{"id":12416,"date":"2014-09-24T22:35:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=12416"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:28:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:28:19","slug":"futurism-update-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/futurism-update-7","title":{"rendered":"FUTURISM UPDATE (September 25, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FUTURISM UPDATE (September 25, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a-Amazon-and-Lifeboat-1024x584.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LINKEDIN: \u201cLitmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory!\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/article\/20140924064538-34427457-litmus-testing-your-corporate-strategy-into-for-cash-victory\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/article\/20140924064538-344\u2026sh-victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FAST COMPANY: DHL Will Begin Testing Drones (Flying Robots) Deliveries On Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3036215\/fast-feed\/dhl-will-begin-testing-drone-deliveries-on-friday\">http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3036215\/fast-feed\/dhl-will-begin-\u2026-on-friday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GNC: Soft robots will go where first responders can\u2019t <a href=\"http:\/\/gcn.com\/blogs\/emerging-tech\/2014\/09\/soft-robots.aspx?s=gcntech_240914&amp;m=1\">http:\/\/gcn.com\/blogs\/emerging-tech\/2014\/09\/soft-robots.aspx?\u202614&amp;m=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>INC: What Google Looks for in New Hires <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/what-google-looks-for-in-job-candidates.html?cid=sf01001\">http:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/what-google-looks-for-in\u2026id=sf01001<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Nearly A Third Of All Female Prisoners Worldwide Are Incarcerated In The United States [Infographic] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/niallmccarthy\/2014\/09\/23\/nearly-a-third-of-all-female-prisoners-worldwide-are-incarcerated-in-the-united-states-infographic\/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/niallmccarthy\/2014\/09\/23\/nearly-\u2026ium=social<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIZMODO: Meet Google\u2019s Robot Army. It\u2019s Growing. <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-humans-guide-to-googles-many-robots-1509799897\">http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-humans-guide-to-googles-many-robots-1509799897<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DAILY MAIL: Google\u2019s robot dog \u2018Cujo\u2019 goes on patrol with the Marines as it carries up to 400lbs of their kit and weapons <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2692328\/Here-Cujo-Marines-let-Google-owned-Big-Dog-robot-live-military-trial.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2692328\/Here-\u2026trial.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. FORBES: Is Strategy Dead? 7 Reasons The Answer May Be Yes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ricksmith\/2014\/09\/22\/is-strategy-dead-7-reasons-the-answer-may-be-yes\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ricksmith\/2014\/09\/22\/is-strategy\u2026ay-be-yes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-24\/occupational-hazards-of-working-on-wall-street\">http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-24\/occ\u2026all-street<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Obama\u2019s War Isn\u2019t Bush\u2019s Mistake <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-24\/obama-s-war-isn-t-bush-s-mistake\">http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-24\/oba\u2026-s-mistake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Rich-on-Rich Warfare in U.S. Politics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-24\/rich-on-rich-warfare-in-u-s-politics\">http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-24\/ric\u2026s-politics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CSC: 3D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing [REPORT] <a href=\"http:\/\/assets1.csc.com\/innovation\/downloads\/LEF_20123DPrinting.pdf\">http:\/\/assets1.csc.com\/innovation\/downloads\/LEF_20123DPrinting.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ZDNET: UPS expands 3D printing services across US <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/ups-expands-3d-printing-services-across-us-7000033972\/\">http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/ups-expands-3d-printing-services-across-us-7000033972\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ECONOMIST: Global Markets and the world\u2019s economy, Losing momentum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/buttonwood\/2014\/09\/markets-and-economy?fsrc=scn\/tw_ec\/losing_momentum\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/buttonwood\/2014\/09\/markets-an\u2026g_momentum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FINANCIAL TIMES: Philippines swings into trade deficit <a href=\"http:\/\/on.ft.com\/1mWa7EW\">http:\/\/on.ft.com\/1mWa7EW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNBC: How 3-D printing will radically change the world <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/101638702\">http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/101638702<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: The Future Of 3D Printing And Manufacturing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rakeshsharma\/2014\/01\/15\/1255\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rakeshsharma\/2014\/01\/15\/1255\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: 3-D Printing Will Change the World <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2013\/03\/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world\/\">http:\/\/hbr.org\/2013\/03\/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google\u2019s Moonshot Chief Claims Progress on Project Loon Balloons <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/24\/googles-moonshot-chief-claims-progress-on-project-loon-balloons\/\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/24\/googles-moonshot-chie\u2026-balloons\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ECONOMIST: Tesco\u2019s accounting problems. Britain\u2019s biggest retailer is in worse trouble than previously thought. