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\nFUTURISM UPDATE (September 19, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n

WALL STREET JOURNAL: It\u2019s Time to Take Artificial Intelligence Seriously. No Longer an Academic Curiosity, It Now Has Measurable Impact on Our Lives http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/its-time-to-take-artificial-i\u20261408922644<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue Origin to Replace Russia\u2019s RD-180 for U.S. Rocket Flights http:\/\/www.21stcentech.com\/blue-origin-replace-russias-rd-18\u2026t-flights\/<\/a><\/p>\n

CBSNEWS: Popular Science picks best inventions for 2014 http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/popular-science-picks-best-inventions-for-2014\/<\/a><\/p>\n

BUSINESS INSIDER: World Bank: Economic Impact Of Ebola Outbreak Could Be \u2018Catastrophic\u2019 http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/world-bank-ebola-could-be-cat\u2026z3Di1nviFA<\/a><\/p>\n

BUSINESS INSIDER: A Declassified CIA Paper Shows How Close The US And The Soviets Really Came To War In 1983 http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-close-the-us-and-the-sovi\u2026z3Di2QFSAu<\/a><\/p>\n

BUSINESS INSIDER: Scientists Have Detected A New Stellar Explosion That Might Be A Supernova http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/supernova-candidate-explosion\u2026z3Di2pCdGE<\/a><\/p>\n

THE ECONOMIST: The rise and rise of Xi Jinping. Xi who must be obeyed www.economist.com\/news\/leaders\/21618780-most-powerful-and-po\u2026-wisely-xi<\/a><\/p>\n

KAI: Capturing the motion of a single molecule in real time as it oscillates from one quantum state to another http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/capturing-the-motion-of-a-single-m\u2026to-another<\/a><\/p>\n

KAI: Measuring the motion patterns of bacteria in real time http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/and-so-they-beat-on-flagella-against-the-cantilever<\/a><\/p>\n

KAI: Twisting radio beams to transmit ultra-high-speed data http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/twisting-radio-beams-to-transmit-ultra-high-speed-data<\/a><\/p>\n

NATURE: Machine learning approaches to genomics http:\/\/www.nature.com\/encode\/threads\/machine-learning-approaches-to-genomics<\/a><\/p>\n

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE: Intelligent Systems: Perception \u2014 Action \u2014 Learning http:\/\/www.is.mpg.de\/research<\/a><\/p>\n

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE: Machine Learning \u2014 Pioneering Research Network http:\/\/www.is.mpg.de\/15591077\/Maschinen-das-Lernen-lehren<\/a><\/p>\n

WIRED: A Military-Grade Drone That Can Be Printed Anywhere http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/09\/military-grade-drone-can-printe\u2026=social_fb<\/a><\/p>\n

REUTERS: Alibaba IPO prices at top of range, raising $21.8 billion http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/18\/us-alibaba-ipo-idUSKBN0HD2CO20140918<\/a><\/p>\n

REUTERS: SAP agrees to buy expense software maker Concur for $7.3 billion http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/18\/us-concur-tech-sap\u2026N220140918<\/a><\/p>\n

REUTERS: Qualcomm shows off robot technology, but mum on China dispute http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/18\/us-qualcomm-robots\u2026LA20140918<\/a><\/p>\n

BLOOMBERG: Alibaba Overtakes Amazon as Most Highly Valued Online Retailer http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-18\/alibaba-ove\u2026ailer.html<\/a><\/p>\n

FORBES: FDA Approves Lilly\u2019s Once-Weekly Shot For Diabetes http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/larryhusten\/2014\/09\/18\/fda-appro\u2026um=twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

FAST COMPANY: WHAT PAYPAL\u2019S VP OF TECHNOLOGY LEARNED FROM FACING ADVERSITY http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3035876\/strong-female-lead\/what-p\u2026-adversity<\/a><\/p>\n

THE ECONOMIST: MANAGEMENT thinkers have paid surprisingly little attention to how Chinese firms are run. http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21616974-chinese-mana\u2026china_wave<\/a><\/p>\n

FINANCIAL TIMES: Lotus to cut workforce by more than a quarter http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/00758d68-3f51-11e4-984\u2026z3Dinet9ol<\/a><\/p>\n

