“It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really; it’s an imperative.” — Michael Collins, former astronaut
— BBC
Passwords are a pain. We choose simple words that are easy to remember, but equally easy for hackers to guess.
Yet we still forget them. And they also get stolen with alarming frequency.
The reported theft of 1.2 billion email passwords by Russian hackers earlier this month was just the latest in a long string of major password security breaches that have led some people to wonder if the use of passwords should be abandoned.
But what are the alternatives?
BitCoin, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Technology — FACTOM
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Quoted: “The Factom team suggested that its proposal could be leveraged to execute some of the crypto 2.0 functionalities that are beginning to take shape on the market today. These include creating trustless audit chains, property title chains, record keeping for sensitive personal, medical and corporate materials, and public accountability mechanisms.
During the AMA, the Factom president was asked how the technology could be leveraged to shape the average person’s daily life.”
Kirby responded:
“Factom creates permanent records that can’t be changed later. In a Factom world, there’s no more robo-signing scandals. In a Factom world, there are no more missing voting records. In a Factom world, you know where every dollar of government money was spent. Basically, the whole world is made up of record keeping and, as a consumer, you’re at the mercy of the fragmented systems that run these records.”
» Read the article here » http://www.coindesk.com/factom-white-paper-outlines-record-k…r-bitcoin/
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FUTURISM UPDATE (November 20, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: The Cognitive Usefulness of the Internet of Things http://lnkd.in/dqVF9PX
ZDNet: Internet of things: Poised to be a security headache? Nearly 95 percent of enterprises are at least concerned about the security of the Internet of things. Here’s a look at a potential security model. http://lnkd.in/dBvktGj
CNNMoney: FAA can regulate drones http://lnkd.in/dX2iKEH
CBS News: NTSB ruling rattles America’s fledgling drone industry http://lnkd.in/dc-RY2K
Wall Street Journal: GE Ventures Flies Into the Drone Business With Airware Investment http://lnkd.in/dFZNDbQ
The Guardian: Putin gives envoy cool welcome after declaring US ‘wants to subjugate’ Russia. The Russian president says little to John Tefft but declares the country ‘ready for practical cooperation with our American partners’ http://lnkd.in/dDZees9
The Independent: Is Russia flying a satellite killer around space? Unidentified Russian satellite prompts space weapon worries http://lnkd.in/dJ75RYp
Yahoo! Maktoob News: Oil falls below $86 as oversupply, global economy worries weigh http://lnkd.in/deba4Xb
Washington Post: Japan recession, Europe stagnation cast pall over global economic outlook http://lnkd.in/ddRbk6k
FINANCIAL TIMES: France warns EU investment fund will flop without ‘real money http://lnkd.in/dirafvH
THE ECONOMIST: A bid to put encrypted data into a kind of time capsule gets a kick-start http://lnkd.in/dm85T5D
New York Times: French Nuclear Giant Areva Says Future Is Uncertain, Prompting a Sell-Off http://lnkd.in/dJ3fq6Z
Forbes: Here’s The Future Of Podcasting http://lnkd.in/dKzBaFK
THE DIPLOMAT: India Needs to Join Asia’s Emerging ‘Chinese Order’ http://bit.ly/1uxV2cL
MIT Technology Review: An Artificial Adhesive Outgrips the Gecko. Gecko-inspired adhesives can help humans climb and may provide a better grip for robotic arms in factories and in space. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532626/an-artificial-ad…the-gecko/
GIZMAG: Mobile phones could be charged using sound. Four years ago, we first heard about how Korean scientists had proposed using sound to charge mobile phones. They explained that it could be done via a piezoelectric effect, in which zinc oxide nanowires converted sound-caused vibrations into…more http://lnkd.in/dcJEajd
THE DAILY SIGNAL: Why Does Washington Want to Hide Science Data From the Public? http://lnkd.in/d9nCUKR
Reuters: Ukraine rules out direct talks with separatists http://lnkd.in/dkNCqZc
The Guardian: Bird flu: Ukraine bans poultry imports from UK, Germany and Netherlands. Ukraine’s state veterinary inspectorate says ban will be valid until international watchdog says countries are free from virus http://lnkd.in/dhb8WkK
FORBES: What Does Genworth’s Bad News Mean for the Future of Long-Term Care Insurance? http://lnkd.in/d7su8YW
Huffington Post: Three Causes Behind Mexico’s Crisis of Corruption and Impunity http://lnkd.in/d7fF9hG
Wall Street Journal: Bank of Mexico Lowers Growth Estimates http://lnkd.in/dTdD8kn
