and Eternal Staggering Innovation. Don’t forget to mention the Mechanical Turk.

(17.- of 17 ).- If you want to seize the undivided attention of top executives at Northrop Grumman Corporation, talk to them through the notions of and by State of the Art: Quality, Continuous Improvement, Customer Satisfaction, Leadership (Man-Management and Statesmanship), Integrity, People, Suppliers, Sound Business Management, “…Best in Class…” Products and Services, and how to preemptively countermeasure Chinese penetrations and otherwise of both commercial and government networks in the United States.

NOTE: I know great c-suite consulting incumbents and other professional service providers who want to get the undivided attention of 90% of the CEOs above at once.

The majority of those CEOs are august applied scientists. They are only into applied scientific management. Ergo, they really need to get ready to be multidimensional and cross-functional and multifarious.

There is, NEVER EVER, no Internet resource, nor an online book or article giving you this most-profound advice/

Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini
White Swan Book Author
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Hayley Tsukayama — WashingtonPost

United Way Worldwide announced Monday that it will begin taking donations in Bitcoin, the digital currency.

Bitcoin users can now use the currency for donations to the United Way’s Innovation Fund, a part of the United Way dedicated to updating the organization through “technology, relationships and efficiency.” Coinbase, one of the leading Bitcoin payment platforms, is partnering with the charity to let those interested donate directly from their digital Bitcoin wallets to the fund. According to a page on the United Way’s Web site, anyone from around the world can donate to the fund using Bitcoin.

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When it comes to 3D printing, new breakthroughs and new achievements are being realized almost on a daily basis. From 3D printable human tissue, to a 3D printed life-size castle, and now a 3D printed automobile, the technology never seizes to amaze.

This week, at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, Arizona-based automobile manufacturer Local Motors stole the show. Over the six day span of the IMTS, the company managed to 3D print, and assemble an entire automobile, called the ‘Strati’, live in front of spectators.

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FUTURISM UPDATE (September 22, 2014)

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THE INDEPENDENT: A SpaceX cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station yesterday, carrying the first 3D printer for astronauts in orbit. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/postcard-from-cape-c…47380.html

3D PRINTING: 3D Re-Printer Concept – All-in-one Plastic Recycling 3D Printer http://3dprint.com/15103/3d-re-printer/

FOREIGN POLICY: Stuff I didn’t know: Earth’s rotation affects the accuracy of long-range shells http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/09/19/stuff_i_didn…nge_shells

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: How printable organs will change the future of medicine http://forumblog.org/2014/08/3d-bioprinting-changing-medicin…ign=buffer

Rowbot Robot Tends to Farmers’ Fields http://www.21stcentech.com/rowbot-robot-farmers-fields/

THE ECONOMIST: How Alibaba measures up. China’s big e-commerce site dominates its American peers. http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21619213-…easures_up

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: What makes Switzerland so competitive? http://forumblog.org/2014/09/makes-switzerland-competitive/?…ign=buffer

THE ECONOMIST: The internet of things. Home, hacked home. The perils of connected devices. http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21606420-perils…acked-home

THE ECONOMIST: The language of the internet of things. More and more devices are becoming connected, but will they speak the same language? http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21615067-…speak-same

FINANCIAL TIMES: The Connected Business. Need-to-know: A guide to the internet of things. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/daf3a2e8-bbc9-11e2-82df-00144feab7de.html

RREUTERS: Exclusive: Siemens near deal to buy Dresser-Rand — sources www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-siemens-dresser-rand-g…sinessNews

REUTERS: Exclusive: Iran seeks give and take on Islamic State militants, nuclear program http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-iran-nuclear-ex…YN20140922

REUTERS: SoftBank estimates $4.6 billion gain from Alibaba listing http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/21/us-softbank-alibab…8A20140921

REUTERS: Facebook’s Oculus unveils new virtual reality prototype device http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/20/us-facebook-oculus…L120140920

REUTERS: Rocket Internet CEO stands to lift stake via options: report http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/20/us-rocketinternet-…F820140920

MORE WWIII. MOSCOW TIMES: One-Fifth of Russia’s Oil Production Is at Risk Due to Sanctions http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/one-fifth-of-…07474.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Banks Make ‘Colossal’ Efforts to Find Funding as Sanctions Bite http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-s-bank…07465.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Russian Strategic Bombers Approached U.S. Borders http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-strategic…07475.html

THE ECONOMIST: The internet of things (to be hacked). Hooking up gadgets to the web promises huge benefits. But security must not be an afterthought. http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21606829-hooking-up-ga…Id=8786768

INC: 3 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Learn from Joan Rivers http://www.inc.com/quora/3-things-entrepreneurs-need-to-lear…ivers.html

CISCO: What is the Internet of Everything? http://www.cisco.com/web/tomorrow-starts-here/ioe/index.html

TIME: The Next Big Thing for Tech: The Internet of Everything http://time.com/539/the-next-big-thing-for-tech-the-internet-of-everything/

FORBES: How The Internet Of Everything Transforms Traditional Industries http://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2014/07/29/how-the-in…ndustries/

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: Climate targets have failed. Time to try something new http://forumblog.org/2014/07/climate-change-technology-jeffr…ign=buffer

THE ECONOMIST: Bioethics. It’s not about miracles or monsters. A hands-on look at some hard, practical questions in bioethics http://www.economist.com/node/1131202

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: ISIS Goes to Asia. Extremism in the Middle East Isn’t Only Spreading West http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142004/joseph-chinyon…es-to-asia

GIZMODO: A Common Bacteria Can Be Injected Directly Into Tumors to Fight Cancer http://gizmodo.com/a-common-bacteria-can-be-injected-directl…1621189270

WASHINGTON POST: The coming era of unlimited — and free — clean energy http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/09/1…an-energy/
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www.amazon.com/Author/Agostini

by Mariella Moon

We’ve seen several attempts at making jetpacks that fly, but over at Arizona State University, a team is developing one for those who prefer staying closer to the ground. The DARPA-funded project (naturally) is called 4MM or 4 minute mile, and it aims to develop a jetpack that can provide soldiers that extra boost needed to run a full mile within four minutes. Sure, soldiers are physically fit, but the jetpack will make sure each one can do a 4-minute mile, even if they’re not particularly fast runners, and even if they’re carrying heavy equipment and armor.

Thus far, testers have been shaving seconds off their running time even while carrying the 11-pound jetpack, though the ASU researchers still have a ways to go to achieve their goal. Since being able to move fast without much rest can save your life in the battlefield, Harvard’s Soft Exosuit inventors should totally get together with these ASU researchers to make the ultimate getaway suit.

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