{"id":12567,"date":"2014-10-03T17:12:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T00:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=12567"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:28:15","slug":"futurism-update-october-04-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/futurism-update-october-04-2014","title":{"rendered":"FUTURISM UPDATE (October 04, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FUTURISM UPDATE (October 04, 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>DEFENSE SYSTEMS: Pentagon launches Insider Threat Program <a href=\"http:\/\/defensesystems.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/02\/dod-insider-threat-program.aspx\">http:\/\/defensesystems.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/02\/dod-insider-threat-program.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON POST: Why quarantines won\u2019t stop Ebola from spreading in the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2014\/10\/03\/why-quarantines-wont-stop-ebola-from-spreading-in-the-u-s\/\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2014\/10\/03\/w\u2026n-the-u-s\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goldman Sachs: The Internet Of Things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/our-thinking\/outlook\/iot-infographic.html?cid=tw-pa-iot-7\">http:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/our-thinking\/outlook\/iot-infogra\u2026w-pa-iot-7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FASTCOMPANY: NEXT UP FOR FACEBOOK: HEALTH CARE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3036654\/healthware\/next-up-for-facebook-health-care\">http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3036654\/healthware\/next-up-for-facebook-health-care<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ACCENTURE: STATS | Chinese Consumers Embrace eCommerce on a Regular Basis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accenture.com\/us-en\/Pages\/insight-stats-cgs-chinese-consumers-embrace-ecommerce-regular-basis.aspx?c=prod_cgstwt_10000219&amp;n=smc_0514#sf30966011\">http:\/\/www.accenture.com\/us-en\/Pages\/insight-stats-cgs-chine\u2026sf30966011<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN MONEY: GM stops sales of new pickups, recalls 524K cars <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/10\/03\/autos\/gm-recall\/index.html?iid=SF_BN_River\">http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/10\/03\/autos\/gm-recall\/index.html?iid=SF_BN_River<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK: Peter Thiel Wants to Make Hackers Into Heroes <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2014\/10\/peter-thiel-wants-to-make-hackers-into-heroes.html?mid=twitter_nymag\">http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2014\/10\/peter-thiel-wan\u2026tter_nymag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: JPMorgan Chase Hack: Ways to Protect Yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/04\/your-money\/jpmorgan-chase-hack-ways-to-protect-yourself.html?smid=tw-nytimesbits&amp;_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/04\/your-money\/jpmorgan-chase-\u2026s&amp;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Why Does Bernanke Want a Mortgage, Anyway? Low Rates and Tax Breaks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-10-03\/why-does-bernanke-want-mortgage-low-rates-and-tax-breaks.html?hootPostID=df8d583d9f62e25b9d52e93730fa1c1f\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-10-03\/why-does-be\u20263730fa1c1f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE TELEGRAPH: The first baby has been born following a womb transplant. The first baby has been born following a womb transplant, the Telegraph had learned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/11139991\/The-first-baby-has-been-born-following-a-womb-transplant.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/11139991\/The-fi\u2026plant.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIGAOM: IBM rolls out new server with help from Nvidia and the OpenPower Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/10\/02\/ibm-rolls-out-new-server-with-help-from-nvidia-and-the-openpower-foundation-2\/\">https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/10\/02\/ibm-rolls-out-new-server-with-\u2026ndation-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: Expert: Basic Hacks Can Compromise Industrial Control Systems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690552\/security0\/expert-basic-hacks-can-compromise-industrial-control-systems.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690552\/security0\/expert-basic-ha\u2026stems.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: Microsoft\u2019s New Sway Tool Blends Office Apps Into a Platform for Presenting Ideas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690356\/microsoft-office\/microsofts-new-sway-tool-blends-office-apps-into-a-platform-for-presenting-ideas.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690356\/microsoft-office\/microsof\u2026ideas.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENTREPRENEUR: FBI to Apple, Google: Your New Privacy Policies Are Making People Less Safe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/237862\">http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/237862<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Understand what metadata is, why it matters and how it can help you monetize your content <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/content-service\/metadatawp\/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=SU&amp;utm_content=metadatawp&amp;utm_campaign=SU-textnophot\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/content-service\/metadatawp\/?utm_sou\u2026textnophot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Planning to fail: How mistakes can help your business <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdc.ca\/EN\/small-business-week\/Pages\/how-mistakes-can-help-your-business.html?utm_source=linkedin.com&amp;utm_medium=socialmedia&amp;utm_campaign=sbw2014\">http:\/\/www.bdc.ca\/EN\/small-business-week\/Pages\/how-mistakes-\u2026gn=sbw2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IEEE Spectrum: Process for Producing Layered 2-D Materials Determines Their Electronic Properties <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ddDnCkr\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ddDnCkr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FRANCE 24: Heads roll in Spain bank scandal implicating ex-IMF chief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20141003-heads-roll-spain-bank-scandal-implicating-ex-imf-chief\/?aef_campaign_date=2014-10-03&amp;aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&amp;ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&amp;ns_linkname=editorial&amp;ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_source=twitter\">http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20141003-heads-roll-spain-bank-sc\u2026ce=twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAHOO FINANCE: How self-made are today\u2019s billionaires? <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/self-made-todays-billionaires-173541975.html\">http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/self-made-todays-billionaires-173541975.