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Invisibility cloaks can’t make objects fully invisible in all directions, colors, and polarizations, but Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) physicists have developed a workaround: an ideal invisibility cloak for diffusive light-scattering media, such as fog.

Their results are published in the journal Science.

In diffusive media, light is scattered by the particles in the medium. Examples are fog, clouds, or frosted glass panes that let the light in, but hide the light source. “This property of light-scattering media can be used to hide objects inside,” says Robert Schittny, first author of the study.

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Joann Muller - Forbes


It’s a basic tenet of mass production: Making things in batches is the most efficient way to manufacture anything. So why, then, is lean manufacturing evangelist Ted Duclos arguing that America can revitalize its manufacturing base by making things one at a time?

“It’s counterintuitive in the minds of many,” admits Duclos, president of Michigan-based Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies (a joint venture between Germany’s Freudenberg and Japan’s NOK). Having obsessively thought for years about how to improve manufacturing processes, he’s convinced he’s on to something big.

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3 Things You Should Know About The Network Economy http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/07/07/3-things-y…k-economy/

Google’s new wearable project is a smart contact lens with medical uses http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/16/google-smart-contact-lens/

Neuroscientists Object to Europe’s Human Brain Project http://www.technologyreview.com/news/528796/neuroscientists-…ce=twitter

Super Typhoon Threatens Three Of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants http://www.ibtimes.com/super-typhoon-threatens-three-japans-…w.facebook

Possible aircraft technologies of 2040 http://www.kurzweilai.net/possible-aircraft-technologies-of-2040

REUTERS: Wall St. slumps in broad decline, Dow under 17,000 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-markets-stocks-…4H20140708

REUTERS: Verizon: U.S. government made 150,000 customer info requests in 2014 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-verizon-transpa…0120140708

REUTERS: Samsung, Intel, Dell team up on standards for connected gadgets http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-tech-connectivi…9920140708

Securing the Smart Energy Grid Is a National Concern http://www.emergencymgmt.com/safety/Securing-the-Smart-Energy-Grid.html

Microwaves of the future count calories so you don’t have to http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/08/ge-calorie-counting-microwaves/

Taking Past Lessons Learned, Amtrak Designs The Next Acela http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonrabinowitz/2014/07/08/takin…ium=social

REUTERS: Lacker says inflation moving toward Fed’s target http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-usa-fed-idUSKBN…sinessNews

This Artificial Intelligence Company Could ‘Eradicate The Spreadsheet’ And Do The Work Of A $250,000 Consultant http://www.businessinsider.com/narrative-science-2014-7#ixzz36uZsJLly

The Polar Vortex and Global Warming – Does One Disprove the Other? http://www.21stcentech.com/polar-vortex-global-warming-disprove-other/

DARPA Condensed an Entire Communications System Into This Dime-Sized Chip http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/07/07/darpa-tiny-communications-chip/

An Urban Reality: Smart Cities http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-focus/technology-top…ign=buffer

GE’s $1 Billion Software Bet http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527381/ges-1-billion-software-bet/

Google’s founders on the future of health, transport – and robots http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/07/google-fou…-interview

A newly launched satellite will reveal even more about the planet’s workings than originally planned http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/2160625…s-workings

13 Predictions About The Future That Were Spectacularly Wrong — See more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/wrong-predictions-a…LYLls.dpuf

SPIEGEL Interview with Hillary Clinton: ‘Surveillance on Merkel’s Phone Was Absolutely Wrong’ http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hillary-clinton-in…79812.html

Steve Wozniak: No one wanted to work under Steve Jobs ever again http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/08/steve-wozn…jobs-apple

The Ethics of Autonomous Cars http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-et…rs/280360/

THE ATLANTIC: Edward Snowden or the NSA: Who Violated Your Privacy More? http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/edward-s…re/374066/

THE ATLANTIC: We’re Already Designing Babies http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/were-alrea…es/373896/

THE ATLANTIC: Data Science: What the Facebook Controversy is Really About http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/data-s…ut/373770/

CNN: Kill switch: breeding kamikaze mosquitoes http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/08/tech/innovation/breeding-k…?hpt=te_t1

CNN: Uber cheaper than New York City taxi — for now http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/07/technology/uber-taxi-discount/index.html

YAHOO FINANCE: Concern Over ‘Severe’ Pullback Sends U.S. Stocks Lower http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-stocks-drop-second-day-161727017.html

YAHOO FINANCE: After Detroit, another city ponders bankruptcy http://finance.yahoo.com/news/detroit-another-city-ponders-b…50788.html

YAHOO FINANCE: United Airlines to outsource more than 630 jobs at U.S. airports http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united-airlines-outsource-more…nance.html

YAHOO FINANCE: Who’s Next? Pot changes won’t stop with Washington http://finance.yahoo.com/news/whos-next-pot-changes-wont-sto…nance.html

YAHOO FINANCE: Belgium seeks meeting with France’s BNP to discuss $9 billion U.S. fine http://finance.yahoo.com/news/belgium-seeks-meeting-frances-…ector.html