Al Jazeera America: Mexico is teetering on the edge of the abyss. Peña Nieto’s government deflects attention as corruption and rampant violence threaten to destabilize the country http://lnkd.in/dbrHUVj
SPACE NEWS: British Company Announces Crowdfunded Lunar Mission http://lnkd.in/dY9R5Gc
SPACE NEWS: China’s Deceptively Weak Anti-Satellite Capabilities http://lnkd.in/dxNShEi
FUTURE OBSERVATORY: The Future of the Cities? Underground cities are the future of business http://lnkd.in/d-XAved
CNBC: The future of energy: You may be walking on it. Energy “harvesting”—where incidental energy like radio waves, heat and vibrations are harnessed for power—is not a new concept, but the technology to support the idea is getting better. Just as today the kinetic force of a swinging arm can power a wristwatch, some technologists are betting that in the future pedestrians’ footsteps can light a city. http://lnkd.in/dAghQ-5
POPULAR SCIENCE: The Future Of Antibiotics May Come From A Horse’s Behind http://lnkd.in/dh6EHqS
Financial Times: Atul Gawande’s Reith lectures on the future of medicine. “Why Do Doctors Fail” http://lnkd.in/d_XThUp
Russia and India Report: The future of aerospace technology is now. Federated Satellite Systems, a radical breakthrough developed by researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and partner institutions abroad, is a revolution equal to what Uber/ Yandex Taxi and Zipcar have done for the taxi and personal transportation industries. http://lnkd.in/d4tdJHX
Voice of America: Mysterious Russian Space Object May Be Anti-Satellite Warfare Technology http://lnkd.in/d3EUz75
Russia Beyond the Headline: Laser warfare: Sci-fi fantasy or future reality? http://lnkd.in/dauEeqB
“…The key message is that the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing … Technology is transforming every single industry …”
BBC News: Mexico crime and violence in numbers http://lnkd.in/dUcRrEH
New York Times: Researchers Announce Advance in Image-Recognition Software. Two groups of scientists, working independently, have created artificial intelligence software capable of recognizing and describing the content of photographs and videos with far greater accuracy than ever before, sometimes even mimicking human levels of understanding http://lnkd.in/ddVyczN
Tech Times: Google Photo Recognition Goes Beyond Objects http://lnkd.in/dkjzxYF
BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI
White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)
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By Ben Coxworth — Gizmag
Four years ago, we first heard about how Korean scientists had proposed using sound to charge mobile phones. They explained that it could be done via a piezoelectric effect, in which zinc oxide nanowires converted sound-caused vibrations into electricity. At the time, the researchers couldn’t generate enough of a current to actually charge a phone. Now, however, scientists from Nokia and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have succeeded in doing so.
Like the Korean team, the Nokia/QMUL researchers utilized zinc oxide, in the form of a sheet of tiny nanorods. As is the case with other piezoelectric materials, zinc oxide produces an electrical current when subjected to mechanical stress. The nanorods will actually bend in response to sound waves, creating that stress in the process.
FUTURISM UPDATE (November 19, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon
FINANCIAL TIMES: Object 2014-28E – Space junk or Russian satellite killer? It is a tale that could have come from the cold war. A mysterious object launched by the Russian military is being tracked by western space agencies, stoking fears over the revival of a defunct Kremlin project to destroy .… http://lnkd.in/d-YWkfx
ZDNET: Data science: ‘Machines do analytics. Humans do analysis’ http://lnkd.in/dzfvjdp
TIME: New York Is Transforming Its Old Payphones into Wi-Fi Hotspots http://lnkd.in/dqHpQUW
Forbes: Databox Launches Enterprise Mobile Insight Solution. But Is It Analytics? http://lnkd.in/dbVMBUM
Hospitality Net: Big data and big analytics are a big opportunity for hotels — Part 2 http://lnkd.in/d4SNrPi
Financial Times: The nuclear gun is back on the table. Both in private and in public, Russia is making explicit references to its nuclear arsenal http://lnkd.in/d3ycdFG
Financial Times: Bonds: Anatomy of a market meltdown. Fall in Treasury bond yields left investors asking if world’s safe haven needs shoring up http://lnkd.in/dqCR5pQ
Financial Times: Nokia partners with Foxconn to take on Apple with tablet device http://lnkd.in/dT8dTae
The Financial Times observes that President Putin and President Obama are threatening each other with their respective nuclear arsenal. We are getting closer to M.A.D. WWIII.
