FUTURISM UPDATE (September 24, 2014)
COLUMN-Efficiency, the invisible energy revolution: John Kemp http://www.agbc-berlin.de/content/column-efficiency-invisibl…-john-kemp
EBN: Apple Perfects Global Supply Chain http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?doc_id=274867§ion_id=3219
NEW YORK TIMES: Testing Future Conditions for the Food Chain www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/testing-future-conditions…e&_r=0
INSTEAD OF PSEUDO-LEARNING FROM THE DUMB ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI, STUDY STEVE JOB’S CO-FOUNDER AND ENGINEER, STEVE WOZNIAK VIA ISBN: 978–0393330434. DIDN’T YOUR PARENTS TELL YOU TO GO TO THE DARCAL ROOT?
Fossil Fuel Divestment Joined by the Founders of Standard Oil http://www.21stcentech.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-joined-founders-standard-oil/
MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Will Get 80 New Warships to Repel NATO http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-s-blac…07682.html
MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s Military Purchases Drive Manufacturing Growth, Hiding Stagnation Beyond http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-s-mili…07690.html
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence. Latest in Robotics & Artificial Intelligence. http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: We Are Playing God with a Declassified Future [Excerpt] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-are-playing-god…e-excerpt/
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Personal Drones: Are They a Public Hazard? http://www.scientificamerican.com/video/personal-drones-are-…ic-hazard/
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: China Plans Supercollider http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-plans-supercollider/
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Transistor Successor Set to Bring on “The Machine” Age Soon http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/transistor-success…-age-soon/
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Will Automation Take Our Jobs? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-automation-take-our-jobs/
TECHCRUNCH: Video: Cirque du Soleil Does Its Thing… With Drones http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/video-cirque-du-soleil-does…th-drones/
NEW SCIENTIST: Watch a swarm of 1000 mini-robots assemble into shapes http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26060-watch-a-swarm-of…CIJ_RYb8mw
MASHABLE: Facebook Further Reveals Plans for Internet-Connected Drones (Flying Bots) http://mashable.com/2014/09/23/facebook-drones-internet-org/
MASHABLE: These Tiny Robots Can Self-Assemble into Different Shapes http://mashable.com/2012/12/19/robots-self-assemble/
TECHCRUNCH: The “Robo Brain” Will Use The Internet To Teach Robots http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/25/the-robo-brain-will-use-the…ch-robots/
FAST COMPANY: The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Robotics http://www.fastcompany.com/3026314/most-innovative-companies…n-robotics
FAST COMPANY: Can Jibo, The Family Robot, Make The World More Beautiful? http://www.fastcompany.com/3035971/then-and-now/can-jibo-the…-beautiful
FASTCODESIGN: Control This Art Museum’s Robots From The Comfort Of Your Couch http://www.fastcodesign.com/3034298/fast-feed/control-this-a…your-couch
BBC: Robot builders inspired by animal kingdom http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26222542
THE GUARDIAN: ‘Killer robots’ pose threat to peace and should be banned, UN warned, taking jobs and lives! http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/29/killer-robots-ban-un-warning
THE GUARDIAN: Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so… http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-goo…telligence
THE ECONOMIST: New roles for technology. Rise of the robots http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21599762-prepare-robot…ology-rise
THE ECONOMIST: Robots, Immigrants from the future http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21599522-robots…akes-their
ROBOHUB: The Economist 14-page Special Report: Rise of the Robots—Cool! http://robohub.org/the-economist-14-page-special-report-rise-of-the-robots-cool/
FAST COMPANY: How The “Internet Of Things” Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms http://www.fastcompany.com/biomimicry/how-the-internet-of-th…-organisms
FAST COMPANY: The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies In The Internet Of Things http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/in…-of-things
FAST COMPANY: In Boston, The Internet of Things Is Already In Front Of Your Face www.fastcompany.com/3033636/internet-of-things/in-boston-the…-your-face
FASTCODESIGN: Could This Idiotic Product Help “The Internet Of Things” Go Mainstream? http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673027/could-this-idiotic-produ…mainstream
FASTCODESIGN: Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671606/google-and-berg-team-up-…-of-things
ENGAGEDT: Huawei’s just bought an internet-of-things startup http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/23/huawei-internet-of-things/
REUTERS: Verizon hires TAP Advisors to plan sale of assets http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-verizon-assetsa…nologyNews
YAHOO NEWS: The Internet of Things Will Provide Top Companies Huge Opportunity http://finance.yahoo.com/news/internet-things-top-companies-huge-151545735.html
Davos: Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer says Internet of Things will create ‘tipping point’ http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1228173/davos-yah…ping-point
