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Brian Armstrong — TechCrunch

Mt.Gox is gone. The one-time biggest Bitcoin exchange closed its doors this week and filed for bankruptcy this morning. Questions about the future of Bitcoin have once again been up-leveled to the headlines of nearly every major media outlet.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a string of issues in the Bitcoin space, from the transaction malleability bug that ultimately closed Mt.Gox’s doors to a corresponding distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that delayed transfers on multiple exchanges and services. These attacks, along with recent phishing scams and money-laundering arrests, have cast doubt on the Bitcoin space and caused consumer panic — which is fair.

But what hasn’t been communicated well is how those who are truly invested in the future of Bitcoin remain totally confident, because with every attack, breach, and arrest, Bitcoin is getting stronger and proving to consumers and businesses it is not going away.

Here is what is not being said about Bitcoin that should be.

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By Phil Wahba — Reuters
Some of Bitcoin enthusiast Mike Caldwell's coins are pictured at his office in this photo illustration in Sandy, Utah, January 31, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
(Reuters) — Robocoin said on Tuesday that later this month it will install the first automated teller machines in the United States that let users buy and sell bitcoin, the latest step into the mainstream for the digital currency.

The kiosks, to be installed in Seattle, and Austin, Texas, are similar to ATMs but have scanners to read government-issued identification such as a driver’s license or a passport to confirm users’ identities.

The ATMs will allow people to swap bitcoin for cash, or deposit cash to buy more bitcoin by transferring funds to or from a virtual wallet on their smartphones.

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By - Digital Trends

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Bitcoin vending machine manufacturer Lamassu announced today the launch of the first known Bitcoin sales kiosk operating in the United States. The Bitcoin Machine, which allows users to quickly buy Bitcoin with US dollars or other currencies, is permanently located at the Imbibe Nob Hill cigar bar in Albuquerque, New Mexico, near the University of New Mexico.

Unlike other Bitcoin ATM models, the Bitcoin Machine only allows transactions in one direction: Scan your Bitcoin address QR code into the machine, insert money, and the device transfers the proper amount of Bitcoin into your digital wallet.

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Written By: — Singularity Hub

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We’re tempted to file this one under “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” A wristband, called Nymi, that taps the user’s heartbeat as a biometric marker, will also double as a bitcoin wallet.

“The wallet is physically stored on the Nymi,” Yevgeniy Vahlis, the manufacturer’s chief cyrptographer, said in a release.

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By Christopher Mims — Quartz

Startup Bitcoin Kinetics, which aims to create hardware that can allow vending machines to accept bitcoin, is offering 10 billion shares of common stock on the website Cryptostocks. This isn’t your typical IPO—Cryptostocks, where Bitcoin Kinetics will be “listed,” describes itself as both a crowd funding platform and a place to “buy shares… and earn dividends.” It’s not clear what the legal status of Cryptostocks is, since it’s not licensed or registered as an exchange. One commenter called Cryptostocks “another of the play-pretend Bitcoin financial exchanges.” (We reached out to Cryptostocks for comment, and will update this when we hear back from them.)

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By Zach Schonfeld — Newsweek
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Spurred by a host of recent converts to the peer-to-peer digital currency, Newsweek has become the first magazine to accept Bitcoin PR pitches. The digital currency’s visibility in popular retailers remains modest, but its presence in our email inboxes has frankly never been higher.

If the volume of recent press releases is any indication, Newsweek will be shortly accompanied by the first Indian e-Commerce store, Swiss dentist, HFT service provider, and public university to embrace the currency form.

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We were talking recently with an executive in the adtech startup scene and got onto the subject of Bitcoin, and how much money was pouring into — and coming out of — the online cryptocurrency in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley area.

This source told us that he had heard about a guy who had made more than $200,000 from trading Bitcoin, and had used it to charter a rocket into space.

Wait, what?

Turns out, it’s true.
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By Nellie Bowles — Re/code
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The line outside the Ramen Underground in San Francisco’s Japantown stretched through the mall, as some 300 entrepreneurs, speculators, anarchists and street-corner cryptocurrency dealers gathered for the first-ever Bitcoin Fair last night.

Event co-host Nathan Lands, a 29-year-old in a lush gray velvet smoking jacket, welcomed the crowd.

“When you spend your bitcoin, you can see your bitcoin, you feel your bitcoin,” Lands said, in a Southern drawl. “With this fair, and with the much larger one we’ll do next month, we’re trying to make bitcoin available to the average consumer.”

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The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

Posted by Andres Agostini in 3D printing, asteroid/comet impacts, automation, big data, biological, bionic, bioprinting, biotech/medical, bitcoin, business, chemistry, climatology, complex systems, computing, cosmology, counterterrorism, cybercrime/malcode, cyborgs, defense, driverless cars, drones, economics, education, energy, engineering, entertainment, environmental, ethics, events, evolution, existential risks, exoskeleton, finance, food, fun, futurism, general relativity, genetics, geopolitics, government, habitats, hardware, health, homo sapiens, human trajectories, humor, information science, innovation, law, law enforcement, life extension, lifeboat, media & arts, military, mobile phones, nanotechnology, neuroscience, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, open access, open source, particle physics, philosophy, physics, policy, polls, posthumanism, privacy, robotics/AI, science, scientific freedom, security, singularity, space, supercomputing, surveillance, sustainability, time travel, transhumanism, transparency, transportation, treaties, water | Leave a Comment on The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

FEBRUARY 08/2014 LIST OF UPDATES. By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
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MITRE-Harvard nanocomputer may point the way to future computer miniaturization
http://www.kurzweilai.net/mitre-harvard-nanocomputer-may-point-the-way-to-future-computer-miniaturization

