{"id":12541,"date":"2014-09-29T22:19:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=12541"},"modified":"2017-04-25T04:12:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T11:12:06","slug":"futurism-update-september-30-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/futurism-update-september-30-2014","title":{"rendered":"FUTURISM UPDATE (September 30, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FUTURISM UPDATE (September 30, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/0-a-Y-E-L-L-O-W.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LIVE SCIENCE: Higgs Boson to the World Wide Web: 7 Big Discoveries Made at CERN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/48052-cern-anniversary-big-discoveries.html\">http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/48052-cern-anniversary-big-discoveries.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3-D PRINT: NYC Engineer 3D Prints a Mechanical Computer, The Turbo Entabulator <a href=\"http:\/\/3dprint.com\/16795\/3d-printed-computer\/\">http:\/\/3dprint.com\/16795\/3d-printed-computer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>STATE OF THE GLOBE: World\u2019s First Wearable Drone Takes Flight <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofglobe.com\/2014\/09\/28\/worlds-first-wearable-drone-takes-flight\/\">http:\/\/stateofglobe.com\/2014\/09\/28\/worlds-first-wearable-drone-takes-flight\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>STATE OF THE GLOBE: 12 Ways to Measure the Bitcoin Network\u2019s Health <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofglobe.com\/2014\/09\/28\/12-ways-to-measure-the-bitcoin-networks-health\/\">http:\/\/stateofglobe.com\/2014\/09\/28\/12-ways-to-measure-the-bi\u2026ks-health\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORTUNE: Why Amazon\u2019s Fire phone failed <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2014\/09\/29\/why-amazons-fire-phone-failed\/?utm_content=buffer8967b&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">http:\/\/fortune.com\/2014\/09\/29\/why-amazons-fire-phone-failed\/\u2026ign=buffer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REUTERS: Vista Equity to buy Tibco Software for $4.3 billion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/29\/us-tibco-software-m-a-vistaequity-idUSKCN0HO11Y20140929\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/29\/us-tibco-software-\u20261Y20140929<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Calls for Joint Effort With U.S. to Fight Islamic State <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/russia-calls-for-joint-effort-with-u-s-to-fight-islamic-state\/507990.html\">http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/russia-calls-for-\u202607990.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DER SPIEGEL: The Caliphate Next Door: Turkey Faces Up to its Islamic State Problem <a href='http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/islamic-state-jihadist-activity-in-northern-syria-forces-turkey-hand-a-994392.html' rel='nofollow'>www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/islamic-state-jihadist-ac\u202694392.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DER SPIEGEL: Finnish Prime Minister: \u2018Moscow Is Provoking a Number of Its Neighbors\u2019 <a href='http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/finnish-prime-minister-discusses-possible-nato-membership-a-994356.html' rel='nofollow'>www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/finnish-prime-minister-d\u202694356.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Leaders Indicating. Why Markets Now Use Politics to Predict Economics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/141849\/ruchir-sharma\/leaders-indicating\">http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/141849\/ruchir-sharma\/leaders-indicating<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOREIGN POLICY: Obama\u2019s Islamic State Blame Game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/29\/obamas_islamic_state_blame_game\">http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/29\/obamas_islamic_state_blame_game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VENTURE BEAT: FireChat gets embraced by Hong Kong protesters, plans for verified usernames and encryption <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2014\/09\/29\/china-blocked-instagram-so-protesters-turn-to-firechat\/\">http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2014\/09\/29\/china-blocked-instagram-so\u2026-firechat\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Cyberwar: Not if. Not when. Now. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/cyberwar-not-if.-not-when.-now.\/article\/2553470\">http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/cyberwar-not-if.-not-when.-now.\/article\/2553470<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: VoIP Phone Systems at Risk of Shellshock Bash Attacks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2687830\/voice-over-ip\/voip-phone-systems-at-risk-of-shellshock-bash-attacks.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2687830\/voice-over-ip\/voip-phone-\u2026tacks.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: How Social Media Can Influence High-Stakes Business Decisions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2686973\/social-media\/how-social-media-can-influence-high-stakes-business-decisions.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2686973\/social-media\/how-social-m\u2026sions.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: IT Leaders Aren\u2019t All Coming From Tech <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2687205\/careers-staffing\/it-leaders-arent-all-coming-from-tech.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2687205\/careers-staffing\/it-leade\u2026-tech.