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Thursday, March 13, 2014


LIST OF UPDATES (MARCH 17 THROUGH MARCH 24/2014). By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

Three-part nanoparticles for biomedicine eliminate biocompatibilty, storage problems
http://www.kurzweilai.net/three-part-nanoparticles-for-biomedicine-eliminate-biocompatibilty-storage-problems

Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg
http://www.kurzweilai.net/robotic-prosthesis-turns-drummer-into-a-three-armed-cyborg

NASA tests new robotic refueling technologies
http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-tests-new-robotic-refueling-technologies

A small step toward seeing habitable planets
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-small-step-toward-seeing-habitable-planets

Society and Politics – Part 4: The Empowerment of Individuals and Social Groups
http://www.21stcentech.com/society-politics-part-4-empowerment-individuals-social-groups/

CONTROVERSY BREWS OVER ROLE OF ‘KILLER ROBOTS’ IN THEATER OF WAR
http://singularityhub.com/2014/03/09/controversy-brews-over-role-of-killer-robots-in-theater-of-war/

Virtual Reality Startups Look Back to the Future
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525301/virtual-reality-startups-look-back-to-the-future/

New Material May Lead to Faster Oil Spill Cleanups
http://www.21stcentech.com/headlines-material-lead-faster-oil-spill-cleanups/

Two New Space Announcements Concerning Exoplanets
http://www.21stcentech.com/headlines-space-announcements-exoplanets/

Nanomaterial May Be Future of Hard Drives
http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/03/nanomaterial-may-be-future-hard-drives

Artificial Organs May Finally Get a Blood Supply
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525161/artificial-organs-may-finally-get-a-blood-supply/

Netflix and Google Books Are Blurring the Line Between Past and Present
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2014/02/history/

12 Reasons 2020 Will Be An AWESOME Year
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43015182/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/reasons-will-be-awesome-year#%2EUx1PjjiPKUk

Blood test predicts Alzheimer's disease
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/09/health/alzheimers-blood-test/?iref=obinsite

Conductive fibres: From lighter aircraft to electric knickers, flexible filaments raise a wide range of interesting possibilities
http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21598328-conductive-fibres-lighter-aircraft-electric-knickers-flexible-filaments?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/anuncommonthread

Behind the News: Why a High-Protein Diet in Middle Age May Increase Risk of Death
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140308-high-protein-diet-low-protein-cancer-meat-health-food-science/

The Top 5 Cyber Security Threats That Could Affect Your Life
http://blog.devry.edu/2014/02/top-5-cyber-security-threats-that-could-affect-your-life.html

BAE report says Ukraine has faced cyberattacks
http://news.msn.com/science-technology/bae-report-says-ukraine-has-faced-cyberattacks

Are Cloud Data Security Fears Overblown? A Sensible View.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2012/12/12/cloud-security-1/

David Cameron stung by Angela Merkel's broadband jibe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10688763/David-Cameron-stung-by-Angela-Merkels-broadband-jibe.html

Policy uncertainty drives renewable energy investors overseas
http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/03/11/policy-uncertainty-drives-renewable-energy-investors-overseas/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Rolls-Royce to repay £1.8m to Indian government
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/10688684/Rolls-Royce-to-repay-1.8m-to-Indian-goverment.html

Google readies Android push into wearable devices
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/437374f8-a7cc-11e3-9c7d-00144feab7de.html

22 Incredible Images Show What the Future Looked Like 100 Years Ago
http://gizmodo.com/22-incredible-images-show-what-the-future-looked-like-1-1538688261

Darpa’s Tiny Lasers Will Soon Hunt for Biochemical Weapons
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2014/03/darpa-lasers/

The Origin of Intelligence
http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-origin-of-intelligence?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bigthink%2Fmain+%28Big+Think+Main%29

Assessing corporate risk in Ukraine
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140310103450-60894986-assessing-corporate-risk-in-ukraine?trk=tod-home-art-list-small_2

Snowden: “We Need A Watchdog That Watches Congress”
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/10/snowden-we-need-a-watchdog-that-watches-congress/

Why sensationalizing drone proliferation is going to kill our ability to control them.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/10/drone_invasion_greatly_exaggerated_us_exports

Can big data crunching help feed the world?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26424338

Michael Dell on the Dirty Little Secret About Big Data 
http://www.inc.com/tom-foster/why-michael-dell-sees-more-opportunity-as-a-private-company.html

The new battleground for tech companies: Your car
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101479771

MasterCard and Visa to accelerate payment security
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16494

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Lethal Acid Rain, New Study Suggests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-acid-rain_n_4933735.html?&ir=Technology&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000046

Yuan Declines In Face Of Weak Chinese Data
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deanpopplewell/2014/03/10/yuan-declines-in-face-of-weak-chinese-data/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Super-resolution atom-by-atom laser machining method allows for making nanoscale devices
http://www.kurzweilai.net/super-resolution-atom-by-atom-laser-machining-method-allows-for-making-nanoscale-devices