ENGADGET: The Internet of Things isn’t safe: thousands of smart gadgets hacked to send spam and phishing emails http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/17/internet-of-things-hacked…-phishing/
WIRED: In the Programmable World and Human Minds, All Our Objects Will Act as One http://www.wired.com/2013/05/internet-of-things-2/all/
WIRED: Everything Is Hyper Connected in the Internet of Things http://www.wired.com/2014/08/everything-hyper-connected-internet-things/
WIRED: Why Tech’s Best Minds Are Very Worried About the Internet of Things http://www.wired.com/2014/05/iot-report/
SAS: What is the Internet of Things? http://www.sas.com/en_us/insights/articles/big-data/what-is-…hings.html
MASHABLE: 70 Percent of Internet of Things Devices Are Vulnerable to Hacking, Study Says http://mashable.com/2014/08/02/internet-of-things-hacking-study/
MASHABLE: Samsung, Dell and Intel to Create New ‘Internet of Things’ Standard http://mashable.com/2014/07/08/open-interconnect-consortium-samsung-dell-intel/
TECHCRUNCH: Seed Is Creating A Truly Idiot-Proof Internet Of Things http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/12/seed-is-creating-a-truly-id…of-things/
THE GUARDIAN: The internet of things — the next big challenge to our privacy http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/28/internet-of-things-privacy
PANDO DAILY: For GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, the Internet of Things is about saving the planet http://pando.com/2014/05/15/for-ge-ceo-jeffrey-immelt-the-in…he-planet/
LIVE SCIENCE: Power of the Future: 10 Ways to Run the 21st Century http://www.livescience.com/11324-power-future-10-ways-run-21st-century.html
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Halfway There. Why the Left Wins on Culture and Always Loses on Economics http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141764/michael-kazin/halfway-there
PHYS ORG: Scientists create ‘evolved’ protein that may stop cancer from spreading http://phys.org/news/2014-09-scientists-evolved-protein-cancer.html
ENGINEERING: Turning Toxic Waste into Batteries http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesi…eries.aspx
ENGINEERING: VEST — sensory substitution for patients with hearing loss http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…-loss.aspx
SLATE: Drooling on Your Shoes or Living Long and Prospering? http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/0…spans.html
BBC FUTURE: Life expectancy: How long will you live? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120410-a-matter-of-life-and-death
THE ECONOMIST: Longevity and Healthy Aging http://www.economist.com/topics/longevity-and-healthy-aging
THE ECONOMIST: Electric cars. Fully charged http://www.economist.com/news/business/21597893-tesla-gains-…ly-charged
THE GUARDIAN: Volvo and Renault lead way as electric car sales double in EU http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/30/volvo-ren…uble-in-eu
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: BMW to Deliver Electric Car in China in September 2014 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bmw-to-deliver-ele…september/
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: If the Fuel Source Ain’t Clean, Your Electric Car Ain’t Green http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coal-power…s-pollute/
TECHCRUNCH: Bitcoin’s Price Skyrockets Following PayPal’s Hug http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/bitcoins-price-skyrockets-f…hCrunch%29
WIRED: Forget GMOs. The Future of Food Is Data—Mountains of It http://www.wired.com/2014/09/ex-googler-using-big-data-model…pic=907945
NEW YORK TIMES: Still No Flying Cars? Debating Technology’s Future http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/arts/peter-thiel-and-david.…html?_r=0
NEW SCIENTIST: Why electric car maker Tesla has torn up its patents http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25734-why-electric-car…CIychYb8mw
BBC: Speedy charging driving a global boom in electric cars http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29034483
NEW YORK TIMES: Google’s Next Phase in Driverless Cars: No Steering Wheel or Brake Pedals www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/technology/googles-next-phase-in-…wheel.html
WASHINGTON POST: Google’s new driverless car has no brakes or steering wheel http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/28…ing-wheel/
TECHCRUNCH: PRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/prss-digital-magazine-platf…hCrunch%29
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Indian mission reaches Mars http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Science/Indian-mission-reaches-Mars
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Last-ditch effort for TPP agreement gets under way http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Last-ditch-e…-under-way
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Japan to help train 14,000 climate change experts http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relati…ge-experts
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: With Japan trip likely postponed, Putin still willing to talk http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relati…ng-to-talk
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: Japan’s latest robot is a quizmaster http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Japan-s-latest-robot-is-a-quizmaster
INDIA WILL BE THE WORLD’S SUPERPOWER # 1. CNN: India’s spacecraft inches closer to Mars… and history http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/asia/mars-india-orbiter/index.html
INDIA TIMES: Google India: Partnering with Modi government to accelerate Digital India programme http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/goog…e/43243509
Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini
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