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By Teppei Kasai and Yoshiyasu Shida — Reuters
SoftBank Corp. unveils human-like robots named 'pepper' at the company's news conference in Urayasu, east of Tokyo June 5, 2014. REUTERS-Issei Kato
(Reuters) — Japan’s SoftBank Corp said on Thursday it will start selling human-like robots for personal use by February, expanding into a sector seen key to addressing labour shortages in one of the world’s fastest ageing societies.

The robots, which the mobile phone and Internet conglomerate envisions serving as baby-sitters, nurses, emergency medical workers or even party companions, will sell for 198,000 yen ($1,900) and are capable of learning and expressing emotions, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son told a news conference.

A prototype will be deployed this week, serving customers at SoftBank mobile phone stores in Japan, he added. The sleek, waist-high robot, named Pepper, accompanied Son to the briefing, speaking to reporters in a high-pitched, boyish voice.

“People describe others as being robots because they have no emotions, no heart. For the first time in human history, we’re giving a robot a heart, emotions,” Son said.

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By Dante D’Orazio — The Verge
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Eugene Goostman seems like a typical 13-year-old Ukrainian boy — at least, that’s what a third of judges at a Turing Test competition this Saturday thought. Goostman says that he likes hamburgers and candy and that his father is a gynecologist, but it’s all a lie. This boy is a program created by computer engineers led by Russian Vladimir Veselov and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko.

That a third of judges were convinced that Goostman was a human is significant — at least 30 percent of judges must be swayed for a computer to pass the famous Turing Test. The test, created by legendary computer scientist Alan Turing in 1950, was designed to answer the question “Can machines think?” and is a well-known staple of artificial intelligence studies.

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

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In the black holes’ pull. Astronomers discover that magnetic fields in the vicinity of supermassive black holes can equal the force of gravity http://www.mpg.de/8256277/magnetic-fields_supermassive-black-holes

In the black holes’ pull Astronomers discover that magnetic fields in the vicinity of supermassive black holes http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609021814&#4…of-gravity

At the heart of the antimatter mystery http://www.mpg.de/8242689/proton_magnetic_moment

“At the heart of the antimatter mystery” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609022248&#4…er-mystery

Change of perspective in the electronic landscape http://www.mpg.de/8242301/bismuth_energy-distribution

“The conventional electronic model for metals is not valid for bismuth” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609022555&#4…or-bismuth

Environmental change leaves its footprint in the epigenome http://www.mpg.de/8238267/environment-epigenome

Environmental change leaves its footprint in the epigenome http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609022848&#4…-wild-mice

Extortioners are only temporarily successful http://www.mpg.de/8234305/extortioners-social-conduct

A game theory experiment demonstrates that people only let themselves be extorted to http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609023239&#4…d-extent-t

The pirate in the microbe. Bacteria do not move entirely randomly as they scout the surface of host cells http://www.mpg.de/8233992/motion-bacteria-tug-of-war

The pirate in the microbe Bacteria do not move entirely randomly as they scout the surface of host cells http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609023539&#4…host-cells

Outgrowing emotional egocentricity. Max Planck researchers discover a region of the brain that enables children to overcome emotional self-centeredness as they mature

http://www.mpg.de/8229113/children-emotional-egocentricity

Gamma rays from the core of active galaxies. Observations show that outbursts occur in the nuclear regions of active galaxies http://www.mpg.de/8225053/blazar-gamma-rays

Gamma rays from the core of active galaxies www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609024028–34427457-gamma-rays-from-the-core-of-active-galaxies-observations-show-that-outbursts-occur-in-the-nuclear-regions-of-active-galaxies

Rosetta’s target comet is becoming active. The scientific imaging system OSIRIS on board ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft witnesses the awakening of the mission’s target comet http://www.mpg.de/8212484/churyumov_gerasimenko_dust-coma