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business-and-finance\/21619783-decline-britains-biggest-retailer-has-begun-look-sai-turning-orange?fsrc=scn\/tw_ec\/turning_orange\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business-and-finance\/21619783-\u2026ing_orange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TECH COCKTAIL: 5 Experts Weigh In on the Future of 3D Printing <a href=\"http:\/\/tech.co\/future-3d-printing-2014-07\">http:\/\/tech.co\/future-3d-printing-2014-07<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REUTERS: GM compensation fund makes first offers to victims, gets more claims <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/24\/us-gm-recall-compensation-idUSKCN0HJ2DI20140924\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/24\/us-gm-recall-compe\u2026DI20140924<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REUTERS: Apple iPhone rollout marred by \u2018bendgate,\u2019 dropped cell service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/24\/us-apple-iphone-bend-idUSKCN0HJ20B20140924\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/24\/us-apple-iphone-be\u20260B20140924<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READY NASA. MOSCOW TIMES: Russia to Inject Massive New Funding Into International Space Station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/russia-to-inject-massive-new-funding-into-international-space-station\/507779.html\">http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/russia-to-inj\u202607779.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MOSCOW TIMES: Poll: Putin Seen by Russians as Highest Moral Authority <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/putin-is-top-moral-authority-for-russians-poll-shows\/507773.html\">http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/putin-is-top-mora\u202607773.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEXT GOV: FBI Plans Rapid DNA Dragnets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2014\/09\/fbi-plans-rapid-dna-dragnets\/94892\/?oref=ng-skybox\">http:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2014\/09\/fbi-plans-rapid\u2026=ng-skybox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: Need to Know Memo: A Strategic Approach to Cybersecurity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govexec.com\/technology\/2014\/06\/need-know-memo-strategic-approach-cybersecurity\/86284\/?oref=ng-earthbox\">http:\/\/www.govexec.com\/technology\/2014\/06\/need-know-memo-str\u2026g-earthbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: CDC Predicts As Many As 1.4 Million Ebola Cases by Early 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govexec.com\/defense\/2014\/09\/cdc-predicts-many-14-million-ebola-cases-early-2015\/94832\/?oref=skybox\">http:\/\/www.govexec.com\/defense\/2014\/09\/cdc-predicts-many-14-\u2026ref=skybox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Goldman Sees Topix Decline as Abe Exhausts Policy Tools <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-24\/goldman-sees-topix-decline-as-abe-exhausts-policy-tools.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-24\/goldman-see\u2026tools.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: 5 Factors That Reduce Cloud Complexity (While Increasing Security) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/putin-is-top-moral-authority-for-russians-poll-shows\/507773.html\">http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/putin-is-top-mora\u202607773.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DER SPIEGEL: The Syrian Front: Waiting to Die in Aleppo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/death-and-dying-in-aleppo-as-syria-civil-war-rages-on-a-993123.html\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/death-and-dying-in\u202693123.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DER SPIEGEL: German Central Bank Head Weidmann: \u2018The Euro Crisis Is Not Yet Behind Us\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/business\/interview-with-bundesbank-head-jens-weidmann-on-euro-crisis-and-ecb-a-993409.html\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/business\/interview-with-\u202693409.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NORWAY TODAY: Environmental activists disappointed over Norway at climate summit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/home_view.php?id=13075\">http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/home_view.php?id=13075<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HEW YORK TIMES: Exposing Hidden Bias at Google <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/25\/technology\/exposing-hidden-biases-at-google-to-improve-diversity.html?ref=technology&amp;_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/25\/technology\/exposing-hidden\u2026y&amp;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: Under New Leadership, BlackBerry Unveils the Passport, Its Newest Smartphone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/25\/technology\/under-new-leadership-blackberry-unveils-its-newest-smartphone.html?ref=technology\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/25\/technology\/under-new-leade\u2026technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NO DOPE BUT WORK. WALL STREET JOURNAL: China\u2019s Tech Factories Turn to Student Labor <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/chinas-tech-factories-turn-to-student-labor-1411572448?mod=LS1\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/chinas-tech-factories-turn-to\u202648?mod=LS1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: The U.S. Postal Service wants to deliver more groceries for <a