Financial Post: Who will blink first as global oil prices collapse? http://lnkd.in/dP7EcuU
Christian Science Monitor: Halliburton, Baker Hughes merge as oil prices plummet http://lnkd.in/dcrZGF4
COMPUTER WORLD: Yahoo’s Genome highlights hosted big data analytics trend. Several companies have begun offering big data analytics as a service http://lnkd.in/dFbMtr2
BLOOMBERG: Nigeria Budget-Cut Pledge Falls Short as Oil Prices Drop http://lnkd.in/dnRiJXH
Bloomberg: Oil Slide Prompts Iran’s Oil Minister to Visit U.A.E. http://lnkd.in/dAujidM
WIRED: Leading the Way for Big Data Startups, Yahoo Spin-Off Files for IPO http://lnkd.in/dvXidUy
MIT Technology Review: Driving Marketing Results with Big Data http://lnkd.in/dWhvszA
MIT Technology Review: Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World’s Most Notable Authors. Deciding which books to digitise when they enter the public domain is tricky; unless you have an independent ranking of the most notable authors. http://lnkd.in/dCwMJwW
MIT Technology Review: Nanoparticle Detects the Deadliest Cancer Cells in Blood. A novel kind of nanoparticle could lead to more effective cancer treatments. http://lnkd.in/dbRzqQH
MIT Technology Review: When AI Experts Have “It’s Alive!” Moments. Occasionally virtual assistants like Siri show flashes of humanity that suggest they could one day act like more than just software. http://lnkd.in/dKXXEhF
Moneycontrol.com: Expect Gold, Silver prices to trade on lower note: Angel http://lnkd.in/dYq_KNt
The Market Oracle: Gold, Silver, Crude and S&P Ending Wedge Patterns http://lnkd.in/d-D3WSW
Center for Research on Globalization: Gold and Silver Price Manipulation: The “Golden” Cat is Out of The Bag! http://lnkd.in/dWpyJja
Telegraph.co.uk: Vladimir Putin vows that United States ‘will never subjugate Russia’ Russian president echoes Al Capone as he says ‘weapons and politeness’ are better than ‘politeness alone’ http://lnkd.in/dxJhDR4
New York Times: Who Won in Putin’s Feud With West? Organic Farms http://lnkd.in/dmfpf-e
Reuters: Isolated at G20, Putin shows he will do it his way in Ukraine http://lnkd.in/dkiZPa2
The Guardian: Finland back on red alert over expansionist Russia. Almost a century after breaking free from its giant neighbour Helsinki still follows Moscow’s every move http://lnkd.in/dHUpfJA
BBC News: Russia tests ‘satellite catcher’. Russia may be testing a satellite capable of chasing down other orbiting spacecraft, observers say. Such technology could be used for a wide variety of uses, including to repair malfunctioning spacecraft, but also to destroy or disable them. http://lnkd.in/duYz6MH
Washington Post: A mysterious Russian space object could be the return of the ‘satellite killer’ http://lnkd.in/dexVMeV
New York Times: Merkel Issues Rebuke to Russia, Setting Caution Aside http://lnkd.in/dhWejmi
Bloomberg: Russia Sees Recession Next Year If Oil Price Falls to $60 http://lnkd.in/dYDyW3C
National Post: Vladimir Putin’s plan: He took Crimea. He’s taunting NATO. What will Russia’s president do next? http://lnkd.in/d-fypU5
MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Isn’t the Only ‘Satellite Killer’ in Space. A previously unknown Russian spacecraft conducting maneuvers characteristic of a satellite killer has sparked concerns that Russia’s military provocations may soon extend to space, but experts say Russia is not the only major space power developing agile — and potentially deadly — capabilities in Earth’s orbit. Western space agencies, militaries and amateur observers are tracking a mysterious Russian satellite that could be a satellite hunter — a spacecraft that trails enemy satellites and then destroys or disables them, The Financial Times reported on Monday. Amid Russia’s showdown with the West over Ukraine the discovery looks ominous, but all the big space-faring nations — Russia, China and the U.S. — are developing similar capabilities, Robert Christy, a veteran amateur satellite tracker, told The Moscow Times by phone. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-s-isn-…11403.html
MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Readies for Showdown Over Taxing Offshore Companies http://lnkd.in/dqdi6CJ
Deutsche Welle: Sticking points remain in Iran nuclear dispute http://lnkd.in/dn-xMuG
Deutsche Welle: ‘No reason for optimism’ over Ukraine. With tensions high between Russia and the West over Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is in Moscow for high-level talks. He is the first senior European minister to visit the Kremlin since July. http://lnkd.in/df2YdA3
