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Diet restriction suspends development in nematode worms, doubles lifespan http://www.kurzweilai.net/diet-restriction-suspends-developm…s-lifespan

Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together…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-ab…s&_r=0

Bilderberg Group Worried about Nuclear War with Russia– http://usawatchdog.com/bilderberg-group-worried-about-nuclea…l-estulin/

Hebrew University Student Invents World’s First Bacteria-Free Food Packaging http://nocamels.com/2014/06/breakthrough-hebrew-university-s…packaging/

Now Elon Musk Is Building the World’s Biggest Solar Panel Factory http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/06/17/now-elon-musk-bui…pid=tp-san

Smart Cities — A $1.5 Trillion Market Opportunity http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarwantsingh/2014/06/19/smart-ci…portunity/

Mind-control: ‘I drove a car with my thoughts’ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140620-i-drove-a-car-with-my-thoughts

Drifting off the coast of Portugal, the frontrunner in the global race for floating windfarms http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/23/drifting-…-windfarms

Researchers Develop Graphene Production Technique Even You Can Do http://www.21stcentech.com/researchers-develop-graphene-production-technique/

Pacemakers Without Batteries? The Technology is Coming Soon http://www.21stcentech.com/pacemakers-batteries-technology-coming/

The Crazy Things Your Future Credit Cards Will Do (Infographic) http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/233651

Can ‘Mixed Reality Living Spaces’ fix our overcrowded future? http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/26/5751336/virtual-reality-walls-bernando-schorr

The Productivity Snag That Keeps Data Scientists Up At Night http://www.fastcolabs.com/3032264/the-productivity-snag-that…p-at-night

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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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-fore…?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-…ountry-has

TRANSFORM PETROLEUM IN OBSOLETE AND WORTHLESS. Here’s Why The Middle East Will Be ‘On Fire’ For The Foreseeable Future http://www.businessinsider.com/the-middle-east-will-be-on-fi…2014-6

Big Data Company Revenues to Hit $30 Billion in 2014 http://news.icrunchdata.com/post/2014/06/17/big-data-companies-hit–$30-billion

The Only Things Standing Between Bank Of America And A $17 Billion Justice Department Fine http://dealbreaker.com/2014/06/the-only-things-standing-betw…-charisma/

Clinically Dead? The Blurred Line Between Life and Death http://www.livescience.com/46418-clinical-death-definitions.html

Salamanders Give Clues to How We Might Regrow Human Limbs (Op-Ed) http://www.livescience.com/46431-salamanders-give-clues-to-h…limbs.html

U.S. missile defense system hits target in key test: sources http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/22/us-usa-military-bo…1Y20140622

Passion Is Not Enough, as you need TONS of I.Q. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dileeprao/2013/06/28/10000-hours…ot-enough/

Reusable rockets and human spaceflight http://www.cnbc.com/id/101706968

China’s propaganda arm flexes its muscles in Canada http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/19/chinas-propaganda-arm-fle…in-canada/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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How to Explain the Number of Financial Crimes on Wall Street http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2014/06/17/no-one-…ial-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-…50329.html

Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229744.300-harvey-th…6Q-57EbErh

Aging: The girls who never grow older http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140520-the-girls-who-never-age

How Your Great-Grandchildren Could Talk to You Decades after Your Death www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-carroll/great-grandchildren-talk…ir=Science

Four Space News Stories That Caught My Eye This Week http://www.21stcentech.com/space-news-stories-caught-eye-week/

UK’s robot hothouse https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/ras-sig/article-view/-/bl…h=JFkRMmc4

Harley Previews ‘Concept’ Electric Motorbike http://www.gilcommunity.com/discussion/harley-previews-conce…djipN.mjjo

WRONG, BORDERS WILL BE CLOSED: Smarter Cities of the Future Will Be More Open, Social http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2014/06/smarter-cities-future…ocial.html

The Admiral Sets a Good Course http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-e-finch/the-admiral-sets…ifications

10 Ways To ‘Fix’ Cybersecurity http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/18/10-ways-to-fix-cybersecurity/

Sunbathing may have similar effects to drug addiction http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25771-sunbathing-may-h…6ShvrEbErg

Manhunt to bug hunt: Cop skills track nature’s killers http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229740.700-manhunt-t…llers.html

Neanderthals evolved their teeth before big brains http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25761-neanderthals-evo…6SjRbEbErg

Commercial quantum computer still awaits ultimate test http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25760-commercial-quant…6Sjf7EbErg