Leon Panetta Warns of Cyber Pearl Harbor: and a CTO gives him a polite earful
http://www.ctovision.com/2014/03/leon-panetta-warns-cyber-pearl-harbor-cto-gives-polite-earful/

Leaked NSA document confirms online covert deception involves UFOs
http://www.examiner.com/article/leaked-nsa-document-confirms-online-covert-deception-involves-ufos

A telescope bigger than a galaxy
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-telescope-bigger-than-a-galaxy

Disney Bets $1 Billion on Technology to Track Theme-Park Visitors
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-07/disney-bets-1-billion-on-technology-to-track-theme-park-visitors?utm_content=buffer74b81&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Computers in Your Underwear: Where Wearable Tech Must Go to Succeed
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232094

Hot on the trail of consciousness in brain and machine
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129590.900-hot-on-the-trail-of-consciousness-in-brain-and-machine.html?full=true#%2EUx9HtPldWmQ

Humanoid Robots: The User Interface for the Internet of Things?
http://www.bookofthefuture.co.uk/2014/03/humanoid-robots-the-user-interface-for-the-internet-of-things/?utm_content=bufferda0ad&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

DURACELL HELPS COLD COMMUTERS GET WARM BY HOLDING HANDS
http://www.fastcocreate.com/3027483/duracell-helps-cold-commuters-get-warm-by-holding-hands

Is Entitlement Among Millennials Overblown?
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3026733/evidence/is-entitlement-among-millennials-overblown

Your Startup Is More Likely To Get Funding If You're A Man
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027458/your-startup-is-more-likely-to-get-funding-if-youre-a-man

THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING: 2014
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-internet-of-everything-2014-slide-deck-sai-2014-2

IBM's Watson Made Me A Kebab
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/ibms-watson-made-me-kebab

Predicting the future on the Web's 25th anniversary
http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/89854

Awesome tech you can’t buy yet, for the week of March 9, 2014
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/awesome-tech-cant-buy-yet-week/#ixzz2vgrVvaW8 

Tiny bladder pressure sensor could provide life-saving information
http://www.gizmag.com/bladder-pressure-sensor-sintef/31153/

Rolls Royce Robot Ships Coming Soon
http://www.electronicproducts.com//Electromechanical_Components/Motors_and_Controllers/Rolls_Royce_Robot_Ships_Coming_Soon.aspx

Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/03/10/stanford-bioengineer-develops-a-50-cent-paper-microscope/#sthash.P1ijyPZ1.dpuf

SXSW: Edward Snowden Has No Regrets About NSA Leaks
http://time.com/18691/edward-snowden-talks-privacy-and-security-at-sxsw-interactive/

NASA's Project Morpheus completes Free Flight 8
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7295/NASAs-Project-Morpheus-completes-Free-Flight-8.aspx

Long-term warming likely to be significant despite recent slowdown
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-long-term-significant-slowdown.html

Computer Genius Builds Language That Lets Anyone Calculate Anything
http://www.businessinsider.com/wolfram-language-demo-2014-3

Tiny Drums Turn Faint Radio Signals Into Light
http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/optoelectronics/tiny-drums-turn-faint-radio-signals-into-light?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29

London launches hi-tech trial for pedestrian safety
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-london-hi-tech-trial-pedestrian-safety.html

CIOs preach the power of resilience
http://fcw.com/articles/2014/03/11/disaster-recovery-practice-practice-practice.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"It can happen here": Three years after Fukushima, U.S. vulnerable to nuclear disaster
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/it-can-happen-here-three-years-after-fukushima-us-vulnerable-to-nuclear-disaster-223443355.html?vp=1

Shocked to learn how data brokers are watching you?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shocked-to-learn-how-data-brokers-are-watching-you/

The White House needs to shut up on Ukraine
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/10/obama_putin_ukraine_russia

The Truth about Drones
http://deloitte.wsj.com/cio/2014/03/11/live-from-sxsw-the-truth-about-drones/

Barack Obama, the world’s most famous social media editor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/11/barack-obama-the-worlds-most-famous-social-media-editor/

Obama Could Use New U.S. Natural Gas, Oil Riches As Tools Against Putin
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrancer/2014/03/10/experts-obama-could-use-new-u-s-natural-gas-oil-riches-as-tools-against-putin/

Nasa seeks coders to hunt asteroids
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26528516?utm_content=buffer50801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

3,000 Americans ditch their passports
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/17/pf/taxes/citizenship-taxes/index.html

The Industrial Revolution produced machines that required human input. But is the digital revolution rendering labor obsolete?
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/qa-andrew-mcafee-erik-brynjolfsson-co-authors-of-the-second-machine-age/?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660&ttag=e660&ftag=TRE4eb29b5