CIO: How to Be the CIO of Tomorrow http://lnkd.in/dmsvcGT
Wall Street Journal: Japan to Name Hiromichi Mizuno CIO of Public Pension Fund. Mizuno Currently a Partner at Private-Equity Firm Coller Capital http://lnkd.in/db7-W8M
Computerworld: 10 hottest IT skills for 2015 http://lnkd.in/dt3BiQh
PCWorld: Google program mimics human brains and vision to automatically caption photos http://lnkd.in/dCByHMh
PCWorld: Intel turns to light beams to speed up supercomputers http://lnkd.in/dZnAeJt
PCWorld: China disrupts some websites linked to US content delivery network http://lnkd.in/d-Ae9dc
SWISS INFO: Jail time demanded for bad bankers http://lnkd.in/dUQghHh
New York Times: What Does the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Entail? The Keystone oil pipeline system is designed to carry up to 830,000 barrels of petroleum per day from the oil sands of boreal forests in Alberta, Canada to oil refineries and ports on the Gulf Coast. http://lnkd.in/dkex5dq
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Dragon Net. China’s Next Economic Miracle. With 632 million Internet users, China has already become the world’s largest e-tailing market, with almost $300 billion in sales posted in 2013. http://lnkd.in/dQCmQeD
REUTERS: Lufthansa signs $1.25 billion outsourcing deal with IBM http://lnkd.in/d_uKHpB
Broadway World: Capgemini Announces Cloud-Based SAP Software Implementation Project with Excelerate Energy http://lnkd.in/dpqm4Pi
ZME Science: Robot Underwater Gliders show How Antarctic Ice is Melting http://lnkd.in/dS6Pfeu
ABC News: A physics professor at the California Institute of Technology sued the school Thursday, claiming she faced a “merciless campaign” of retaliation for telling the FBI that she suspected illegal activities at the university-managed NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://lnkd.in/dTyJCdu
Salt Lake Tribune: Google buys Dutch wind energy for data center http://lnkd.in/dczc85c
New Zealand Herald: Why Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are buying up wind energy http://lnkd.in/d7KDxbu
New Scientist: Is mystery Russian spacecraft a satellite-killer? Is it watching the watchers? Russia has launched a spacecraft that is whizzing around low Earth orbit visiting satellites, it emerged this week. The mystery craft has renewed fears that Russia has revived its interest in developing anti-satellite weapons, a programme thought to have been abandoned in the 1980s. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26586-is-mystery-russi…GvuB8n5N30
SLATE: Why Putin may be more dangerous than ever: http://slate.me/1vnaegf
FORBES: Lighter Than Air? Toyota’s Quixotic Plan To Sell Hydrogen Cars Feels Almost Real http://lnkd.in/dnDSrmz
BLOOMBERG: Catalonia’s Independence Push Puts Real Estate Revival at Risk http://lnkd.in/dCea8ct
IrishCentral: If Spain breaks up, what are the implications for Northern Ireland? http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/If-Spain-breaks-u…eland.html
BUSINESSWEEK: Quebec and Scotland Said No to Secession, but Catalonia Is Still Going to Try http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-13/cata…dence-vote
BBC News: Ukraine crisis: Russia demands guarantees from Nato http://lnkd.in/dx9fHMn
Recruiter: One third of jobs in the UK are at risk from automation within 20 years, according to a joint report from Deloitte and Oxford University. http://lnkd.in/dB9B47u
Smithsonian: Look How 30 Years of Automation Changed How Crayons Are Made http://lnkd.in/daXaT3N
Daily Mail: Will YOUR job still exist in 2025? New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time http://lnkd.in/dWYbqcy
Wall Street Journal: The Problem With Blind Faith in Technology and Job Creation http://lnkd.in/dExayQE
WealthManagement.com: The Headwinds That Could Lead to a Global Depression http://lnkd.in/dgP38UB
BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI
White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)
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NBCNews
Though it’s existed for decades, the swirling collection of debris particles and trash adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is attracting renewed attention from scientists and environmental experts with the return of a research vessel that has been collecting data from the gyre — a circular system of rotating ocean currents — for the past several months. Charles Moore, who is credited with discovering the gyre on a yachting race in the North Pacific, led a team of scientists on a two-month expedition to the heart of the Garbage Patch beginning in July, and what they saw shocked them.