“Rosetta’s target comet is becoming active The scientific imaging system OSIRIS ” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609024612&#4…-s-rosetta

Birth of a star in double-quick time. Scientists observe the nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy http://www.mpg.de/8206852/star-birth-milkyway

Birth of a star in double-quick time Scientists observe the nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609024910&#4…our-galaxy

A new quantum memory on the horizon http://www.mpg.de/8202685/quantum-ion-crystal

A new quantum memory on the horizon http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609025137&#4…he-horizon

Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function http://www.mpg.de/8201201/chemicals-fertility

Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function Ultraviolet filters, preservatives, and …http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609025350&#4…y-problems

There is nothing about the Science of Complexity that you can teach the Germans. Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems http://www.mpg.de/154455/dyn_komplex_techn_systeme

Nanosats are go! Small satellites: iny satellites are changing the space business http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607205338&#4…e-business

Harvard researchers find switch that causes mature liver cells to revert back to stem cell-like state http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607210737&#4…like-state

These Are the Mining Robots That Will Colonize the Solar System http://io9.com/these-are-the-mining-robots-that-will-coloniz…aleeNewitz

“Astronomers find new type of planet: The “Mega-Earth”” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140608005255&#4…mega-earth

Heartbleed Redux: Another Gaping Wound in Web Encryption Uncovered http://www.wired.com/2014/06/heartbleed-redux-another-gaping…uncovered/

Twitter’s in Trouble. Here’s How It Can Avoid Becoming the Next AOL http://www.wired.com/2014/06/is-twitter-morphing-into-the-next-aol/

Obama: Japanese Robots ‘Were a Little Scary’ http://www.roboticstrends.com/service_healthcare/article/oba…ttle_scary

Sixth sense device allows gestures to control technology http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…ology.aspx

I am preparing a 1-day The Gravity Modification Workshop (more details here) and expect to conduct this workshop in the August-September 2014 time frame. I would like to gauge interest so if you are interested in attending pleased complete this short QuickSurveys survey https://www.quicksurveys.com/s/p6K3J informing me of your interest. This survey ends June 22 2014.

Workshop details are as follows:

Title: The Gravity Modification Workshop

Presenter: Benjamin T Solomon

Duration: 1 day

Location: Denver, CO, USA

Materials Provided: DVD of PowerPoint slides & Excel models used to discover the new physics.

Meals: Previous evening Dinner & Networking, with workshop day Breakfast & Lunch will be provided.

PC Requirements: Windows 7 or later notebooks/laptops. Note, Android, iPad & MS tablets not suitable as these won’t execute the Excel Add In

Fee: Approximately $1,000. Workshop fee to be finalized closer to date.

Brochure Link: http://www.iseti.us/pdf/(00)TheGravityModificationWorkshop(2…45;07).pdf

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 Black Bible to Extreme Omniscient Womb-to-Tomb Risk Management as per the White Swan Treatise Synthesis!: The White Swan’s Beyond Eureka and Sputnik Moments: How To Fundamentally Cope With Risks
ASIN: B00KTCVFVW http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KTCVFVW?tag=lifeboatfound-20

Improved supercapacitors for better batteries, electric vehicles http://www.kurzweilai.net/improved-supercapacitors-for-super…c-vehicles

Wires that can store energy like batteries http://www.kurzweilai.net/wires-that-can-store-energy-like-batteries

“Improved supercapacitors for better batteries, electric vehicles” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606210602&#4…c-vehicles

Wires that can store energy like batteries http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606210759&#4…-batteries

NASA’s OPALS Beams Video from Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efsA8PQmDA&feature=share

N.I.H. Seeks $4.5 Billion to Try to Crack How Brains Function http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606211355&#4…s-function

Ideal Invisibility Cloaks for Visible Light in Diffusive Media / Simple Setup Produces Surprising Results http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2014_15233.php

Space Robot Performs Surgery on Itself http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606212724&#4…-on-itself