The next tech revolution: Busting bureaucracy
http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/10/bureaucracy-revolution-tech/

No, U.S. Drones Weren't Shot Down Over Crimea
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/no-us-drones-werent-shot-down-over-crimea

China on Course to Exceed 2015 Shale Gas Target With Fuling Find
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-11/china-on-course-to-exceed-2015-shale-gas-target-with-fuling-find.html

Ray Kurzweil Keynotes Conference on Transforming Big Data into Fast Data and Smart Data
http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/09/23/NY84309

Kurzweil: Computers Will Enable People To Live Forever
http://www.informationweek.com/kurzweil-computers-will-enable-people-to-live-forever/d/d-id/1049093?

The military’s new Google Glass streams TONS of futuristic battle data
http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/11/the-militarys-new-google-glass-streams-tons-of-futuristic-battle-data/

Stem Cell Researcher Calls for Retraction of His Own Work
http://time.com/20082/stem-cell-researcher-calls-for-retraction-of-his-own-work/

5 predictions for the Web that were WAY off
http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/11/technology/web-predictions/index.html

Work at China IBM Factory Resumes as Many Strikers Return
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304704504579432983318960394?mod=rss_Technology&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304704504579432983318960394.html%3Fmod%3Drss_Technology

FDA Approves Migraine Treatment Device
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304020104579433921861863030?mod=rss_Technology&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304020104579433921861863030.html%3Fmod%3Drss_Technology

An Achievement: Israeli Intelligence & Navy Intercepted Missiles on Ship — But It’s Bad that Iran Closely Stands with Hamas in Gaza
http://israelspy.com/great-achievement-israeli-intelligence-and-navy-intercepted-missiles-bound-for-sinai-or-gaza-but-is-it-bad-that-iran-closely-stands-with-hamas-in-gaza/

Ukraine in Crisis: Putin and the Power of Gas
http://socialinarlington.com/ukraine-in-crisis-putin-and-the-power-of-gas/

Will millennials kill Costco?
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/11/will-millennials-kill-costco/?iid=SF_F_River&utm_content=buffer314ed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

European IT firms seize opportunity from spy scandal
http://www.defencetalk.com/european-it-firms-seize-opportunity-from-spy-scandal-58985/#ixzz2viVz22Dp

Exxon's Russia ties still strong amid crisis
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/exxon-russia-oil-104556.html

Inspiration Is Divine, But Totally Insufficient 
http://www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/business-inspiration-entrepreneurs.html?cid=sf01001

Did CIA search senate committee’s computers?
http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/did-cia-search-senate-committees-computers-191703107569?cid=sm_twitter_video

Rice bioengineers invent systems for ‘genetic circuit analysis’
http://www.kurzweilai.net/rice-bioengineers-invent-systems-for-genetic-circuit-analysis

New research could help make ‘roll-up’ digital screens a reality
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-research-could-help-make-roll-up-digital-screens-a-reality

Watch scientists ‘herd’ cells with electric fields for controlled tissue engineering
http://www.kurzweilai.net/watch-scientists-herd-cells-with-electric-fields-for-controlled-tissue-engineering

Digital Health And The Transition To Nothing
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnnosta/2014/03/11/digital-health-and-the-transition-to-nothing/

Tech brands steer consumers towards in-car technology
http://www.mintel.com/blog/technology-market-news/tech-brands-steer-consumers-towards-in-car-technology

Ozone Layer Under Threat Yet Again
http://www.21stcentech.com/headlines-ozone-layer-threat/

What the Internet of 2025 Might Look Like
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/11/what-the-internet-of-2025-might-look-like/

My great bitcoin adventure: 6 months, 5 exchanges
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/my-great-bitcoin-adventure-6-months-5-exchanges-237859

A Global Education Conference for a Global Crisis
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/gesf-a-global-education-conference-for-a-global

Neil deGrasse Tyson's Two Main Philosophies
http://bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/neil-degrasse-tysons-two-main-philosophies?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bigthink%2Fmain+%28Big+Think+Main%29

17 areas to benefit from big data analytics in next 10 years
http://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/17-areas-to-benefit-from-big-data-analytics-in-next-10-years

The 17 Equations That Changed The Course Of History
http://www.businessinsider.com/17-equations-that-changed-the-world-2014-3

THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: BIG DATA IS GREAT, BUT WE CAN'T FIND ENOUGH TALENT
http://www.fastcompany.com/3022909/fast-feed/the-healthcare-industry-big-data-is-great-but-we-cant-find-enough-talent

Hate to be a Nag About Climate Change But Here Goes
http://www.21stcentech.com/hate-nag-climate-change/

The Dozen Regional Powerhouses Driving the U.S. Economy
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/03/dozen-regional-powerhouses-driving-us-economy/8575/