AMERICAN SCIENTIST: Computers get faster every year, but Seth Lloyd thinks he has the limit finally in sight. http:\/\/www.americanscientist.org\/bookshelf\/pub\/seth-lloyd<\/a><\/p>\n

IEEE Spectrum: Wine Critics Watch Out: Artificial Tongues Are Getting Better http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/nanoclast\/biomedical\/devices\/pucker\u2026sting-test<\/a><\/p>\n

SCIENCE DAILY: First blood test to diagnose depression in adults http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/09\/140917121229.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

PHYS ORG: Spacesuits of the future may resemble a streamlined second skin http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-09-spacesuits-future-resemble-skin.html<\/a><\/p>\n

PHYS ORG: World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100 http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-09-world-population-century-billion.html<\/a><\/p>\n

ENGINEERING: Airbus Patents a VRHelmet to Make Flying LessAgonizing www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\/Articl\u2026izing.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

ENGINEERING: Harvard Awarded DARPA Exosuit Contract http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\u2026tract.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE: New 3D-image modelling technology enables anyone to have a 3D digital doppelg\u00e4nger http:\/\/www.mpg.de\/7975368\/bodylab-3D-modelling-technology<\/a><\/p>\n

THE ATLANTIC: What Happens When We All Live to 100? http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/features\/archive\/2014\/09\/what-hap\u202600\/379338\/<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW SCIENTIST: Quantum internet could keep us safe from spying eyes http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22329873.000-quantum-i\u2026BuhfhYb8mw<\/a><\/p>\n

NATURE: Need an organ? Just print some stem cells in 3D http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21729035.600-need-an-o\u2026BuiUxYb8mw<\/a><\/p>\n

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: 3-D Printing for the Masses. A rapid-prototyping service opens up technology to hobbyists and designers. http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/410536\/3-d-printing-for-the-masses\/<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW YORKER: Does Silicon Valley Have a Contract-Worker Problem? http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2014\/09\/silicon-valleys\u2026iggtwitter<\/a><\/p>\n

STANFORD UNIVERSITY: 3-D printing creates murky product liability issues, Stanford scholar says http:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/news\/2013\/december\/3d-legal-issues-121213.html<\/a><\/p>\n

REUTERS: Home Depot breach bigger than Target at 56 million cards http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/18\/us-home-depot-data\u2026J420140918<\/a><\/p>\n

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia\u2019s Gas Supply Cuts to Europe Bolster Gazprom\u2019s Bargaining Power http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/russia-s-gas-\u202607397.html<\/a><\/p>\n

MOSCOW TIMES: Anti-Aircraft Missile Lands Near Chita http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/anti-aircraft-mis\u202607391.html<\/a><\/p>\n

DER SPIEGEL: Germany\u2019s Ailing Infrastructure: A Nation Slowly Crumbles http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/low-german-infra\u202690903.html<\/a><\/p>\n

THE ECONOMIST: Self-driving cars. Coming to a street near you. http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business-and-finance\/21618531-\u2026t_near_you<\/a><\/p>\n

www.3ders.org:<\/a> NASA to grow 3D printed space wood http:\/\/www.3ders.org\/articles\/20140210-nasa-to-3d-print-wood-in-space.html<\/a><\/p>\n

CNN: The next frontier in 3-D printing: Human organs http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/04\/03\/tech\/innovation\/3-d-printing-human-organs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Flying High. The Improbable Rise of the Gulf Airlines http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/142000\/jim-krane\/flying-high<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The End of Swedish Exceptionalism. Why the Elections Mark a New Era for Politics http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/141998\/bo-rothstein\/t\u2026ptionalism<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The End of Swedish Exceptionalism. Why the Elections Mark a New Era for Politics http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/141998\/bo-rothstein\/t\u2026ptionalism<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Europe\u2019s Jewish Problem. The Misunderstood Rise of European Anti-Semitism http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/141990\/yascha-mounk\/e\u2026sh-problem<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Europe\u2019s Jewish Problem. The Misunderstood Rise of European Anti-Semitism http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/141990\/yascha-mounk\/e\u2026sh-problem<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN POLICY: Hammered by the West, Putin Turns East. Russia and China are close to another mammoth natural gas deal that could reshape the world\u2019s energy map. http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/18\/hammered_by\u2026_gas_altai<\/a><\/p>\n

_____________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Mr. Andres Agostini<\/strong>
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