FUTURISM UPDATE (November 18, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon
The Economist: Genetically modified crops. The biggest study so far finds that GM crops have large, widespread benefits The biggest study so far finds that GM crops have large, widespread benefits http://lnkd.in/diqjQp4
The Economist: What next for retail banks? http://lnkd.in/dahXnmU
Bank of Canada: Money in a Digital World http://lnkd.in/dnwMD4p
KAI: How to increase (or decrease) brain activity and memory http://lnkd.in/dZSvCYD
KAI: Magic tricks using artificial intelligence http://lnkd.in/daXfEUz
CNN: U.S. weather system hacked, affecting satellites http://lnkd.in/dpv8UjP
MOSCOW TIMES: Russia May Be Planning National Space Station to Replace ISS. Russia may be planning to build a new, independent national space station rather than prolong its participation in the $150 billion International Space Station (ISS) program beyond its current 2020 end date, the Kommersant… http://lnkd.in/dG-ehUX
The Economist: A phoneful of dollars. The world’s poor need the stability and security that banks have traditionally offered, but increasingly they do not need banks to provide it http://lnkd.in/dhTWCDd
Financial Times: Airbus patents flying doughnuts http://lnkd.in/dVGHcK7
Financial Times: The European Commission is considering the creation of investment funds seeded with cash from either the EU budget or the European Investment Bank, as the centrepiece of a new growth plan. http://lnkd.in/d8qFjuj
Financial Times: China opens markets in Hong Kong-Shanghai deal http://lnkd.in/dKb9Vpv
Yahoo Canada Finance: Markets hit by Japan recession; One mega-merger on, another off; Facebook looks to expand into your workplace http://lnkd.in/d5DfeX9
Newsweek: Designers Building Roadways That Generate Solar Power http://lnkd.in/dY6nBMq
Forbes: Where Image Recognition Technology Is Headed For Retailers: Cortexica Interview http://lnkd.in/djgyEx6
THE GUARDIAN: Putin claims west is provoking Russia into new cold war as ‘spies’ deported. Russian president denies fanning tensions and says Nato ‘expansion’ in Europe had been ‘geopolitical game changer’ http://lnkd.in/dkTV9SG
THE GUARDIAN: David Cameron warns of looming second global crash. PM says ‘red warning lights are flashing’ against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close http://lnkd.in/d5-G44n
THE GUARDIAN: State Department email attack ‘fits pattern’ of Russian hackers, says expert http://lnkd.in/dxPXWct
THE GUARDIAN: Anonymous takes over Ku Klux Klan’s Twitter account. Internet activists respond to KKK taunts in row over Ferguson protests by taking over group’s official account on Twitter http://lnkd.in/dQ5hs67
THE GUARDIAN: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: we need more MPs who know how to code. The inventor of the World Wide Web issues a plea for more politicians who understand how computers work http://lnkd.in/dWtYKP2
THE GUARDIAN: Harvard University admits to secretly photographing students. Photos of 2,000 students across 10 lecture halls were taken as part of an experiment to measure classroom attendance http://lnkd.in/dh_bD6P
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google’s Project Loon Woos Telecom Giants http://lnkd.in/dtmzGNR
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Intel Reveals Details of MICA Smart Bracelet http://lnkd.in/d_NVkkv
BLOOMBERG: 5 Numbers That Illustrate the Mind-Bending Size of Amazon’s Cloud http://lnkd.in/dwAXXXs
FORBES: China Once Again Boasts The World’s Fastest Supercomputer http://lnkd.in/dunUBQf
DER SPIEGEL: Putin’s Reach: Merkel Concerned about Russian Influence in the Balkans. Berlin has begun to see Moscow as an adversary rather than as a potential partner. The German government is concerned about efforts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase his influence in the Balkans. Stopping him, however, could prove difficult. http://lnkd.in/dhTPtBe
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Envy. Washington Should Help Riyadh Keep Up With Tehran http://lnkd.in/duKcavD
Forbes: CIO Innovation Budgets Are Increasing http://lnkd.in/dvWwHgg
BBC: Amazon seeks UK drone experts for delivery service http://lnkd.in/dGfgCkR
INDIA TODAY: Saudi Crown Prince to Modi: Ready to cooperate in all sectors http://lnkd.in/dp2jmaR
Times of India: Global survey: Brand India ranks a poor 31st out of 50 nations, Germany is No. 1 http://lnkd.in/dRYZqQV
OECD: China headed to overtake EU, US in science & technology spending, OECD says http://lnkd.in/dUNqhBC
THE BULLETIN: Internet-trading platforms: Making it easier to get around sanctions? http://lnkd.in/dDD8nXT