href=\"http:\/\/Amazon.com\">Amazon.com<\/a> Inc., <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/postal-service-seeks-to-extend-grocery-deliveries-1411581993?mod=WSJ_TechWSJD_NeedToKnow\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/postal-service-seeks-to-exten\u2026NeedToKnow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I FORESEE A HUGE INTRANET FOR AND BY CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA, BRAZIL. WALL STREET JOURNAL: Russia Steps Up New Law to Control Foreign Internet Companies <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-control-foreign-internet-companies-1411574920?mod=WSJ_TechWSJD_NeedToKnow\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-co\u2026NeedToKnow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Mobile Master: KakaoTalk Creator Becomes One Of South Korea\u2019s Richest Billionaires <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ryanmac\/2014\/09\/24\/mobile-master-kakaotalk-creator-becomes-one-of-south-koreas-richest-billionaires\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ryanmac\/2014\/09\/24\/mobile-master\u2026lionaires\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Amazon Begins Contacting Developers For Secret Smart Home Projects <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/aarontilley\/2014\/09\/24\/amazon-smart-home-plans\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/aarontilley\/2014\/09\/24\/amazon-smart-home-plans\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors: Part Of America\u2019s Long-Term Energy Future? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/peterdetwiler\/2014\/09\/22\/molten-salt-nuclear-reactors-part-of-americas-long-termenergy-future\/\">www.forbes.com\/sites\/peterdetwiler\/2014\/09\/22\/molten-salt-nu\u2026gy-future\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Wal-Mart Really Wants To Be Your Bank, Retailer Launches Mobile Checking Account <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/samanthasharf\/2014\/09\/24\/wal-mart-jumps-deeper-into-banking-with-new-mobile-checking-account\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/samanthasharf\/2014\/09\/24\/wal-mar\u2026g-account\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORTUNE: General Motors appoints its first cybersecurity officer <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2014\/09\/24\/general-motors-appoints-its-first-cybersecurity-officer\/\">http:\/\/fortune.com\/2014\/09\/24\/general-motors-appoints-its-fi\u2026y-officer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Litmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20140924064538-34427457-litmus-testing-your-corporate-strategy-into-for-cash-victory\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20140924064538&amp;#\u2026sh-victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: New UHF RFID technology helps robots find household objects <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/new-uhf-rfid-technology-helps-robots-find-household-objects\">http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/new-uhf-rfid-technology-helps-robo\u2026ld-objects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: Soft robotics \u2018toolkit\u2019 features everything a budding robot-maker needs <a href=\"http:\/\/ln.is\/www.kurzweilai.net\/ERPSy\">http:\/\/ln.is\/www.kurzweilai.net\/ERPSy<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n<p>THE GUARDIAN: Russia\u2019s eavesdropping on phone calls examined by Strasbourg court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/sep\/24\/strasbourg-court-human-rights-russia-eavesdropping-texts-emails-fsb-\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/sep\/24\/strasbourg-cour\u2026mails-fsb\u2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A RESERVE-CURRENCY UNDERMINER. THE GUARDIAN: Bitcoin-mining computer company faces shutdown by US authorities <a href='http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/sep\/24\/bitcoin-mining-computer-company-faces-shutdown' rel='nofollow'>www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/sep\/24\/bitcoin-mining-co\u2026s-shutdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BUSINESS INSIDER: This Giant Solar-Powered Plane Is Going To Circumnavigate The Earth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/This-Giant-Solar-Powered-Plane-Is-Going-To-Circumnavigate-The-Earth\/articleshow\/43368438.cms\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/This-Giant-Solar-Powered-Plane\u2026368438.cms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I FEEL SORRY FOR BOEING. CNN: Airbus to help develop first supersonic business jet <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/09\/24\/travel\/airbus-supersonic-jet\/index.html?hpt=hp_c4\">http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/09\/24\/travel\/airbus-supersonic-j\u2026?hpt=hp_c4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini<br \/> White Swan Book Author<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andresagostini\">www.linkedin.com\/in\/andresagostini<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/agostini?tag=lifeboatfound-20\">www.amazon.com\/author\/agostini<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURISM UPDATE (September 25, 2014) LINKEDIN: \u201cLitmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory!\u201d by http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/article\/20140924064538-344\u2026sh-victory FAST COMPANY: DHL Will Begin Testing Drones (Flying Robots) Deliveries On Friday http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3036215\/fast-feed\/dhl-will-begin-\u2026-on-friday GNC: Soft robots will go where first responders can\u2019t http:\/\/gcn.com\/blogs\/emerging-tech\/2014\/09\/soft-robots.aspx?\u202614&amp;m=1 INC: What Google Looks for in New Hires http:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/what-google-looks-for-in\u2026id=sf01001 FORBES: Nearly A Third Of All Female Prisoners [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70043,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416\/revisions\/70043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}