{"id":12929,"date":"2014-11-23T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T03:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=12929"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:27:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:27:59","slug":"future_update_5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/future_update_5","title":{"rendered":"FUTURISM UPDATE (November 24, 2014) \u2014 Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FUTURISM UPDATE (November 24, 2014) \u2014 Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/0-Outliers-1024x842.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORBES: How Nanotechnology Is Gaining Momentum In Manufacturing <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e-VmGQV\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e-VmGQV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN: Wireless electricity? It\u2019s here <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/en_fhb2\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/en_fhb2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BBC NEWS: Scientists develop thought-controlled gene switch <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/bufvudX\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/bufvudX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIZMODO: SpaceX Is Testing Autonomous Space Rocket Landing Ships <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e_qQHg3\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e_qQHg3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huffington Post: Are Mini-Drones the Future? <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eEmUsT6\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eEmUsT6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNIVERSE TODAY: Elusive Dark Matter Could Be Detected with GPS Satellites <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ekAvNBe\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ekAvNBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EXTREME TECH: Google X reveals Project Wing, autonomous drones that can deliver things \u2018in just a minute or two\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eY9TXpR\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eY9TXpR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NATURE: Autonomous drones flock like birds. Copters can arrange in formation and coordinate flight patterns without central control. <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e-Zst7p\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e-Zst7p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FUTURE OBSERVATORY: General Motors Reportedly Launching Cars That Detect Distracted Driving <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e3Evc4Z\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e3Evc4Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIO: The Dangers of Dark Data and How to Minimize Your Exposure. Structured data, like content in a database, is relatively easy to manage. However, confidential or sensitive unstructured information \u2014 log archives and other untagged, non-inventoried data \u2014 presents a real challenge to CIOs. Find out why \u2018dark data\u2019 can be a security risk and how you can protect your organization. <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ewhWZ9K\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ewhWZ9K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Spacetime Is Not Necessarily Continuous <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eNHdcPJ\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eNHdcPJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIT NEWS: Two sensors in one. Nanoparticles that enable both MRI and fluorescent imaging could monitor cancer, other diseases. <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/evgSARt\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/evgSARt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TECH CRUNCH: Convergence In The Internet Of Things Is Priming The Tech World For A Major Cultural Shift <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ex2S8hw\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ex2S8hw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ZDNet: The myth of technology convergence <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/exE82Wf\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/exE82Wf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Risk Science Center: Framing Emerging Technologies. How do we chart a path forward toward the effective and responsible development and use of new technologies? For the next two years, the World Economic Forum Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies will be tackling this and other questions as it develops ways of supporting informed decisions on technology innovation in today\u2019s rapidly changing world. <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eYvNWXD\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eYvNWXD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NIPPON COM: Charting the Future with Big Data <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eetyPfV\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eetyPfV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic Times: US President Barack Obama has felicitated Indian-American scientist Thomas Kailath with the top presidential medal for transformative contributions to the fields of science and technology. \u201cThomas Kailath came to this country from India at the age of 22, with a research assistantship that took him to MIT, and then Stanford, where he made critical contributions in information theory and statistics, and mentored more than 100 scholars along the way,\u201d Obama said. <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eyamth8\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eyamth8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look To The Stars: Internationally renowned primatologist, Dr Jane Goodall DBE has spoken out against the suffering of primates at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (MPI) in Germany. <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ePgsjHn\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ePgsjHn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CBS Local: UC Davis Researchers Erase Specific Memories In Mice Using Pulses Of Light <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e6JjxDx\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e6JjxDx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CBS Local: UC Davis Researchers Erase Specific Memories In Mice Using Pulses Of Light <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e6JjxDx\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e6JjxDx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The Myth of the Caliphate. The Political History of an Idea <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eUVwnB9\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eUVwnB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs: Golden Rule. Why Beijing Is Buying. If China were to convert a relatively modest part of its $4 trillion foreign exchange reserves into gold, the country\u2019s currency could take on unexpected strength in today\u2019s international financial system. It would be a gamble, of course, for China to use part of its reserves to buy enough gold bullion to displace the United States from its position as the world\u2019s largest holder of monetary gold. (As of spring 2014, U.S. holdings amounted to $328 billion.) <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eWHq6tw\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eWHq6tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BUSINESS INSIDER: South Korea Is Caught Between Cheap Chinese Goods And A Plunging Japanese Yen <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ev-nE69\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ev-nE69<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phys.Org: After nuclear phase-out, Germany debates scrapping coal <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eRWWNDt\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eRWWNDt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PCWorld: As Moore\u2019s Law approaches 50, Intel\u2019s battling to keep up <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eHkUipw\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eHkUipw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FINANCIAL TIMES: Long heralded internet of things comes of age <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eVhB2th\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eVhB2th<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WEB: The Internet of Me: Creating a Personalized Web Experience <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eAdtEbX\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eAdtEbX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WIRED: The Internet of Anything: The Little Box That Hooks Your Old Car Up to the Internet <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/em8bNzc\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/em8bNzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIZMAG: Drone delivery nets could be the mailboxes of the future <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ebtm3VG\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ebtm3VG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: China Needs 1,000 Nuclear Reactors to Fulfill Its Climate Pledge <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eQgBcSd\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eQgBcSd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BUSINESS INSIDER: PUTIN: We\u2019re Stronger Than Everybody <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ehPww56\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/ehPww56<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ECONOMIST: Why heroin has made a comeback in America <a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eqbfMTQ\">http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eqbfMTQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BY 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\">http:\/\/www.LINKEDIN.com\/in\/andresagostini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.AMAZON.com\/author\/agostini\">http:\/\/www.AMAZON.com\/author\/agostini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appearoo.com\/aagostini\">http:\/\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURISM UPDATE (November 24, 2014) \u2014 Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon FORBES: How Nanotechnology Is Gaining Momentum In Manufacturing http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e-VmGQV CNN: Wireless electricity? It\u2019s here http:\/\/lnkd.in\/en_fhb2 BBC NEWS: Scientists develop thought-controlled gene switch http:\/\/lnkd.in\/bufvudX GIZMODO: SpaceX Is Testing Autonomous Space Rocket Landing Ships http:\/\/lnkd.in\/e_qQHg3 Huffington Post: Are Mini-Drones the Future? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/eEmUsT6 UNIVERSE TODAY: Elusive Dark Matter [\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-12929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929","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=12929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70002,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929\/revisions\/70002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}