Protein key to cell motility has implications for stopping cancer metastasis
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-protein-key-cell-motility-implications.html

Iran and Russia discuss new nuclear deal
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/iran-russia-discuss-new-nuclear-deal-2014312175752273103.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Quantum chaos in ultracold gas discovered
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-quantum-chaos-ultracold-gas.html

Data Centers and the Internet of Things to Come
http://www.wired.com/insights/2014/03/data-centers-internet-things-come/

Google is encrypting search globally. That’s bad for the NSA and China’s censors.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/03/12/google-is-encrypting-search-worldwide-thats-bad-for-the-nsa-and-china/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

NATO Poised to Ramp Up Nuclear-Arms Security Spending
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/analyst-us-poised-ramp-spending-guard-nuclear-arms-europe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

New contender for 'fat gene' found
http://www.nature.com/news/new-contender-for-fat-gene-found-1.14863

Inside China's Market for Mobile Cybercrime
http://www.securityweek.com/inside-chinas-market-mobile-cybercrime

US House seeks alternatives to Internet sales tax bill
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2107520/us-house-considers-alternatives-to-internet-sales-tax-bill.html

4 Billionaires on How to Profit From Failure 
http://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/4-billionaires-on-how-to-profit-from-failure.html?cid=sf01001

Google's Schmidt: We were attacked by the Chinese and the NSA
http://rt.com/usa/google-schmidt-speech-sxsw-546/

Snowden leak: NSA plans to infect ‘millions’ of computers
http://rt.com/usa/nsa-greenwald-malware-infect-382/

Public investors get no say in new Google
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/krantz/2014/03/11/google-stock-split-affect-investors/5789895/

Why Nothing Is Truly Alive
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/opinion/why-nothing-is-truly-alive.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

How NASA Sold Us The Moon
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2014/03/12/how-nasa-sold-us-the-moon/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Drones will cause an upheaval of society like we haven’t seen in 700 years
http://qz.com/185945/drones-are-about-to-upheave-society-in-a-way-we-havent-seen-in-700-years/?utm_content=buffer2a3b1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=

Climate change is already affecting the American people
http://www.21stcentech.com/hate-nag-climate-change/

Test may some day predict 5-year risk of death
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/10/test-may-some-day-predict-5-year-risk-of-death/?hpt=he_c2

Bacteria & Batteries: Five Hot Energy Tech Trends
http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/1247-bacteria-batteries-five-hot-energy-tech-trends

Cancer Research Breakthrough Using Bacteria
http://www.inquisitr.com/1168390/cancer-research-breakthrough-using-bacteria/

Australia Takes Lead in Cleaning Up Space Junk
http://www.21stcentech.com/space-update-australia-takes-lead-cleaning-space-junk/

Physicist proposes a new type of computing at SXSW. Check out orbital computing
http://gigaom.com/2014/03/10/physicist-proposes-a-new-type-of-computing-at-sxsw-check-out-orbital-computing/?utm_content=buffer6f5b7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

NSA’s plan to inject malware into ‘millions’ of computers revealed
http://bgr.com/2014/03/12/nsa-hacking-malware-infections/

EU moves toward sanctions on Russians; Obama meets Ukraine PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140313?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637

International Astronomical Union Labelled 'Boring' As It Warns Space Is Not For Sale
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasperhamill/2014/03/12/international-astronomical-union-labelled-boring-as-it-warns-space-is-not-for-sale/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Why Is Google Building A Robot Army?
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/why-google-building-robot-army?src=SOC&dom=tw

Beyond BRAC: Global Defense Infrastructure for the 21st Century
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/05/beyond-brac-global-defense-infrastructure-for-the-21st-century

NSA Director nominee wants every branch of the military to have a dedicated cyber attack force
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/12/presidential-nominee-for-nsa-director-wants-every-branch-of-the/

Ukraine crisis makes people in the Baltic states very very nervous....
 http://on.ft.com/1kME07U 

PUTIN MOVES AGAINST THE PRESS
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/03/vladimir-putin-press-censorship-galina-timchenko.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Feinstein excoriates CIA for spying on Senate committee
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57620193-83/feinstein-excoriates-cia-for-spying-on-senate-committee/

Target hackers showed intimate knowledge of firm's network, suggests McAfee
http://news.techworld.com/security/3505877/target-hackers-showed-intimate-knowledge-of-firms-network-suggests-mcafee/

Disneyland for Law Enforcement
http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/12488

Web founder Berners-Lee calls for online 'Magna Carta' to protect users
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/us-internet-bernerslee-idUSBREA2B0PC20140312

NSA 'hijacked' criminal botnets to install spyware
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/us-usa-security-nsa-botnets-idUSBREA2B21420140312

Smart nanofibers to treat kidney failure
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140306132809.htm

Silk-based surgical implants could offer a better way to repair broken bones
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140304141946.htm

