FUTURISM UPDATE (September 25, 2014)

LINKEDIN: “Litmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory!” by http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140924064538-34427457-litmus-testing-your-corporate-strategy-into-for-cash-victory

FAST COMPANY: DHL Will Begin Testing Drones (Flying Robots) Deliveries On Friday http://www.fastcompany.com/3036215/fast-feed/dhl-will-begin-testing-drone-deliveries-on-friday

GNC: Soft robots will go where first responders can’t http://gcn.com/blogs/emerging-tech/2014/09/soft-robots.aspx?s=gcntech_240914&m=1

INC: What Google Looks for in New Hires http://www.inc.com/business-insider/what-google-looks-for-in-job-candidates.html?cid=sf01001

FORBES: Nearly A Third Of All Female Prisoners Worldwide Are Incarcerated In The United States [Infographic] http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2014/09/23/nearly-a-third-of-all-female-prisoners-worldwide-are-incarcerated-in-the-united-states-infographic/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

GIZMODO: Meet Google’s Robot Army. It’s Growing. http://gizmodo.com/a-humans-guide-to-googles-many-robots-1509799897

DAILY MAIL: Google’s robot dog ‘Cujo’ goes on patrol with the Marines as it carries up to 400lbs of their kit and weapons http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2692328/Here-Cujo-Marines-let-Google-owned-Big-Dog-robot-live-military-trial.html

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. FORBES: Is Strategy Dead? 7 Reasons The Answer May Be Yes http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricksmith/2014/09/22/is-strategy-dead-7-reasons-the-answer-may-be-yes/

BLOOMBERG: Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/occupational-hazards-of-working-on-wall-street

BLOOMBERG: Obama’s War Isn’t Bush’s Mistake http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/obama-s-war-isn-t-bush-s-mistake

BLOOMBERG: Rich-on-Rich Warfare in U.S. Politics http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/rich-on-rich-warfare-in-u-s-politics

CSC: 3D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing [REPORT] http://assets1.csc.com/innovation/downloads/LEF_20123DPrinting.pdf

ZDNET: UPS expands 3D printing services across US http://www.zdnet.com/ups-expands-3d-printing-services-across-us-7000033972/

THE ECONOMIST: Global Markets and the world’s economy, Losing momentum http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2014/09/markets-and-economy?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/losing_momentum

FINANCIAL TIMES: Philippines swings into trade deficit http://on.ft.com/1mWa7EW

CNBC: How 3-D printing will radically change the world http://www.cnbc.com/id/101638702

FORBES: The Future Of 3D Printing And Manufacturing http://www.forbes.com/sites/rakeshsharma/2014/01/15/1255/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: 3-D Printing Will Change the World http://hbr.org/2013/03/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world/

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google’s Moonshot Chief Claims Progress on Project Loon Balloons http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/24/googles-moonshot-chief-claims-progress-on-project-loon-balloons/

THE ECONOMIST: Tesco’s accounting problems. Britain’s biggest retailer is in worse trouble than previously thought. http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21619783-decline-britains-biggest-retailer-has-begun-look-sai-turning-orange?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/turning_orange

TECH COCKTAIL: 5 Experts Weigh In on the Future of 3D Printing http://tech.co/future-3d-printing-2014-07

REUTERS: GM compensation fund makes first offers to victims, gets more claims http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-gm-recall-compensation-idUSKCN0HJ2DI20140924

REUTERS: Apple iPhone rollout marred by ‘bendgate,’ dropped cell service http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-apple-iphone-bend-idUSKCN0HJ20B20140924

READY NASA. MOSCOW TIMES: Russia to Inject Massive New Funding Into International Space Station http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-to-inject-massive-new-funding-into-international-space-station/507779.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Poll: Putin Seen by Russians as Highest Moral Authority http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/putin-is-top-moral-authority-for-russians-poll-shows/507773.html

NEXT GOV: FBI Plans Rapid DNA Dragnets http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2014/09/fbi-plans-rapid-dna-dragnets/94892/?oref=ng-skybox

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: Need to Know Memo: A Strategic Approach to Cybersecurity http://www.govexec.com/technology/2014/06/need-know-memo-strategic-approach-cybersecurity/86284/?oref=ng-earthbox