MIT Develops Wearable Robotic Arms Robotic arms could open a door while .… http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606212916&#4…-real-arms

Can virtual reality therapy help alleviate chronic pain? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606215441&#4…ronic-pain

Earth Has a New Class of Rocks – Plastiglomerates http://www.21stcentech.com/earth-class-rocks-plastiglomerates/

This ‘connected car’ comes with gesture control and Wi-Fi — and it knows if you’re drunk http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/this-connected-car-comes-w…ure-drunk/

The Hidden Winners Behind Apple Inc’s HomeKit http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606215142&#4…-s-homekit

The Chief Of Microsoft Research On Big Ideas, Failure, And Its New Skunkworks Group http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607004133&#4…orks-group

The Chief Of Microsoft Research On Big Ideas, Failure, And Its New Skunkworks Group www.fastcoexist.com/3030164/the-chief-of-microsoft-research-…orks-group

How to be agile with your big data http://ht.ly/xv8wb

Data science vs the hunch: What happens when the figures contradict your gut instinct? www.zdnet.com/data-science-vs-the-hunch-what-happens-when-th…000030289/

How to be agile with your big data Agile methodology brings flexibility to the EDW and .…. http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607004703&#4…th-existin

Data science vs the hunch: What happens when the figures contradict your gut instinct? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607004831&#4…t-instinct

Mathematicians Urge Colleagues To Refuse To Work For The NSA http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607005210&#4…or-the-nsa

SEO And Other Web Marketing Techniques: Tools Or Tricks? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607005404&#4…-or-tricks

FORBES IS EXTREMELY WRONG: Five Reasons China Won’t Be A Big Threat To America’s Global Power http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607010051&#4…obal-power

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

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Imagine a future in which wireless electricity makes everyday products more convenient, reliable, and environmentally friendly. http://www.witricity.com/

Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-fasting-triggers…ation.html

Made to Order: Healthcare & The State of 3D Printing http://www.worrell.com/newmagazine/uncategorized/2014/made-t…d-printing

The Mission to Bring Google’s AI to the Rest of the World http://www.wired.com/2014/06/skymind-deep-learning/?utm_cont…ign=buffer

UN says half of world’s forest species are at risk, calls for ‘urgent action’ http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/140603/un-sa…ent-action

Traces of another world found on the Moon http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27688511

Doctors can now 3D-print blood vessels http://www.eutimes.net/2014/06/doctors-can-now-3d-print-blood-vessels/

Many people swear by the so-called spelunker’s illusion, in which they think they can see their own hands moving even in the total absence of light. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/synesthesia-helps-…A_Facebook

Putin Planning To Release Evidence Exposing 9/11 As An Inside Job http://www.eutimes.net/2014/06/putin-planning-to-release-evi…nside-job/

The Overt Future, Today! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606014208&#4…ture-today

Simpletons relish Insurance-Mired Risk Unmanegement and they accuse the events to be a black swan. Faulty Blowout Preventer Contributed to Deadly BP Spill in Gulf of Mexico http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faulty-blowout-pre…of-mexico/

Ask Einstein why your Superpower is being beaten by Asians and Euro-Asians? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606025253&#4…uro-Asians

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

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One may be warm enough to have liquid water http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604213027&#4…iscover-tw

First fully 2D field-effect transistor – May lead to faster electronic devices http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604234810&#4…ic-devices

Hubble captures most comprehensive picture ever of the Universe http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604235234&#4…e-universe

A tool to make the Internet of Things safer, Really? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604235605&#4…fer-really

“Electrical ‘mind control’ shown in primates for first time ‘Free choice’ in primates .…” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604235923&#4…timulation

Why India Will be Superpower # 1 or #2 and the EU Superpower #6 or #7? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605004130&#4…wer-6-or-7

Germany’s first waste-free supermarket about to open its doors http://www.gizmag.com/original-unverpackt-germany-waste-free-supermarket/32376/