Squeezing light into metals: Engineers control conductivity with inkjet printer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140307083701.htm

Taking a Look at Emerging Technologies
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/blogs/2014/03/taking-look-emerging-technologies

Business Insider | The Silicon Valley 100: The coolest people in tech right now
http://www.kurzweilai.net/business-insider-the-silicon-valley-100-the-coolest-people-in-tech-right-now

Here's What The Internet Could Look Like In 2025
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/heres-what-the-internet-c_n_4943051.html?ir=Technology

New research could help make ‘roll-up’ digital screens a reality
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-research-could-help-make-roll-up-digital-screens-a-reality

Canadian makers of ‘world’s lowest cost tablet’ aim for $20 device
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/canadian-makers-of-worlds-lowest-cost-tablet-aim-for-20-device/article17461367/

What’s Driving the Hospital of the Future?
http://www.aethon.com/whats-driving-hospital-future/

Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein
http://www.21stcentech.com/brilliant-blunders-mario-livios-book-worth-read/

Police departments begin testing and training with Google Glass
http://www.envisagenow.com/police-departments-begin-testing-and-training-with-google-glass/

7 Real Cybersecurity Threats
http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2014/03/13/real-cybersecurity-threats/

The political science of cybersecurity IV: How Edward Snowden helps U.S. deterrence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/12/the-political-science-of-cybersecurity-iv-how-edward-snowden-helps-u-s-deterrence/

Cybersecurity Spending Up At DoD And DHS In FY15 Budget Requests
http://www.defensedaily.com/cybersecurity-spending-up-at-dod-and-dhs-in-fy15-budget-requests-2/

Military: 80 Percent of Colombian Drugs Gets to U.S.
http://time.com/world/

The Most Secure Buildings in the World
https://exploreb2b.com/articles/the-most-secure-buildings-in-the-world

NIST launches effort to improve disaster resilience of communities
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20140313-nist-launches-effort-to-improve-disaster-resilience-of-communities

The Russia-Ukraine Cyber War
http://i-hls.com/2014/03/russia-ukraine-cyber-war/

The Coming Human-Machine Forecasting Revolution in Foreign Policy?
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?lng=en&id=177471

AMERICAN EXPRESS SPOTLIGHTS THE ISSUE OF FINANCIAL EXCLUSION IN DAVIS GUGGENHEIM DOC "SPENT"
http://www.fastcocreate.com/3027508/american-express-spotlights-the-issue-of-financial-exclusion-in-davis-guggenheim-doc-spent

Russia announces start of military exercises near Ukrainian border
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/russia-political-economic-damage-ukraine-merkel

Merkel: Russia to face massive damage if no progress made on Ukraine
http://rt.com/news/germany-russia-massive-sanctions-590/

A step towards ‘programmable materials’ "Could change the world of mechanics forever" 
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-step-towards-programmable-materials

A new quantum-cryptography scheme to secure anonymous transactions
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-new-quantum-cryptography-scheme-to-secure-anonymous-transactions

3D acoustic cloaking device makes objects undetectable with sound
http://www.kurzweilai.net/3d-acoustic-cloaking-device-makes-objects-undetectable-with-sound

Soon You’ll Be Able to Order Anything, Exactly How You Want It
http://business.time.com/2014/02/21/soon-youll-be-able-to-order-anything-exactly-how-you-want-it/

Three Ideas Wearable Designers Should Steal From This Smart Medical Device
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/03/3-insights-wearable-design-smart-concept-epileptics/

Rolls-Royce Considers Building a … Plug-in Hybrid?
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/rolls-royce-plug-in-hybrid/

Ukraine crisis will make Iran's mullahs more interested in nuclear weapons
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2545346

Bill Nye Sees An Intimate Connection Between Startups And Science
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/09/bill-nye-startups-and-science/

Tech professor believes to have discovered origin of life
http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/article_a68e7dae-a7df-11e3-848b-001a4bcf6878.html

STANFORD RESEARCHERS CREATE A NEW TECHNIQUE TO STUDY HOW WE INHERIT DISEASE
http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-researchers-create-new-technique-study-how-we-inherit-disease

Behind the News: Why a High-Protein Diet in Middle Age May Increase Risk of Death
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140308-high-protein-diet-low-protein-cancer-meat-health-food-science/

The White House Is Looking For More Innovation Fellows
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/08/white-house-fellows/

Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140307133631.htm

World Wide Web 25th Anniversary Marks Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Life-Changing Invention
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/09/internets-25th-anniversary-sir-tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-proposition_n_4930150.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Coming Breakthroughs That Will Change Life As We Know It
http://www.businessinsider.com/michio-kaku-talks-about-coming-breakthroughs-2014-3

Russia Turns The Screws On Ukraine With Gas Supply Threat
http://time.com/16915/russia-turns-the-screws-on-ukraine-with-gas-supply-threat/