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: CDC Predicts As Many As 1.4 Million Ebola Cases by Early 2015 http://www.govexec.com/defense/2014/09/cdc-predicts-many-14-million-ebola-cases-early-2015/94832/?oref=skybox

BLOOMBERG: Goldman Sees Topix Decline as Abe Exhausts Policy Tools http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-24/goldman-sees-topix-decline-as-abe-exhausts-policy-tools.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: 5 Factors That Reduce Cloud Complexity (While Increasing Security) http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/putin-is-top-moral-authority-for-russians-poll-shows/507773.html

DER SPIEGEL: The Syrian Front: Waiting to Die in Aleppo http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/death-and-dying-in-aleppo-as-syria-civil-war-rages-on-a-993123.html

DER SPIEGEL: German Central Bank Head Weidmann: ‘The Euro Crisis Is Not Yet Behind Us’ http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/interview-with-bundesbank-head-jens-weidmann-on-euro-crisis-and-ecb-a-993409.html

NORWAY TODAY: Environmental activists disappointed over Norway at climate summit http://www.norwaytoday.info/home_view.php?id=13075

HEW YORK TIMES: Exposing Hidden Bias at Google http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/technology/exposing-hidden-biases-at-google-to-improve-diversity.html?ref=technology&_r=0

NEW YORK TIMES: Under New Leadership, BlackBerry Unveils the Passport, Its Newest Smartphone http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/technology/under-new-leadership-blackberry-unveils-its-newest-smartphone.html?ref=technology

NO DOPE BUT WORK. WALL STREET JOURNAL: China’s Tech Factories Turn to Student Labor http://online.wsj.com/articles/chinas-tech-factories-turn-to-student-labor-1411572448?mod=LS1

WALL STREET JOURNAL: The U.S. Postal Service wants to deliver more groceries for Amazon.com Inc., http://online.wsj.com/articles/postal-service-seeks-to-extend-grocery-deliveries-1411581993?mod=WSJ_TechWSJD_NeedToKnow

I FORESEE A HUGE INTRANET FOR AND BY CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA, BRAZIL. WALL STREET JOURNAL: Russia Steps Up New Law to Control Foreign Internet Companies http://online.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-control-foreign-internet-companies-1411574920?mod=WSJ_TechWSJD_NeedToKnow

FORBES: Mobile Master: KakaoTalk Creator Becomes One Of South Korea’s Richest Billionaires http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2014/09/24/mobile-master-kakaotalk-creator-becomes-one-of-south-koreas-richest-billionaires/

FORBES: Amazon Begins Contacting Developers For Secret Smart Home Projects http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2014/09/24/amazon-smart-home-plans/

FORBES: Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors: Part Of America’s Long-Term Energy Future? www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2014/09/22/molten-salt-nuclear-reactors-part-of-americas-long-termenergy-future/

FORBES: Wal-Mart Really Wants To Be Your Bank, Retailer Launches Mobile Checking Account http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2014/09/24/wal-mart-jumps-deeper-into-banking-with-new-mobile-checking-account/

FORTUNE: General Motors appoints its first cybersecurity officer http://fortune.com/2014/09/24/general-motors-appoints-its-first-cybersecurity-officer/

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Litmus-Testing Your Corporate Strategy Into For-Cash Victory! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140924064538-34427457-litmus-testing-your-corporate-strategy-into-for-cash-victory

KAI: New UHF RFID technology helps robots find household objects http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-uhf-rfid-technology-helps-robots-find-household-objects

KAI: Soft robotics ‘toolkit’ features everything a budding robot-maker needs http://ln.is/www.kurzweilai.net/ERPSy …

THE GUARDIAN: Russia’s eavesdropping on phone calls examined by Strasbourg court http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/strasbourg-court-human-rights-russia-eavesdropping-texts-emails-fsb–

A RESERVE-CURRENCY UNDERMINER. THE GUARDIAN: Bitcoin-mining computer company faces shutdown by US authorities www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/24/bitcoin-mining-computer-company-faces-shutdown

BUSINESS INSIDER: This Giant Solar-Powered Plane Is Going To Circumnavigate The Earth http://www.businessinsider.in/This-Giant-Solar-Powered-Plane-Is-Going-To-Circumnavigate-The-Earth/articleshow/43368438.cms

I FEEL SORRY FOR BOEING. CNN: Airbus to help develop first supersonic business jet http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/24/travel/airbus-supersonic-jet/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

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