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A self-powered cardiac pacemaker http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-self-powered-cardiac-pacemaker

Google innovations at Google I/O http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-innovations-at-google-io

Ray Kurzweil — Biologically inspired models of intelligence http://www.exponentialtimes.net/videos/ray-kurzweil-biologic…telligence

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

Michio Kaku (2014) “The Future of the Mind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUVw6Pn6GTg

Five Ways IBM Watson is Revolutionizing Health http://bionicly.com/2014/06/five-ways-ibm-watson-is-revolutionizing-health/

NASA Preparing Satellite to Monitor How the Planet Breathes http://www.21stcentech.com/nasa-preparing-satellite-monitor-planet-breathes/

As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/upshot/danger-robots-working.html?_r=1

How 21st Century Technology is Changing Education http://www.21stcentech.com/technology-21st-century-changing-education/

Breakthrough in neuroscience as paralysed man becomes first to use power of thought to move hand http://www.tumotech.com/2014/06/25/breakthrough-in-neuroscie…move-hand/

Future Soldiers May Wear Bulletproof Spider Silk http://m.livescience.com/46519-spider-silk-bulletproof-clothing.html

The Controlled Chaos of Creativity http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2014/06/…reativity/

Japan Could Lose 561 Plant Species by the Next Century http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/201…on-crisis/

New technique allows decayed tooth to repair itself http://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2014/06/20.htm#.U6x9FbEbErh

Google’s Grand Plans: A Conversation With Google’s Larry Page and Sundar Pichai http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/googles-grand-plans…ar-pichai/

Daily Report: Google’s Far-Reaching Agenda http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/daily-report-is-goo…egion=Body

Meet The Real Hackers Of Silicon Valley (And NYC, LA, And London) http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/26/meet-the-real-hackers-of-si…nd-london/

Israel Is Building a Futuristic Transit System of Magnetic Pods http://www.wired.com/2014/06/israel-pod-transport/

The promise, peril and real payback of Big Data http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/governance-risk-compliance-consulti…data.jhtml

China finds $15 billion of loans tied to falsified gold deals http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-china-gold-fina…Q920140626

REUTERS: German government cancels Verizon contract in wake of U.S. spying row http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-germany-securit…WJ20140626

Yahoo looking to buy YouTube content provider for $250 million: Sky News http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-yahoo-fullscree…JU20140626

8 Internet Things That Are Not IoT http://www.cio.com/article/754810/8_Internet_Things_That_Are…flow_tweet

LG to Make a Consumer Version of Google’s 3-D Tablet http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/26/lg-to-make-a-consumer…tions_tech

GM CEO Says Recalls Likely to Continue http://online.wsj.com/articles/gm-ceo-says-recalls-likely-to…s_business

THE NATIONAL INTEREST: History’s Warning: A U.S.-China War Is Terrifyingly Possible http://nationalinterest.org/feature/historys-warning-us-chin…ible-10754

Google’s Ray Kurzweil: The Business Of Extending Human Life Is Going Into “High Gear” http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032405/futurist-forum/googles-ra…into-high–

NOT WAY, JOELIE! Should Google Be Allowed to Mine Your Health Care Data? http://gizmodo.com/should-google-be-allowed-to-mine-your-hea…socialflow

There Are ‘Tens Of Billions’ Of Habitable Planets In Our Galaxy, Astronomer Seth Shostak Says http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/24/habitable-planets-s…ign=buffer

Your Doctor Knows You’re Killing Yourself. The Data Brokers Told Her http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-26/hospitals-s…ealth.html

DARPA Wearable Tech Suit Could Help Soldiers Run a 4-Minute Mile http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2014/05/darpa-wearabl…inute-mile

The CIA Prepares to Launch Cloud Services http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2014/06/cia-prepares-…d-services

Massive Military-Funded Project Aims to Re-align Ailing Brains http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/20/massive-military-funded…ng-brains/

IN THE WORLDWIDE AGE OF THIS INDIGNANT, THIS WILL BE UNIVERSALLY USED: Metropolitan Police buys first water cannon http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-28037395

Track Air Pollution With This Smart Umbrella http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032344/track-air-pollution-with-this-smart-umbrella

BBC: Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki: Russian jets will turn tide http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28042302

BRICK-AND-MORTAR PUBLISHERS WILL GO UNDER. Amazon accused of ‘bullying’ smaller UK publishers http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27994314

We can send humans back to space … if we fund Elon Musk instead of Nasa http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/26/space-n…e-industry