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: \u2018Greener,\u2019 low-cost transistor heralds advance in flexible electronics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/greener-low-cost-transistor-heralds-advance-in-flexible-electronics\">http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/greener-low-cost-transistor-herald\u2026lectronics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: Turning the Moon into a giant cosmic ray detector <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/turning-the-moon-into-a-giant-cosmic-ray-detector\">http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/turning-the-moon-into-a-giant-cosmic-ray-detector<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: Ultra-low-energy-consuming transistors and circuits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/ultra-low-energy-consuming-transistors-and-circuits\">http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/ultra-low-energy-consuming-transistors-and-circuits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE GUARDIAN: What is the \u2018Google tax\u2019? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2014\/sep\/29\/what-is-google-tax-george-osborne\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2014\/sep\/29\/what-is-goog\u2026ge-osborne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE GUARDIAN: Bitcoin goes mainstream: Circle\u2019s payments make cryptocurrencies easy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/sep\/29\/bitcoin-circle-cryptocurrency-jeremy-allaire\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/sep\/29\/bitcoin-ci\u2026my-allaire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: HP Unveils Moonshot Servers Based on ARM Technology <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/hp-unveils-moonshot-servers-based-on-arm-technology.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/hp-unveils-\u2026ology.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Oracle Cloud to Match <a href=\"http:\/\/Amazon.com\">Amazon.com<\/a>\u2019s Pricing, Ellison Says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/oracle-cloud-to-match-amazon-com-s-pricing-ellison-says.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/oracle-clou\u2026-says.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Billionaire Ma Says Alibaba Works With China on Security <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/billionaire-ma-says-alibaba-works-with-china-on-security.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/billionaire\u2026urity.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAHOO NEWS: WATCH: FAA Approves Drone Use for Domestic TV and Movie Production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/tech\/this-is-the-first-time-the-faa-has-allowed-the-98493565419.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/tech\/this-is-the-first-time-the-faa-ha\u202665419.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAHOO NEWS: Protest over contract award to delay work on NASA space taxi <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/protest-over-contract-award-delay-nasa-space-taxi-001104138--finance.html\">http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/protest-over-contract-award-delay-nasa\u2026nance.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAHOO NEWS: Global wildlife populations down by half since 1970: WWF <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/global-wildlife-populations-down-half-since-1970-wwf-223218673.html\">http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/global-wildlife-populations-down-half-\u202618673.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAHOO NEWS: Sierra Nevada challenges NASA \u2018space taxi\u2019 contracts to Boeing, SpaceX <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/sierra-nevada-challenges-nasa-space-taxi-contracts-boeing-152617153--finance.html\">http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/sierra-nevada-challenges-nasa-space-ta\u2026nance.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: Cisco: The Internet Needs More Control <a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/29\/cisco-the-internet-needs-more-control\/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;ref=technology&amp;_r=0\">http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/29\/cisco-the-internet-\u2026y&amp;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: E.U. Inquiry Into Tax Deals for Multinationals Like Apple Pushes Ahead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/30\/business\/in-tax-inquiry-involving-apple-and-starbucks-eu-pushes-forward.html?ref=technology\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/30\/business\/in-tax-inquiry-in\u2026technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: Microsoft Begins a Push Into the Polling World <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/30\/upshot\/microsoft-begins-a-push-into-the-polling-world.html?ref=technology&amp;abt=0002&amp;abg=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/30\/upshot\/microsoft-begins-a-\u2026&amp;abg=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: Tibco Software Agrees to Sell Itself to a Private Equity Firm for $4.3 Billion <a href=\"http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/29\/tibco-software-to-sell-itself-to-private-equity-firm-for-4-3-billion\/?ref=technology\">http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/29\/tibco-software-to-sel\u2026technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google Capital Makes First China Investment, Backs InnoLight <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/29\/google-capital-makes-first-china-investment-backs-innolight\/?mod=ST1\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/29\/google-capital-makes-\u2026t\/?mod=ST1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Brown Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants for Drone Surveillance <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/california-governor-vetoes-bill-requiring-warrants-for-drone-surveillance-1412007285?mod=WSJ_TechWSJD_moreTopStories\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/california-governor-vetoes-bi\u2026TopStories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENGINEERING: Police Motorcycles Go Green <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/ElectronicsDesign\/ElectronicsDesignArticles\/ArticleID\/8584\/Police-Motorcycles-Go-Green.aspx\">http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/ElectronicsDesign\/ElectronicsDesi\u2026Green.