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Feb 17, 2016
New Cancer Therapy Sends 93 Percent Of ‘Incurable’ Patients Into Remission
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Beautiful — a new treatment to cure repeatable occurrences of blood related cancers.
New Cancer Therapy Could Give Hope To ‘Incurable’ Patients.
This could be the future of cancer treatment.
Feb 17, 2016
LIGO’s black holes may have lived and died inside a huge star
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: cosmology, physics
But now it seems that collision may have been followed by a bright burst of gamma rays. NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope detected such an eruption just 0.4 seconds after LIGO’s gravitational waves arrived at Earth. It’s not clear whether the same event triggered both signals, but the Fermi team calculated that the probability of a coincidence was just 0.0022.
The problem is that no one expected such a bright gamma-ray burst to accompany a black-hole merger. Coalescing black holes orbit each other in a cosmic do-si-do, clearing out a region of empty space. According to models of gamma-ray bursts, isolated black holes can’t ignite them.
Strange signal
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Feb 17, 2016
TED 2016: $5m AI X Prize announced at conference
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: robotics/AI
In 2020 TED will award a prize for the use of artificial intelligence judged to have best helped humankind in some way.
Feb 17, 2016
Is technology blurring the lines between war and peace?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: law, military
Exploring the new battlegrounds of war — a lesson from Ukraine and Russia.
Failure to respond to this blurring of lines will result in the current multilateral system and rules of war becoming gradually outdated. As geopolitical power shifts to emerging states and non-state actors, and strategic competition for regional spheres of influence returns, the aspirations which informed the UN Charter – of a world defined by universal values of democracy and rule of law – seem increasingly hollow. But what new principles and values should underlie the ways in which disputes are resolved? As the incentives for hybrid warfare grows inexorably wider and more complex, we either redraw the lines, or face a future of warfare where there is no distinct or real peace.
Feb 17, 2016
Cops want special courts that try only cyber criminals
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: cybercrime/malcode
Special courts for cyber criminals.
Police dept asks govt for two courts dedicated to dealing with online crime, to improve conviction rate.
Mumbai: As crimes increasingly go digital, Mumbai police are pushing for the creation of courts that would try only cyber crimes. They have submitted a proposal to the government seeking to establish two special courts for the purpose, in a move aimed to cut back delays in trials.
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Feb 17, 2016
Expert Edward McAndrew says nation is facing ‘perfect cyber-crime storm’
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: cybercrime/malcode
Feb 17, 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Dangerous Game
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: business, computing, mobile phones, robotics/AI, security, transportation
Government and tech + telecom & ISPs need to come to an agreement in how to ensure innocent people’s privacy are respected. When a person murders, stalk, threaten, kidnap, and/ or assault a person then we have a responsibility first to protect the innocent public. And, with the resistance being displayed by Apple, are we running the risk of further alienating the consumers and business customers more when it comes to releasing AI like robots, self driving cars, etc. onto the public where criminals can buy AI technology and use it to hurt others?
We really need to be addressing these issues soon.
Tim Cook is playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship with the U.S. government. In the process, he may set in motion political and judicial processes that will endanger the security of all our mobile devices.
Feb 17, 2016
Aston Martin to Develop Its First Electric Car
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: transportation
Feb 17, 2016
Whitewood Encryption Systems Announces the Awarding of a Third Patent Arising From Los Alamos National Laboratory Technology Transfer
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: encryption, internet, materials, quantum physics
I have mentioned in my previous posts about the Quantum Internet work that Los Alamos has been leading; today Los Alamos has been awarded a patent on their Quantum Communication (QC) Optical Fiber.
Whitewood received a Notice of Allowance for a patent application that addresses issues that arise when employing quantum communications techniques to share cryptographic material over fiber networks.
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