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PC: 4.4 Billion Worldwide Lack Net Access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0\">http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0<\/a>,2817,2469764,00.asp<\/p>\n<p>COMPUTERWORLD: Solar power on track to be world\u2019s largest electricity source by 2050 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2691389\/solar-power-on-track-to-be-worlds-largest-electricity-source-by-2050.html\">www.computerworld.com\/article\/2691389\/solar-power-on-track-t\u2026-2050.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>INC: Less than 3 percent of companies that received venture capital funding have women CEOs, according to the study. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/associated-press\/women-led-businesses-get-little-venture-capital.html?cid=sf01001\">http:\/\/www.inc.com\/associated-press\/women-led-businesses-get\u2026id=sf01001<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BBC: The expert guide to space colonies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20141002-time-to-plan-a-space-colony\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20141002-time-to-plan-a-space-colony<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huffington Post: Cybernetic Synthetic Biology And The Internet of Living Things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/lee-cronin\/cybernetic-synthetic-biol_b_5914644.html?utm_hp_ref=tw\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/lee-cronin\/cybernetic-syntheti\u2026_hp_ref=tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NANO WERK: \u2018Stealth\u2019 nanoparticles could improve cancer vaccines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowerk.com\/nanotechnology-news\/newsid=37594.php\">http:\/\/www.nanowerk.com\/nanotechnology-news\/newsid=37594.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3#D PRINT: NovaCopy to Distribute All 3D Systems ProX 3D Metal Printers <a href=\"http:\/\/3dprint.com\/15051\/novacopy-3d-systems-printers\/\">http:\/\/3dprint.com\/15051\/novacopy-3d-systems-printers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What the US Navy can learn from jellyfish. Researchers at Caltech are studying natural fuel efficiency of the underwater creatures. <a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/watch\/shows\/techknow\/articles\/2014\/6\/12\/what-the-us-navycanlearnfromjellyfish.html\">http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/watch\/shows\/techknow\/articles\/2\u2026yfish.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FAST COMPANY: How The \u201cInternet Of Things\u201d Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/biomimicry\/how-the-internet-of-things-is-turning-cities-into-organisms\">http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/biomimicry\/how-the-internet-of-th\u2026-organisms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MAKEZINE: The Internet of Living Things <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2013\/03\/04\/the-internet-of-living-things\/\">http:\/\/makezine.com\/2013\/03\/04\/the-internet-of-living-things\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: LinkedIn\u2019s New \u2018SlideShare\u2019 App is a Presentation Library for iOS 8 Devices <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690881\/mobile-apps\/linkedins-new-slideshare-app-is-a-presentation-library-for-ios-8.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690881\/mobile-apps\/linkedins-new\u2026ios-8.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LINKEDIN: \u201cSorry, Simplicity is not Omnipresent and Ubiquitous!\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/article\/20141003224230-34427457-sorry-simplicity-is-not-omnipresent-and-ubiquitous\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/article\/20141003224230-344\u2026ubiquitous<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RT: Russia completes ratification of Eurasian Economic Union, as Putin signs law <a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/business\/192956-russia-putin-law-economicunion\/\">http:\/\/rt.com\/business\/192956-russia-putin-law-economicunion\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENGADGET: The Tah Bluetooth stick lets you control (almost) anything with a smartphone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/10\/03\/tah-bluetooth-arduino-board\/\">http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/10\/03\/tah-bluetooth-arduino-board\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YAHOO FINANCE: The World\u2019s 2,325 Billionaires Have These 14 Traits In Common <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/14-mind-blowing-facts-worlds-204640399.html\">http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/14-mind-blowing-facts-worlds-204640399.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shutting Down Cancer by Understanding its Communication System <a href=\"http:\/\/www.21stcentech.com\/shutting-cancer-matter-understanding-communication-system\/\">http:\/\/www.21stcentech.com\/shutting-cancer-matter-understand\u2026on-system\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: Researchers Hope to Diagnose Deadly Ebola Virus with Nanotech <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690794\/health\/researchers-hope-to-diagnose-deadly-ebola-virus-with-nanotech.html\">http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2690794\/health\/researchers-hope-t\u2026otech.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BROOKINGS: The Reasons Why Trade Clearly Matters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/podcasts\/2014\/10\/trade-clearly-matters\">http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/podcasts\/2014\/10\/trade-clearly-matters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article) <\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.LINKEDIN.com\/in\/andresagostini' rel='nofollow'>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 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