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENGINEERING: NASA Telescopes Detect Clear Skies, Water Vapor on Exoplanets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\/ArticleID\/8581\/NASA-Telescopes-Detect-Clear-Skies-Water-Vapor-on-Exoplanets.aspx\">http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\u2026anets.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENGINEERING: Underwater Robots Could Increase Port Security <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\/ArticleID\/8582\/Underwater-Robots-Could-Increase-Port-Security.aspx\">http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\u2026urity.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENGINEERING: Triton UAV Completes Cross-Country Navy Test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\/ArticleID\/8573\/Triton-UAV-Completes-Cross-Country-Navy-Test.aspx\">http:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignerEdge\/DesignerEdgeArticles\u2026-Test.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phys.org: Now hear this: Simple fluid waveguide performs spectral analysis in a manner similar to the cochlea <a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-09-simple-fluid-waveguide-spectral-analysis.html\">http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-09-simple-fluid-waveguide-spectral-analysis.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DAILY MAIL: Countdown to Mars: Nasa starts final assembly of huge rockets to test spacecraft it hopes will take man to the red planet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2774080\/Countdown-Mars-Nasa-starts-assembling-huge-rockets-needed-test-spacecraft-hopes-man-red-planet.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2774080\/Count\u2026mailonline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BUSINESS INSIDER: Here\u2019s How Apple Is Making Its New HQ \u2018The Greenest Building On The Planet\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/heres-how-apple-is-making-its-new-hq-the-greenest-building-on-the-planet-2014-9\">www.businessinsider.com\/heres-how-apple-is-making-its-new-hq\u20262014\u20139<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Has Marissa Had Enough Of This Yahoo Turnaround? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ericjackson\/2014\/09\/26\/has-marissa-had-enough-of-this-yahoo-turnaround\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ericjackson\/2014\/09\/26\/has-maris\u2026urnaround\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: Forbes 400: Richest Americans Facing Tougher Competition In China Business <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/russellflannery\/2014\/09\/29\/forbes-400-richest-americans-facing-tougher-competition-in-china-business\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/russellflannery\/2014\/09\/29\/forbe\u2026-business\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BBC: Argentina found to be in contempt of court by US judge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-29415608\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-29415608<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Toyota Faces New Unintended Acceleration Probe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/toyota-faces-u-s-inquiry-on-low-speed-surges-in-corollas.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-29\/toyota-face\u2026ollas.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: The Most Amazing PCs Of September 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antonyleather\/2014\/09\/29\/the-most-amazing-pcs-of-september-2014\/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antonyleather\/2014\/09\/29\/the-mos\u2026ium=social<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ECONOMIST: Farming in the Netherlands. Polder and wiser. Dutch farmers add sustainability to their enviable productivity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21613356-dutch-farmers-add-sustainability-their-enviable-productivity-polder-and-wiser\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21613356-dutch-farmer\u2026-and-wiser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini<\/p>\n<p>White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.LINKEDIN.com\/in\/andresagostini\">www.LINKEDIN.com\/in\/andresagostini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.AMAZON.com\/author\/agostini\">www.AMAZON.com\/author\/agostini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appearoo.com\/aagostini\">www.appearoo.com\/aagostini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com\/profile\/1649\/Andres-Agostini.html\">http:\/\/connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com\/profile\/1649\/Andres-Agostini.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndresAgostini\">@AndresAgostini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisSuccess\">@ThisSuccess<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SciCzar\">@SciCzar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURISM UPDATE (September 30, 2014) LIVE SCIENCE: Higgs Boson to the World Wide Web: 7 Big Discoveries Made at CERN http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/48052-cern-anniversary-big-discoveries.html 3-D PRINT: NYC Engineer 3D Prints a Mechanical Computer, The Turbo Entabulator http:\/\/3dprint.com\/16795\/3d-printed-computer\/ STATE OF THE GLOBE: World\u2019s First Wearable Drone Takes Flight http:\/\/stateofglobe.com\/2014\/09\/28\/worlds-first-wearable-drone-takes-flight\/ STATE OF THE GLOBE: 12 Ways to Measure the Bitcoin [\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-12541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12541","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=12541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51662,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12541\/revisions\/51662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}