It's Not Just Big Data, It's The Right Big Data That Matters Most
https://exploreb2b.com/articles/its-not-just-big-data-its-the-right-big-data-that-matters-most

Three Reasons Why The UK Can Never Join The Euro
http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2014/03/07/three-reasons-why-the-uk-can-never-join-the-euro/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

James Lovelock: 'enjoy life while you can: in 20 years global warming will hit the fan'
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/mar/01/scienceofclimatechange.climatechange

The app controlled smart security drone with a STUN GUN built in to zap intruders with an 80,000 volt dart
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2576091/The-smart-security-drone-STUN-GUN-built-attack-intruders.html

Your Body Can Kill Cancer. It Just Needs Better Instructions.
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/your-body-can-kill-cancer-it-just-needs-better-instructions?src=related&con=outbrain&obref=obinsite

Mathematical Patterns in Sea Ice Reveal Melt Dynamics
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/03/13/mathematical-patterns-in-sea-ice-reveal-melt-dynamics/

Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-nanoscale-optical-miniaturization-barrier.html

Regards,

Mr. Andres Agostini
Risk-Management Professional Futurist and Success Consultant
http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC




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Saturday, March 8, 2014


LIST OF UPDATES (MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 16/2014). By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

New US Military Space Plane Aims for 2017 Liftoff
http://www.space.com/24639-united-states-military-space-plane-xs1.html

9 hot Indian innovators that Silicon Valley could buy next
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/140305/9-hot-indian-innovators-silicon-valley-could-buy-nex

NASA’s CT-2 Preps for Larger Deep Space Launches
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7178/NASAs-CT-2-Preps-for-Larger-Deep-Space-Launches.aspx

In the Future Little Robots will Outnumber the Big Ones
http://www.21stcentech.com/future-robots-outnumber-big/

Surveillance by Algorithm
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/surveillance_by.html

Bitcoin Is a Protocol. Bitcoin Is a Brand.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/bitcoin-is-a-protocol-bitcoin-is-a-brand/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

'Carbon bubble' poses serious threat to UK economy, MPs warn
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/carbon-bubble-threat-uk-economy-fossil-fuels-mps?CMP=twt_fd

Time running out for Great Barrier Reef: scientists
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-great-barrier-reef-scientists.html

5 Things to Lessen Your Anxiety About Big Data
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/big-data/5-things-to-lessen-your-anxiety-about-big-data-024382.php

Breakthrough: How to Avert Analytics’ Most Treacherous Pitfall
http://smartdatacollective.com/node/189476?utm_source=feedburner_twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=autotweets

A Genetic Entrepreneur Sets His Sights on Aging and Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/in-pursuit-of-longevity-a-plan-to-harness-dna-sequencing.html

A Clever Robotic Arm on Kickstarter, Straight From Chinese Factory Whizzes
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/03/kickstarter-robot-arm-ufactory/

The Uncertain Future of the Global Cloud
https://exploreb2b.com/articles/the-uncertain-future-of-the-global-cloud

Wyoming Governor Takes Major Stand Against Modern Science
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/07/wyoming-next-generation-science_n_4922333.html?&ir=Politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016

Assange at SXSW: 'Who really wears the pants in the administration?'
http://www.techhive.com/article/2105863/assange-at-sxsw-who-really-wears-the-pants-in-the-administration.html

Japan’s Strategic Approach to Democracy Support
http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/03/07/japan-s-strategic-approach-to-democracy-support/h2q1

NASA's WISE Survey Finds Thousands of New Stars, But No 'Planet X'
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-075

Independent Scotland would lose UK's AAA rating, warns Citigroup
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10684468/Independent-Scotland-would-lose-UKs-AAA-rating-warns-Citigroup.html

Ukraine crisis: why Russia sees Crimea as its naval stronghold
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/ukraine-russia-crimea-naval-base-tatars-explainer

China Has Launched the Largest Water-Pipeline Project in History
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/03/china-has-launched-the-largest-water-pipeline-project-in-history/284300/

Nanomotors controlled within living cells
http://www.gizmag.com/nanomotors-controlled-inside-cells/30795/

How wearables will change the enterprise landscape
http://www.coppermobile.com/blog/all-post/wear-job-wrist-wearables-will-change-enterprise-landscape/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=4211381

Lockheed Martin, University of Maryland to develop next generation quantum computer
http://phys.org/wire-news/155552054/lockheed-martin-university-of-maryland-to-develop-next-generatio.html

Infrastructure Threatened by Climate Change Poses a National Crisis
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/infrastructure-threatened-by-climate-change-poses-a-national-crisis/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

SORRY BANKS, MILLENNIALS HATE YOU
http://www.fastcompany.com/3027197/fast-feed/sorry-banks-millennials-hate-you