Physics: Bell’s theorem still reverberates http://www.nature.com/news/physics-bell-s-theorem-still-reverberates-1.15435

What Should Transhumanity regard as it’s Primary Goal? http://transhumanity.net/articles/entry/what-should-transhum…imary-goal

Herschel discovers water-building molecule around dying stars http://www.sen.com/news/herschel-discovers-water-building-mo…ying-stars

Draper Labs develops low cost probe to orbit, land on Europa for NASA
http://www.examiner.com/article/draper-labs-develops-low-cos…a-for-nasa

The Big Public Transit Promise For Google’s New Self-Driving Car http://www.realbusiness.com/2014/06/the-big-public-transit-p…27319195=1

8 Tips For Making Virtual Reality Viable http://www.fastcocreate.com/3031726/8-tips-for-making-virtual-reality-viable

The Hidden Biases in Big Data http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/04/the-hidden-biases-in-big-data/

Bioengineer Receives $2.9 Million Grant to Improve Brain Implants http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/06/bioengineer-receives-29-m…n-implants

A ‘Vaccine’ for Heart Disease Could Mean No Pills, Lettuce or a Gym http://time.com/2853809/a-vaccine-for-heart-disease-that-doe…-or-a-gym/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at href=“www.amazon.com/author/agostini” target=“_blank”>www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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A Look Behind The FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List http://www.forbes.com/sites/frontline/2014/06/18/a-look-behi…nted-list/

Singapore Billionaire Bets Big on Energy in Africa, Asia http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/singapore-b…-asia.html

Oracle Sales, Profit Miss Analysts’ Estimates http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/oracle-sale…mates.html

Predictive data, the real workhorse behind the Internet of Things http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248891/Predictive_da…geNumber=1

Amid Stratospheric Valuations, Google Unearths a Deal With Skybox http://online.wsj.com/articles/amid-stratospheric-valuations…1402864823

In Single Gene, a Path to Fight Heart Attacks http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/health/scientists-identify…e&_r=0

A Helicopter of One’s Own http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/science/a-helicopter-of-ones-own.html

AT&T and Udacity Create Online ‘NanoDegree’ Program http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/daily-report-att-an…e-program/

Mercedes Debuts its Newest Supercar Engine http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…ngine.aspx

MakerBot and TechShop Join GE’s Collaborative Innovation Strategy http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/Art…ategy.aspx

Justices limit patents on software technology http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/19/technology/supreme-court-sof…index.html

Twitter wants to be your TV companion http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/19/technology/social/twitter-snappytv/index.html

— Singularity Hub

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“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 to positively impact a billion people in the next ten years.

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— Singularity Hub
AI, neuroscience, technology,
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 our mothers’ safety tips just yet.

Researchers at Duke University have shed some light on the subject with findings that suggest that down the line doctors may be able spur the brain to repair itself.

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Brent Swancer — Mysterious Universe

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The world of comics and movies is full of superheroes and characters with abilities that transcend what is possible for the typical person. We enjoy these stories because we can escape our reality and imagine what it would be like to have amazing powers of our own. Yet, a gifted few in this world don’t have to imagine because like the superheroes in comics and movies, they too have extraordinary powers beyond normal humans.

Here we will look at a selection of real world people with remarkable powers and abilities that surpass those of us mere mortals.

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Kurweil AI

“It seems highly unlikely that we are alone.”

There are some 100 million other places in the Milky Way galaxy that could support life above the microbial level, reports a group of astronomers in the journal Challenges (open access), based on a new computation method to examine data from planets orbiting other stars in the universe.

“This study does not indicate that complex life exists on that many planets; we’re saying that there are planetary conditions that could support it, according to the paper’s authors*. “Complex life doesn’t mean intelligent life — though it doesn’t rule it out or even animal life — but simply that organisms larger and more complex than microbes could exist in a number of different forms,” the researchers explain.

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Research news — Technische Universität München

Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands. Scientists of the Technische Universität München and the TU Berlin have now demonstrated the feasibility of flying via brain control – with astonishing accuracy.

The pilot is wearing a white cap with myriad attached cables. His gaze is concentrated on the runway ahead of him. All of a sudden the control stick starts to move, as if by magic. The airplane banks and then approaches straight on towards the runway. The position of the plane is corrected time and again until the landing gear gently touches down. During the entire maneuver the pilot touches neither pedals nor controls.

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