What should a 20-year vision for science and mathematics education look like? www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/jun/26/what-s…-look-like

U.S. Will Disband Terrorism Task Force in Philippines http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/world/asia/us-will-disband…d=tw-share

U.S. Navy Air Warfare Center Seeking 3D Metal Printer http://3dprint.com/7420/navy-metal-3d-printer/

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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Watch this: prototype NASA robot prowls the underside of frozen lakes, oceans http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/24/5839902/watch-this-prototy…ozen-lakes

Limb regeneration: do salamanders hold the key? http://www.kurzweilai.net/limb-regeneration-do-salamanders-hold-the-key

A super-stretchable yarn made of graphene http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-stretchable-yarn-made-of-graphene

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

Woman or machine? New robots look creepily human http://news.yahoo.com/woman-machine-robots-look-creepily-hum…nance.html

Russian billionaire initiative to create hybrid replicas of humans in order to obtain immortality http://altereddimensions.net/2013/russian-billionaire-2045-i…mmortality

Delivering Capsules of Stem Cells Helps Repair Injured Bones http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/23/delivering-capsules-of-…red-bones/

“Why Isn’t the Milky Way Crawling With Mechanical or Biological Life?” –Stephen Hawking’s Answer http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/06/why-isnt-the-mi…ys-mo.html

Driverless Cars – Impact on the Insurance Industry and just about eveything else http://groundtoground.org/2014/06/19/driverless-cars-impact-insurance-industry/

Google’s Nest Moves To Become Master Of The Smart Home, By Talking To Other Devices http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/24/google-nes…of-things/

How to Reconcile Big Data and Privacy http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/03/06/…d-privacy/

Brainomics: Hacking the Brain (and Autism) with Gene Machines http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2014/06/24/…-machines/

Perovskite Is the New Black in the Solar World http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/perovskite-is-the-…t=FaceBook

AIs Have Mastered Chess. Will Go Be Next? http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ai…go-be-next

We Will End Disability by Becoming Cyborgs http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/we-will-end-disa…ng-cyborgs

Robots Will Pave the Way to Mars http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/robots-will-pave-the-way-to-mars

Wearable Computers Will Transform Language http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devic…m-language

THE ONLY SERVANT TO YOUR ROBOT IS YOU AND YOU ALONE. So, Where Are My Robot Servants? http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/home-robots/so-where-are-my-robot-servants

Chris Harrison’s Time Machine http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/consumer-electronics/portable…me-machine

USC Scientists Create New Battery That’s Cheap, Clean, Rechargeable… and Organic http://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-scientists-create-new-battery-t…d-organic/

MASHABLE: U.S. Economy Experiences Sharpest Drop in 5 Years http://mashable.com/2014/06/25/u-s-economy-drop/

Google sets sights on TVs, cars and watches, beyond mere smartphones http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-google-conferen…OU20140625

MORE UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION, BOTH IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC OFFICE: U.S. charges two more in IBM insider trading case http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-insidertrading-…3V20140625

REUTERS: North Korean troops take aim at targets depicting U.S. soldiers http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/06/25/north-korean-troops-…oChannel=1

This Smart Yarn Makes Gadget Interactions Magical http://www.wired.com/2014/06/these-knit-sensors-change-the-w…r-gadgets/

Take a Closer Look at the Brain http://www.geglobalresearch.com/innovation/take-closer-look-brain

A Simple Way to Combat Heat Waves in Farm Country http://www.21stcentech.com/simple-combat-heat-waves-farm-country/

“Today Everything Is Relationship-Driven” http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/heidi-roizen-toda…s.facebook

Microsoft Teams With American Family Insurance To Launch A Home Automation Accelerator In Redmond http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/microsoft-teams-with-americ…n-redmond/

TECHCRUNCH: NSA Denies Any Record Of Snowden Emailing Superiors About Concerns http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/nsa-denies-any-record-of-sn…-concerns/

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

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Global Ocean Commission Tells Us What We Don’t Want to Hear http://www.21stcentech.com/global-ocean-commissions-latest-report-hear/

Gallup Examines the State of the American Consumer http://thegallupblog.gallup.com/2014/06/gallup-examines-state-of-american.html

This Band Of Small Robots Could Build Entire Skyscrapers Without Human Help http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032003/this-band-of-small-robots…man-help#2

15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-world-in-2050-2014-6

These Beautiful Charts Show The Emerging Technologies That Will Change The World
http://www.businessinsider.com/emerging-technologies-that-wi…z35ayyRrA5