RAND CORPORATION: France’s War in Mali. Lessons for an Expeditionary Army http://lnkd.in/dxcRMEf
Wired: Facebook’s New Data Center Is Bad News for Cisco http://lnkd.in/dNHCvPY
RAND CORPORATION: Addressing SSDI’s Looming Insolvency http://lnkd.in/d4kAjx2
UC Berkeley: Synthetic biology could be big boost to interplanetary space travel http://lnkd.in/d3e_XBc
Science Careers Blog: Genomically encoded analog memory with precise in vivo DNA writing in living cell populations http://lnkd.in/dpJJW24
Hyperallergic: Will Our Future Be Biologically Designed? http://lnkd.in/dm2ZDTP
MIT News: Solar cells made from coal, smart nanoparticles that work with bacteria to fight cancer, and an effort to enhance human cognition by stimulating brain waves are just a few examples of the high-risk, high-impact projects funded by the first round of Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/mit-faculty-bose-grants-1117
New York Times: The A.M. Turing Award is often called the Nobel Prize of computer science. Now, thanks to Google’s largess, it will be a Nobel-level prize financially: $1 million. http://lnkd.in/dDZdNSF
FORBES: Why We Must Have Computer Science In More Schools And Classrooms http://lnkd.in/d-S2CEa
Scientific American: Next Wave of U.S. Supercomputers Could Break Up Race for Fastest. National Labs are now collaborating, not competing, to make the fastest supercomputers, which should enable new types of science to model everything from climate change to materials science to nuclear-weapons performance http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/next-wave-of-u-s-s…r-fastest/
Nature.com: Novel and enhanced anti-melanoma DNA vaccine targeting the tyrosinase protein inhibits myeloid-derived suppressor cells and tumor growth in a syngeneic prophylactic and therapeutic murine model http://www.nature.com/cgt/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/cgt201456a.html
BUSINESS INSIDER: In China, High Demand For Robots But Too Many Robot Manufacturers http://lnkd.in/dbRTj2Z
The New Yorker: Print Thyself. How 3-D printing is revolutionizing medicine. http://lnkd.in/d8D5u_F
BBC: US government planes collecting phone data, report claims. Devices that gather data from millions of mobile phones are being flown over the US by the government, according to the Wall Street Journal. http://lnkd.in/dgvDz56
BBC: China’s Alibaba eyes first bond sale after record listing http://lnkd.in/dGwsMt9
THE ATLANTIC: A Drone for the Environment http://lnkd.in/dkGha73
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Why Poland and Russia are expelling each other’s diplomats. Poland expelled Russian diplomats for spying. Russia retaliated by sending four Polish diplomats home. http://lnkd.in/dkejF5g
BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI
White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)
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A New Economic Layer — BitCoin, Cryptorcurrency, and Blockchain Technology
Posted in big data, bitcoin, business, complex systems, computing, disruptive technology, economics, electronics, encryption, engineering, ethics, finance, futurism, geopolitics, hacking, human trajectories, information science, innovation, internet, law, materials, media & arts, military, open access, open source, policy, privacy, science, scientific freedom, security, software, supercomputing
Preamble: Bitcoin 1.0 is currency — the deployment of cryptocurrencies in applications related to cash such as currency transfer, remittance, and digital payment systems. Bitcoin 2.0 is contracts — the whole slate of economic, market, and financial applications using the blockchain that are more extensive than simple cash transactions like stocks, bonds, futures, loans, mortgages, titles, smart property, and smart contracts
Bitcoin 3.0 is blockchain applications beyond currency, finance, and markets, particularly in the areas of government, health, science, literacy, culture, and art.
Read the article here » http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/swan20141110
Is our Sun falling silent?
Posted in astronomy, environmental
— BBC
“I’ve been a solar physicist for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything quite like this,” says Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.
He shows me recent footage captured by spacecraft that have their sights trained on our star. The Sun is revealed in exquisite detail, but its face is strangely featureless.
“If you want to go back to see when the Sun was this inactive… you’ve got to go back about 100 years,” he says.