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Nov 27, 2017
Meeting Directors’ Demands for Information — By Chris Schmidt | CFO
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: finance, governance
“After decades of investing in finance, treasury, and risk management systems, why are some CFOs still not able to meet their boards’ expectations for information and insights?”
Nov 27, 2017
The craze for ethical investment has reached Japan — The Economist
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: finance
“In 2014–16 funds invested in ESG assets grew faster in Japan than anywhere else (and not just because of better reporting and a low base).”
Nov 27, 2017
A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid — By Karen J. Meech et. al. | Nature
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: cosmology
“Imminent upgrades to contemporary asteroid survey instruments and improved data processing techniques are likely to produce more interstellar objects in the upcoming years.”
Nov 27, 2017
U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman’s Anniversary Message
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, policy, transhumanism
Some anniversary info from the Transhumanist Party, which I founded a few years back. This growing political party—under new leadership now—continues to prove important and inspiring. Congratulations to all those who have helped it forward! http://transhumanist-party.org/2017/11/25/ustp-chairman-anniversary/ #transhumanism
Gennady Stolyarov II
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Nov 27, 2017
Older men need more protein to maintain muscles
Posted by Ian Hale in category: life extension
The amount of protein recommended by international guidelines is not sufficient to maintain muscle size and strength in older men, according to a new study.
Researchers say their findings mean older men should aim to have high quality protein at every meal.
The size of our skeletal muscles – the muscles we use to move our body – and our ability to perform everyday tasks naturally decline with age from the around the fifth decade. Severe muscle loss can lead to frailty, loss of independence and a greater risk of dying.
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Nov 27, 2017
If We Let China or Russia Win the Artificial Intelligence Race, We’re ‘SOL’ – Mark Cuban
Posted by Müslüm Yildiz in categories: business, finance, internet, robotics/AI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hOTBtCz_l4A
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban has seen a ton of change since he first got in the technology business in 1982, but he argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to “change everything, 180 degrees.”
He warns that if the U.S. allows other countries to take the lead in AI, then it’ll be “SOL,” an acronym that employs profanity to communicate urgency.
Nov 27, 2017
Could ghost imaging spy satellite be a game changer for Chinese military?
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: military, quantum physics, space
Quantum ghost imaging can achieve unprecedented sensitivity by detecting not just the extremely small amount of light straying off a dim target, but also its interactions with other light in the surrounding environment to obtain more information than traditional methods.
A satellite equipped with the new quantum sensor would be able to identify and track targets that are currently invisible from space, such as stealth bombers taking off at night, according to researchers.
Scientists are developing a probe to track stealth bombers at night.
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Nov 26, 2017
Russian Weapons Maker To Build AI-Directed Guns
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: government, military, robotics/AI
Kalashnikov’s upcoming product shows how the US and Russia are on wildly different paths to autonomy.
The maker of the famous AK −47 rifle is building “a range of products based on neural networks,” including a “fully automated combat module” that can identify and shoot at its targets. That’s what Kalashnikov spokeswoman Sofiya Ivanova told TASS, a Russian government information agency last week. It’s the latest illustration of how the U.S. and Russia differ as they develop artificial intelligence and robotics for warfare.
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Nov 26, 2017
Bali volcano shuts down flights, sends residents scurrying to safety
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: transportation
This one and one in iceland! wow!
Volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have prompted officials to cancel flights and move about 24,000 residents out of the way as a thick ash cloud from Mount Agung, thousands of meters high, drifts east and southeast along the archipelago.
Residents were evacuated from 224 points around the island while Lombok International Airport on Pulau Lombok, the island due east of Bali, has closed temporarily, said Ari Ahsan, spokesman for Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.
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