Russia turns to drones and robots as army shrinks
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatpolitics/2013/12/15/russia-turns-to-drones-and-robots-as-army-shrinks/

The U.S. Does Not Have As Much Leverage Over Russia’s Energy As You Think
http://americansecurityproject.org/blog/2014/the-u-s-does-not-have-as-much-leverage-over-russias-energy-as-you-think/

DARPA SHIELD targets counterfeit parts
http://www.c4isrnet.com/article/M5/20140306/C4ISRNET07/303060022?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Why It's Hard to Impose Sanctions on Russia
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304554004579421533293368344?mod=e2tw

2030 Space Odyssey: NASA will search for alien life in Jupiter's moon
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/2030-space-odyssey-nasa-will-search-for-alien-life-in-1536952180/@barrett

7 hidden dangers of wearable computers
http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/142881/7-hidden-dangers-of-wearable-computers-237591#slide1

The dark side of 3D printing: 10 things to watch
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-dark-side-of-3d-printing-10-things-to-watch/

PIZZA HUT'S INTERACTIVE TOUCH TABLE COULD BE COMING TO A RESTAURANT NEAR YOU
http://www.fastcocreate.com/3027282/pizza-huts-interactive-touch-table-could-be-coming-to-a-restaurant-near-you

Mobile devices of the future will get energy from everywhere except the wall socket
http://qz.com/180484/mobile-devices-of-the-future-will-get-energy-from-everywhere-except-the-wall-socket/?utm_content=buffer8195e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Marc Andreessen Thinks the News Business Is About to Grow 1,000 Percent
http://www.wired.com/business/2014/02/big-boom-news-change-read/

Robotic Technology to Preserve Wildlife: A Scenario
http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/march-april-2014-vol-48-no-2/robotic-technology-preserve-wildlife-scen

Learning without Schools: A Contrarian Future
http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/march-april-2014-vol-48-no-2/learning-without-schools-contrarian-futur

New Record Set for Data-Transfer Speeds
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2014/02/new-record-set-data-transfer-speeds

Glimmer of Light Appears in Search for Dark Matter
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2014/02/glimmer-light-appears-search-dark-matter?et_cid=3793244&et_rid=602069455&type=cta

This is what 3D printed wood looks like
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/25/this-is-what-3d-printed-wood-looks-like/

Rise of the human exoskeletons
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26418358#%3Futm_source%3Dtwitterfeed%26utm_medium%3Dtwitte

How Data from Wearable Tech is Transforming Personal Training and Sport Performance
http://iq.intel.com/iq/41823249/how-data-from-wearable-tech-is-transforming-personal-training-and-sport-performance?linkId=7599081

Click Your Tongue Or Wink To Control This Tiny Computer Earclip
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027183/click-your-tongue-or-wink-to-control-this-tiny-computer-earclip

Three Metrics that will Move the World
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140304184631-53060352-three-metrics-that-will-move-the-world

Microgrids will soon make large electrical grids obsolete
http://www.impactlab.net/2014/03/04/microgrids-will-soon-make-large-electrical-grids-obsolete/

Futuristic Moon Elevator Idea Takes Aim at Lunar Lifts
http://www.space.com/24905-moon-elevator-lunar-exploration-liftport.html

Technological Growth and Unemployment: A Global Scenario Analysis
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://jetpress.org/v24/campa2.htm

Will SpaceX Super Rocket Kill NASA's 'Rocket to Nowhere'? (Op-Ed)
http://www.space.com/24628-will-spacex-kill-nasa-sls.html

Cameras That Can See Through Walls!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLtzilM0epg

The Future of Venture Capital, Tech Valuations and the Fate of Tech Incumbents - Conversation with Bill Janeway
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mgiresearch/2014/03/04/the-future-of-venture-capital-tech-valuations-and-the-fate-of-tech-incumbents-conversation-with-bill-janeway/

When Regulation Threatens, Bankers Predict Doom For Main Street
http://www.propublica.org/thetrade/item/when-regulation-threatens-bankers-predict-doom-for-main-street?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1394047793

Human Longevity Inc. launched to promote healthy aging using advances in genomics and stem-cell therapies
http://www.kurzweilai.net/human-longevity-inc-hli-launched-to-promote-healthy-aging-using-advances-in-genomics-and-stem-cell-therapies

Supplement added to a standard diet improves health and prolongs life in mice
http://www.kurzweilai.net/supplement-added-to-a-standard-diet-improves-health-and-prolongs-life-in-mice

Robotic-assisted prostate surgery offers better cancer control, study finds
http://www.kurzweilai.net/robotic-assisted-prostate-surgery-offers-better-cancer-control-study-finds

Study pinpoints protective mutations for type 2 diabetes
http://www.kurzweilai.net/study-pinpoints-protective-mutations-for-type-2-diabetes