Astronomers discover two new worlds orbiting ancient star next door: One may be warm enough to have liquid water http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140603194011.htm

Astronomers discover two new worlds orbiting ancient star next door: One may be warm enough to have liquid water http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605010249&#4…quid-water

REALLY? Develop tool to make the Internet of Things safer http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605010524&#4…ings-safer

“Antimatter atoms yield high-precision measurement If antihydrogen has an electric charge, it’s too small to measure — so far” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605010725&#4…ure-so-far

The Most Important Technology Trend Of 2014 http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605011046&#4…nd-of-2014

Will China Follow the U.S. in National Carbon Cap? http://www.21stcentech.com/china-follow-u-s-national-carbon-cap/

The Future of Extreme Space-Age Risk Management, Today! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605035515&#4…ment-today

The Most Important Technology Trend Of 2014
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605011046&#4…eader-card

The Next Giant Chinese City Will Float In The Ocean http://www.fastcoexist.com/3031143/the-next-giant-chinese-ci…newsletter

Ultimate White Swan Update http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605040922&#4…wan-update
How To Create A Culture of Innovation http://www.fastcompany.com/3031092/how-to-create-a-culture-o…ign=buffer

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Self-assembling printable robotic components http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603202248&#4…components

Affordable precision 3D printing for pros http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603202709&#4…g-for-pros

“Climate Change Response is the Talk of the Day But Where’s the Action?” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603203637&#4…the-action

Is 2014 the Year We Hit the Technology Tipping Point? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603204150&#4…ping-point

Samsung and Artificial Intelligence. Get ready for the SuperCloud! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603205303&#4…supercloud

Randomness Versus Pseudo-Randomness http://www.amazon.com/Randomness-Versus-Pseudo-Randomness-Wh…s+agostini

Haphazardness Vs. Pseudo-Haphazardness www.amazon.com/Haphazardness-Versus-Pseudo-Haphazardness-Whi…s+agostini

Recursiveness Versus Pseudo-recursiveness www.amazon.com/Recursiveness-Versus-Pseudo-recursiveness-Whi…s+agostini

Fortuitousness Vs. Pseudo-fortuitousness www.amazon.com/Fortuitousness-Versus-Pseudo-fortuitousness-W…s+agostini

Mishaps Versus Pseudo-Mishaps http://www.amazon.com/Mishaps-Versus-Pseudo-Mishaps-White-Sw…s+agostini

“Disrupting Every Black and Gray Swan, Now!” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603214954&#4…y-swan-now

How Digital Currency Could End Corruption in Afghanistan http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604003753&#4…fghanistan

Driverless Cars: Optional by 2024, Mandatory by 2044 http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604004743&#4…ry-by-2044

The E-Commerce Opportunity in Consumer Goods http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604022004&#4…umer-goods

Mars Ahead? SpaceX Unveils Dragon V2 Capsule for Astronaut Trips http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604022820&#4…naut-trips

Unstoppable Strong Artificial Intelligence: How Smart Houses And Big Data Will Change Real Estate Economics? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604023602&#4…-economics

“Another rude awakening for millennials” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604024135&#4…illennials

“How virtual reality could save your life during a disaster” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604024535&#4…a-disaster

“LA Optometrist Selling Google Glass Says Interest Is “Huge”” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604025350&#4…st-is-huge

“China wakes up to its water crisis More than 70 per cent of China’s rivers and lakes” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604025908&#4…-and-lakes

“Bitcoin Price Increase Slows to a Halt” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604030330&#4…-to-a-halt

Extreme Engineering Management www.amazon.com/Extreme-Engineering-Management-XEM-Proprietar…s+agostini

“The Black Book to Today’s Strong Artificial Intelligence” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604034917&#4…telligence

If you don’t get the rate of techno-change, you self-replicating omnibot will spell it out for you! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604035841&#4…ut-for-you