BUSINESSINSIDER: Here’s Why Militaries Around The World Prefer To Buy Russian Weapons http://www.businessinsider.com/russians-billions-old-weapons-2014-7

Sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three times http://phys.org/news/2014-07-sand-based-lithium-ion-batt…rform.html

Astronomers bring the third dimension to a doomed star’s outburst http://phys.org/news/2014-07-astronomers-dimension-doomed-star-outburst.html

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

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THE GUARDIAN: Links with China: why Australian universities are leading the way http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/201…CMP=twt_gu

BUSINESS INSIDER: Future Food: How Scientists And Startups Are Changing The Way We Eat http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-and-startups-chang…2014-7

Was During The Credit Bubble http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-stock-market-i…z36ohOW7kK

NBC NEWS: Nine jobs that humans may lose to robots http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42183592/ns/business-careers/t/nin…7sQt7EbErg

3D-bioprinted blood vessels are a major step towards man-made tissues and organs www.extremetech.com/extreme/185681-3d-bioprinted-blood-v…and-organs

FDA approves first ever personal exoskeleton http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185758-fda-approves-first…xoskeleton

Toyota develops high-efficiency ‘free piston’ no-crankshaft combustion engine… to power an EV http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185789-toyota-develops-hi…ower-an-ev

Brain study switches a woman’s consciousness on and off with an electrical zap http://www.examiner.com/article/brain-study-switches-a-woman…trical-zap

Will Foxconn’s Robot Factory Build the iPhone 6? http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/foxconns-robot-factory-iphone-6/

This Is How a ‘Go-Around’ Avoids Disaster at an Airport http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/barcelona-planes-go-around/

MASHABLE: Australia Is the Party Drug Capital of the World http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/australia-party-drug/

MASHABLE: NASA’s Human-like Space Robot Pays Dividends on Earth http://mashable.com/2014/07/01/nasa-robot-astronaut/

Knowledge Doubling Every 12 Months, Soon to be Every 12 Hours http://www.industrytap.com/knowledge-doubling-every-12-month…hours/3950

FASTCOMPANY: UN Drug Report: Marijuana Legalization Will Increase Number Of Cannabis Users http://www.fastcompany.com/3032774/fast-feed/un-drug-report-…abis-users

A Step Towards a Possible Alzheimer’s Vaccine, Researchers Eliminate up to 80% of Senile Plaques in Mice http://scitechdaily.com/a-step-towards-a-possible-alzheimers…s-in-mice/

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Insurgents in Iraq Seizing Advanced Weaponry http://online.wsj.com/articles/insurgents-in-iraq-seizing-ad…reno64-wsj

How to Delete Yourself from the Internet http://time.com/2963100/how-to-delete-yourself-from-the-internet/

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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THE GUARDIAN: 3D printer drones will take to skies by 2040, claim BAE scientists http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/06/3d-printer-dron…CMP=twt_gu

Researchers regrow human corneas in mice http://www.kurzweilai.net/researchers-regrow-human-corneas-in-mice

A transistor material intended to replace silicon by 2024 http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-transistor-material-intended-to-…on-by-2024

Collaborative learning for robots http://www.kurzweilai.net/collaborative-learning-for-robots

REUTERS: Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-germany-usa-spy…6P20140707

INC: The Top 10 Discoveries That Will Rock Your World in 2025 http://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/what-science-and-entrepre…ign=buffer

WIRED: Ultra Low-Power Microserver to Tackle Big Bang Program’s Energy Needs http://innovationinsights.wired.com/insights/2014/06/ultra-l…ergy-needs

WIRED: The Jet With a 17-Ton Telescope That NASA Uses as a Flying Observatory http://www.wired.com/2014/07/nasa-sofia-flying-observatory/

WIRED: How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will http://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/

The Growing Dangers of Technological Unemployment and the Re-Skilling of America
http://www.wfs.org/blogs/thomas-frey/growing-dangers-technol…ng-america

What is the Greatest Threat to Humanity in the Next Few Decades? http://www.21stcentech.com/greatest-threat-humanity-decades/

Sears Became a Real-Time Digital Enterprise Due to Big Data http://www.bigdata-startups.com/BigData-startup/sears-real-t…-big-data/

Engineered red blood cells could carry precious therapeutic cargo http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140630164010.htm

Supermassive black hole blows molecular gas out of a galaxy at one million kilometers per hour http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140707121413.htm

Aging: Too Much Telomerase Can Be as Bad as Too Little http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/07/05/ag…oo-little/

BUSINESSWEEK: China’s Xi Ratchets Up Pressure on Japan http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-07/chin…n#r=hpt-ls

BUSINESSWEEK: Who Turned Out the Lights? The Coming Mega Sun Storm http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-03/u-do…s#r=hpt-ls

CNN: You can now watch pirated movies on Google Chromecast http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/07/technology/google-chromecast-piracy/index.html

CNN: Google Glass wearers can steal your password http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/07/technology/security/google-g…index.html

CNN: ‘Smart’ luggage will text you when it gets lost http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/03/technology/innovation/smart-luggage/index.html

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

Dylan Love — Business Insider

“Today there’s no legislation regarding how much intelligence a machine can have, how interconnected it can be. If that continues, look at the exponential trend. We will reach the singularity in the timeframe most experts predict. From that point on you’re going to see that the top species will no longer be humans, but machines.”

