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May 10, 2016

US investigates security of mobile devices

Posted by in categories: electronics, mobile phones, security

Not saying that the whole Apple situation cause this; it just odd timing.


The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have asked mobile phone carriers and manufacturers to explain how they release security updates amid mounting concerns over security vulnerabilities, the U.S. agencies said on Monday.

The agencies have written to Apple, AT&T and Alphabet, among others, in order “to better understand, and ultimately to improve, the security of mobile devices,” the FCC said.

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May 10, 2016

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Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI

DARPA was tied to this; and when you click on the article the page states content was removed. I will keep trying to track down because it is a great report; so not sure if someone has intervene.


Forget telltale finger grease prints: researchers have come up with a robot that mimics the swipe touch gestures we use to get into our phones.

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May 10, 2016

Hyperloop firm shows off the magnetic tech that will help it move at 760 mph

Posted by in category: transportation

Very neat!


Here’s the first look inside a Hyperloop.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has released video of what it will look like to travel inside the Hyperloop.

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May 10, 2016

Is NASA about to announce that aliens exist?

Posted by in category: alien life

One can hope.

Although it’s likely to be a hope in vain, I’m afraid.

That said, you never know.

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May 10, 2016

Kepler Findings: NASA Announces Discovery of More Than 1,200 New Alien Planets

Posted by in category: space

NASA just made a new announcement regarding the findings made by the Kepler Space Telescope.

NASA just announced that they have found 1,284 new planets. This is the most exoplanets that have ever been announced at one time, and it doubles the number of known Kepler exoplanets (informally known as ‘alien planets’).

“This announcement more than doubles the number of known exoplanets,” says Timothy Morton, associate research scholar at Princeton University, and a member of the study.

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May 10, 2016

Interesting Futurism Animation 30

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May 10, 2016

Technology Will Replace the Need for Big Government

Posted by in categories: employment, government, habitats, robotics/AI, security

My new article on how some technologies will inevitably make the government smaller:


However, there’s reason to believe that in the near future, government might dramatically shrink—not because of demands by fiscally astute Americans, but because of radical technology.

Indubitably, millions of government jobs will soon be replaced by robots. Even the US President could one day be replaced, which—strangely enough—might bring sanity to our election process.

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May 10, 2016

‘Second Skin’ May Reduce Wrinkles, Eyebags, Scientists Say

Posted by in category: entertainment

The researchers say an invisible film composed of polymers can be applied to the face and could make bags under the eyes, wrinkles and other dermatologic problems vanish.

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May 10, 2016

This Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants to Give Us All Robot Bodies

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

My surreal meeting with robotics pioneer Scott Hassan.

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May 10, 2016

With This App, You Never Have To Carry Your Passport Again

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, transportation

You will never have to carry physical documents of your passport into the airport ever again. De La Rue, a Britain-based commercial banknote printer and passport manufacturer, is working on a technology that can store “paperless passports” in smartphones.

This would act similar to mobile boarding cards, the Telegraph reported. “Paperless passports are one of many initiatives that we are currently looking at, but at the moment it is a concept that is at the very early stages of development,” a spokesman of the company was quoted as saying.

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