How to generate new neurons in brains, spinal cords of living adult mammals
http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-generate-new-neurons-in-brains-spinal-cords-of-living-adult-mammals

Two-dimensional ‘electron gas’ creates radical microelectronics devices
http://www.kurzweilai.net/two-dimensional-electron-gas-creates-radical-microelectronics-devices

How memory and thought alter the meaning of odors
http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-memory-and-thought-alter-the-meaning-of-odors

Evidence of former life on Mars?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/evidence-of-former-life-on-mars

Will 3D Printing Upend Fashion Like Napster Crippled the Music Industry?
http://mashable.com/2014/03/03/3d-printing-fashion/

Ukraine: A Mistake Moscow Will Regret
http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2014/03/04/ukraine-a-mistake-moscow-will-regret/

Will Google Maps Ever Come to Apple CarPlay
http://mashable.com/2014/03/04/google-maps-carplay/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

The Case for Blunders
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/mar/06/darwin-einstein-case-for-blunders/?pagination=false

Silicon Valley real estate mogul turns to curing cancer through big data
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/innovation/2014/03/01/real-estate-titan-turns-to-curing-cancer.html?cid=tw_inn_mar14

3 Technologies that Will Rock Your World
http://networkingexchangeblog.att.com/enterprise-business/3-technologies-will-rock-world/?__sc_=2jsl3

Ballmer: Microsoft Missed the Mobile Market Over Last Decade
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/04/ballmer-microsoft-missed-the-mobile-market-over-last-decade/

Worth $1 Billion, Iceland's Cryptocurrency Is the Third-Largest in the World
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/worth-1-billion-icelands-cryptocurrency-is-the-third-largest-in-the-world

When Start-Ups Don’t Lock the Doors
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/technology/when-start-ups-dont-lock-the-doors.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

InPowered Opens Platform to Push Popular Content to Native Ads
http://mashable.com/2014/03/04/inpowered-opens-platform/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

'Government as a Platform': How Cloud Computing Is Progressing Inside The Beltway
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2014/02/23/government-as-a-platform-how-cloud-computing-is-progressing-inside-the-beltway/

Most Stars in the Universe Host an Alien Planet
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/03/04/most-stars-in-the-universe-host-an-alien-planet/#.UxYcUeddWDo

China Working on New Intermediate-Range Missile
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/report-china-working-new-intermediate-range-missile/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Warheads and Wealth: Five Keys to Russia's Power
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/the-five-ways-russia-s-military-could-crush-ukraine-1RU89yymTjK6aZS6dmxabw.html

Banking, Information, and Technology: Toward Knowledge Banking
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/525106/banking-information-and-technology-toward-knowledge-banking/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter

Ukrainian authorities suffer new cyber attacks
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-ukraine-cricis-cyberattack-idUSBREA270FU20140308

Cyber weapon known as Snake attacking Ukraine’s computer network
http://www.news.com.au/world/cyber-weapon-known-as-snake-attacking-ukraines-computer-network/story-fndir2ev-1226849285455

Border Patrol tells agents to retreat from rock throwers, not shoot
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/249087891.html?authenticate=y

Federal agencies embrace new technology and strategies to find the enemy within
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/federal-agencies-embrace-new-technology-and-strategies-to-find-the-enemy-within/2014/03/07/22ce335e-9d87-11e3-9ba6-800d1192d08b_story.html

Naval Espionage
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/march/naval-espionage-stopping-a-dangerous-insider-threat/naval-espionage-stopping-a-dangerous-insider-threat

Resolving For Cybersecurity Threats To The Cloud
http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/correspondents-watch/single-article/resolving-for-cybersecurity-threats-to-the-cloud/dfa005e57915ab9e025c37dd87ec8ce6.html

Cybersecurity Priorities Unveiled in FY 2015 Budget
http://www.govinfosecurity.com/cybersecurity-priorities-unveiled-in-fy-2015-budget-a-6600

NIST report on iris aging flawed: researchers
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20140307-nist-report-on-iris-aging-flawed-researchers

Why Study? College Hackers Are Changing F's To A's
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/student-hacking_n_4907344.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, United States
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/07/us-russia-cyberespionage-insight-idUSBREA260YI20140307

Safeguarding networks when disasters strike
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20140306-safeguarding-networks-when-disasters-strike

HOW BUSY PEOPLE MAKE TIME TO READ—AND YOU CAN TOO
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026923/how-busy-people-make-time-to-read-and-you-can-too

Regards,

Mr. Andres Agostini
Risk-Management Professional Futurist and Success Consultant
http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC



(¯`*• Global Source and/or more resources at http://goo.gl/zvSV7 │ www.Future-Observatory.blogspot.com and on LinkeIn Group's "Becoming Aware of the Futures" at http://goo.gl/8qKBbK │ @SciCzar │ Point of Contact: www.linkedin.com/in/AndresAgostini