These are the words of Louis Del Monte, physicist, entrepreneur, and author of “The Artificial Intelligence Revolution.” Del Monte spoke to us over the phone about his thoughts surrounding artificial intelligence and the singularity, an indeterminate point in the future when machine intelligence will outmatch not only your own intelligence, but the world’s combined human intelligence too.

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“The Artificial Intelligence Revolution. http://www.businessinsider.com/louis-del-monte-interview-on-…z36cuf3TIC

By 2045 ‘The Top Species Will No Longer Be Humans,’ And That Could Be A Problem http://www.businessinsider.com/louis-del-monte-interview-on-…z36cwH40nU

“IN THE FUTURE WHEN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE WILL OUTMATCH NOT ONLY YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE!” http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140705210305&#4…telligence

The Next 20 Years Are Going To Make The Last 20 Look Like We Accomplished Nothing In Tech https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140705233135&#…ng-in-tech

Chronos, Eurekas, Kairos, Blitzkriegs, and Techno-Sputniks! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140706000725&#…o-sputniks

What Jobs Will Robots Have in the Future? http://online.wsj.com/articles/robots-how-will-they-be-emplo…1404390617

Military robots and the future of war http://www.ted.com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war

What Jobs Will Robots Have in the Future? http://online.wsj.com/articles/robots-how-will-they-be-emplo…1404390617

The robots of the future won’t look anything like the Terminator http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/16/5617290/soft-robotics-is-booming

How robots are changing search and rescue http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140612-robots-to-the-rescue

How online ‘chatbots’ are already tricking you http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140609-how-online-bots-are-tricking-you

SOFTWARE WAS REPLACING ADMINISTRATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS, BOOKKEEPERS AND SECRETARIES, AND AT ALARMING RATES.

IN 2012, SILICON VALLEY INVESTOR VINOD KHOSLA PREDICTED THAT ALGORITHMS AND MACHINES WOULD REPLACE 80% OF DOCTORS WITHIN A GENERATION.

Technology is set to challenge traditionally safe professions.

“Software substitution, whether it’s for drivers or waiters or nurses… it’s progressing,” Gates said. “Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set… 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model.”

Kelly believes the next 20 years in technology will be radical. So much so that he believes our technological advances will make the previous 20 years “pale” in comparison.

While science is certainly increasing knowledge, it’s actually increasing our ignorance even faster.

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

My repair of the global constancy of the speed of light c – the loss of which had stopped Einstein from publishing on gravitation for 4 years – has revived Einstein’s early greatest strength.

If c is globally constant, black holes are radically different – nonevaporating – in contradistinction to Hawking. And the by definition superluminal expansion speed of the “Big Bang” is likewise exploded.

Two canonized postulates gone: So it is no wonder that CERN refuses to defend its six years old safety report?

Suppose the young Einstein was indeed stronger: Would it not be worthy to check on this fact, especially so if it could save the planet from a catastrophe?

The world needs a voice capable of defending the older Einstein against the younger one. Anyone able to hit that goal?

Written By: — Singularity Hub
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For the recorder of potentially breakthrough medical technology, sometimes it seems that the list is just so many applications of three new technologies: smaller electronics, new materials and stem cells. Any electronic device set up to function inside the body relies on smaller, flexible parts and new biocompatible casings, for example. Stem cells, properly manipulated, seem capable of mending nearly everything that ails us.

But the details of how best to cultivate certain kinds of cells and spur them to function in the body are still being worked out. According to University of Rochester researchers, materials science may be a big help.

One trouble with stem cells is that they don’t stay put. When doctors put cardiovascular progenitor cells in the heart to heal damage from a heart attack, the cells are whisked away in the bloodstream in a matter of hours.

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By — Wired
Original illustration: Getty
Encryption is hard. When NSA leaker Edward Snowden wanted to communicate with journalist Glenn Greenwald via encrypted email, Greenwald couldn’t figure out the venerable crypto program PGP even after Snowden made a 12-minute tutorial video.

Nadim Kobeissi wants to bulldoze that steep learning curve. At the HOPE hacker conference in New York later this month he’ll release a beta version of an all-purpose file encryption program called miniLock, a free and open-source browser plugin designed to let even Luddites encrypt and decrypt files with practically uncrackable cryptographic protection in seconds.

“The tagline is that this is file encryption that does more with less,” says Kobeissi, a 23-year old coder, activist and security consultant. “It’s super simple, approachable, and it’s almost impossible to be confused using it.”

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