Cruise RP-1 Turns Even Your Car into an Autonomously Driven Vehicle http://www.21stcentech.com/cruise-rp-1-turns-car-autonomously-driven-vehicle/

What the detection of gravitational waves means for our understanding of the universe. http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/july-august…ves-cosmos

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Gartner Highlights Top Technologies for Information Security in 2014 http://blogs.gartner.com/security-summit/announcements/gartn…am=smsec20

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Cubesat Initiative http://www.spacemart.com/reports/NASAs_Science_Mission_Direc…e_999.html

Photographer Documents The Eerie World Of Japanese Robotics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/japanese-humanoid-r…04970.html

THE CATO INSTITUTE: Instead of Meddling Endlessly in the Mideast, Washington Should Stop Trying to Fix Iraq and Everywhere Else http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/instead-of-meddlin…24356.html

Australian researchers simulate a time-traveling photon www.gizmag.com/time-traveling-photons/32673

Proposal: Dynamic Brain Switching As a Method to Maintain Consciousness During Mind Uploading http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/06/23/proposal-dynamic-brain-s…uploading/

You Won’t Believe It: DARPA Future Research Into Advanced Computers http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/darpa-future-research-advanced-computers/

The Revolutionary Quantum Computer That May Not Be Quantum at All http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing/

Boost Your Ears To Superhuman Levels With These Cyborg Ears http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032226/healthware/boost-your-ear…-who-can-h

Can A Fitness Tracker Disguised As A Swiss Watch Solve The Problem Of Wearables? http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032223/can-a-fitness-tracker-di…-wearables

Tally of Cyber Extortion Attacks on Tech Companies Grows http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/tally-of-cyber-exto…egion=Body

Canadian Judge Says Google Must Remove Links Worldwide http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/canadian-judge-says…egion=Body

Hedge-Fund Hack Is Part of Bigger Siege, Cyber-Experts Warn http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/hedge-fund-…perts.html

Pesticides linked to honeybee decline are affecting other species, scientists say http://rt.com/news/168108-pesticides-harm-bees-birds-fish/

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

— BBC News
Jersey: Bitcoin Island

A campaign has been launched to make Jersey a world leader in digital currencies.

Bitcoin payments are already accepted in a handful of places but an industry expert says, if the States allow banks to accept and trade with it, Jersey could become a magnet for new business.

Robbie Andrews, of bit.coin.je, an industry body set up to promote and campaign for the currency, wants to create a “Bitcoin Isle”.

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, ) — Tech Crunch

The robotics revolution has been in the making for decades, but market expectations have historically outpaced technology readiness. While industrial and military sectors have adopted a number of high-priced robotics solutions, the consumer sector has lagged due to lack of technological maturity and high costs.

In recent years, we have seen accelerated levels of innovation in both software and hardware that are now driving new possibilities for consumer readiness and adoption of personal robotics.

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Giancarlo Valdes — Venture Beat
To infinity and beyond: VR games embrace space travel and innovation at E3 2014

We can finally talk about virtual reality games with a straight face.

At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles, a small pool of VR games held their own against a big slate of indie titles and triple-A blockbusters. This is the first year that Oculus VR, the poster boy for VR’s resurgence with its popular Oculus Rift headset, had a presence on the expo floor, an elegant booth that wasn’t too far from Oculus’s biggest competitor, Sony’s Project Morpheus. Neither company has set a release date for their devices (Samsung, the third challenger for the VR crown, is trying to beat them both to market).

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— Wired

The world's top supercomputer: the Tihane-2.

Every six months, a team of supercomputing academics compiles a list of the most powerful computers on the planet. It’s called the Top500 list, and it has become a competition of sorts. National labs vie against universities, military facilities, NASA, and even temporary cloud-based supercomputers—all to see who’s building the worlds’ largest number-crunching machines.

This year, the machine on the top of the list is Tihane-2, a Chinese system that can perform 33.86 quadrillion calculations per second. But here’s the thing. Tihane-2 was on top back in November of 2013, and a year ago too. In fact, when you look at the top 10 machines on the June list, there’s only one new entry–an unidentified Cray supercomputer, operated by the U.S. government. It’s ranked tenth.

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— Singularity Hub

brain, brain initiative, mental health, DBS, brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for epilepsy and movement disorders, most notably Parkinson’s disease, has rapidly gone from experimental to standard practice. With devices to provide delicate electro-stimulation to the brain now available and with maps of which neurons do what steadily gaining detail, attention is now shifting to using the approach to treat mental illness.

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