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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Seeing sound: visual cortex processes auditory information too    http://www.kurzweilai.net/seeing-sound-visual-cortex-processes-auditory-information-too

A machine that trains you to feel affection   http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-machine-that-trains-you-to-feel-affection

Quantum Computing Playground lets you run a simulated quantum computer      http://www.kurzweilai.net/quantum-computing-playground-lets-you-run-a-simulated-quantum-computer

Gel turns to bone-growing scaffold when injected into the body    http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogel-bone-scaffolding/32249/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5aeb07c803-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-5aeb07c803-90052398

Why Nascar Is Putting RFID Sensors On Every Person In The Pit    http://www.fastcolabs.com/3031050/why-nascar-is-putting-rfid-sensors-on-every-person-in-the-pit?partner=newsletter

Dean Kamen's "Luke Arm" Prosthesis Receives FDA Approval    http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/biomedical/bionics/dean-kamen-luke-arm-prosthesis-receives-fda-approval/?utm_source=roboticsnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=052714

Alibaba’s American Aspirations     http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/business/alibaba-plans-11-main-online-market-geared-toward-americans.html?_r=0

Memorial Day 2050     http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/opinion/sunday/friedman-memorial-day-2050.html

Hacker Helped Disrupt 300 Web Attacks, Prosecutors Say   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/nyregion/hacker-helped-disrupt-attacks-prosecutors-say.html

U.S. Military's 'Iron Man' Suit Prototype Debuts This Month    http://m.livescience.com/45860-ironman-suit-military-tech.html?cmpid=557618

Nearly All Cars To Be Autonomous By 2050   http://www.futuristic-look.com/nearly-cars-autonomous-2050/

Beyond 2015: An Innovation-Based Framework For Global Climate Policy    http://www.itif.org/publications/beyond-2015-innovation-based-framework-global-climate-policy

How do we advance U.S. transportation into the 21st century? http://www.realbusiness.com/2014/05/what-will-transportation-look-like-in-the-21st-century/?sf26379565=1

Embeddables and the Future of Industrial Work  http://www.industrialinternet.com/blog/embeddables-and-the-future-of-industrial-work/#.U4OycOg0o5Q.linkedin


Multinational Corporation Says Pay Attention to Climate Change or Die   http://www.21stcentech.com/multinational-corporation-paying-attention-climate-change-question-business-survival/

Is This How We'll Cure Cancer?  http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2014/05/07/is-this-how-well-cure-cancer/

Can roads with built-in photovoltaics replace existing power sources?  http://www.21stcentech.com/solar-roadways-kidding-me/

Finding Intelligent Aliens – Where and How Soon?   http://www.21stcentech.com/finding-aliens-soon/

M-Blocks and Roombots – Self Assembling Microbots With Many Uses  http://www.21stcentech.com/m-blocks-roombots-assembling-microbots/

Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends   http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2014/05/23/entrepreneurs-and-startups-drive-future-work-trends/

Proterra’s Electric Bus Travels Over 1,100 Kilometers in 24 Hours   http://www.21stcentech.com/proterras-electric-bus-travels-1100-kilometers-24-hours/

Google engineers open gates to Quantum Computing Playground   http://phys.org/news/2014-05-google-gates-quantum-playground.html

Research center or weather weapon? US military is shutting down HAARP   http://rt.com/news/161672-haarp-closure-weather-experiments/

Brain Implants To Cure Mental Disorders May Soon Be A Thing   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/brain-implants-mental-disorders-darpa_n_5395708.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000043

Can a robot learn right from wrong?  http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/27/5754126/the-next-challenge-for-robots-morality

Darpa’s Robots Could Soon Assemble Satellites in Space   http://www.wired.com/2014/04/dangerroom_0404_satellite_robots?utm_content=buffer5fb45&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Every Neuron in a Brain Recorded in 3D on a Millisecond Timescale   http://gizmodo.com/every-neuron-in-a-brain-recorded-in-3d-on-a-millisecond-1578578049

Robots Will Pave the Way to Mars   http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/robots-will-pave-the-way-to-mars

Make Your Own World With Programmable Matter  http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-hardware/make-your-own-world-with-programmable-matter