New form of graphene allows electrons to behave like photons
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-form-of-graphene-allows-electrons-to-behave-like-photons

The first flexible, transparent, and conductive material
http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-first-flexible-transparent-and-conductive-material

Adidas Says Under Armour Infringed Its Wearable-Tech Patents
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-05/adidas-says-under-armour-infringed-its-wearable-tech-patents

The Best Science and Engineering Visualizations of 2013
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/2013-sciviz-winners/

How To Keep Museums Alive In The Age Of Minecraft
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026074/how-to-keep-museums-alive-in-the-age-of-minecraft

Disrupting Death: These Customized Tombstones Let You Take Your Colorful Personality To The Grave
http://www.fastcocreate.com/3025033/disrupting-death-these-customized-tombstones-let-you-take-your-colorful-personality-to-the-g

SolarCoin cryptocurrency pays you to go green
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25010-solarcoin-cryptocurrency-pays-you-to-go-green.html#.UvQTboXSmHc

Bio-Hackers Pore Through A Child’s DNA For The Source of A Mysterious Disease

Bio-Hackers Pore Through A Child’s DNA For The Source of A Mysterious Disease

Man With 3-D Printer Prints 3-D Printer That Prints 3-D Printer That Prints 3-D Printer
http://thelapine.ca/man-with-3-d-printer-prints-3-d-printer-that-prints-3-d-printer-that-prints-3-d-printer/

The death of the statistician

DSC Webinar Series: Data Contributions to a Conversational AI Platform

Ford’s data scientist: Keep all the data and sort it out later
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/06/fords-data-scientist-keep-all-the-data-and-sort-it-out-later/

How I came to love big data (or at least acknowledge its existence)
http://signalvnoise.com/posts/3315-how-i-came-to-love-big-data-or-at-least-acknowledge-its-existence

IBM opens access to SaaS portfolio to help African Universities with next-generation IT skills
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/43122.wss

World’s “least corrupt” nations fail to police bribery abroad

World’s “least corrupt” nations fail to police bribery abroad

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF)
http://www.bt.com.au/help/anti-money-laundering-and-counter-terrorism-financing.asp

3D Printing Central to Future Military Strategy
http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/7074/3D-Printing-Central-to-Future-Military-Strategy.aspx

Elio Motors and the Three Wheeled Car — A Moonshot Project
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7093/Elio-Motors-and-the-Three-Wheeled-Car–A-Moonshot-Project.aspx

When will 3D Printing Reach a Mass Consumer Audience?
http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/7080/When-will-3D-Printing-Reach-a-Mass-Consumer-Audience.aspx

7 Steps to an Awesome Technical Presentation (Part 1 of 4)
http://www.engineering.com/Jobs/JobArticles/ArticleID/7068/7-Steps-to-an-Awesome-Technical-Presentation-Part-1-of-4.aspx

Top 10 STEM Puns
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7075/Top-10-STEM-Puns.aspx

Dude, Where’s My Hydrogen Car?
http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesignArticles/ArticleID/7070/Dude-Wheres-My-Hydrogen-Car.aspx

New Farm Bill Provides Long-Overdue Eligibility for Renewable Chemicals
http://www.bio.org/media/press-release/new-farm-bill-provides-long-overdue-eligibility-renewable-chemicals

Legislation Introduced To Communicate Prescription Changes to Patients & Physicians
http://www.bio.org/media/press-release/legislation-introduced-communicate-prescription-changes-patients-physicians

Bioscience Economic Development
http://www.bio.org/articles/bioscience-economic-development

First graphene radio broadcast is a wireless wonder
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24976-first-graphene-radio-broadcast-is-a-wireless-wonder.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news

An nanoscale electrical switch for magnetism
http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=34222.php

How to Make a Better Invisibility Cloak—With Lasers
http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/materials/how-to-make-a-better-invisibility-cloakwith-lasers

Can Graphene Enable Thermal Transistors?
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/can-graphene-enable-thermal-transistors?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumSemiconductors+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Semiconductors%29

A new twist to sodium ion battery technology
http://www.materialstoday.com/energy/news/a-new-twist-to-sodium-ion-battery-technology/

New “Photodetector” Nanotechnology Allows Photos in Near Darkness
http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=29284

Self-aligning DNA wires have been constructed for nanoelectronics
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/self-aligning-dna-wires-have-been-constructed-nanoelectronics

Nanocatalyst helps a greenhouse gas turn over a new leaf
http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=34230.php

IBM claims to make “first fully functioning” graphene IC

IBM claims to make “first fully functioning” graphene IC

Quantum dots provide complete control of photons
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/quantum-dots-provide-complete-control-photons

Quicker method paves the way for atomic-level design
http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=34226.php#ixzz2sark76Sf

Rice lab clocks “hot” electrons
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/rice-lab-clocks-%E2%80%9Chot%E2%80%9D-electrons

Arianespace Successfully Delivers Its 250th Launch
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/02/06/arianespace-successfully-delivers-its-250th-launch/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

From Occupy to Climate Justice
http://www.thenation.com/article/178242/occupy-climate-justice?page=0,1

Chinese Factories Are Ordered to Release Data on Real-Time Emissions Levels
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-06/chinese-factories-ordered-to-release-data-on-real-time-emissions-levels

When Will Genomics Cure Cancer?
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/when-will-genomics-cure-cancer/355739/

Visitors to Sochi Olympics will be instantly hacked
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/visitors-to-sochi-olympics-will-be-instantly-hacked-201318818.html

FAO Food Price Index falls despite climbing dairy prices
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/213481/icode/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=FAOnews&utm_content=gk

Tapstream Is Making Mobile Ads Smarter With “Deferred Deep Links,” A Way To Point Users To App Landing Pages After They Install

Tapstream Is Making Mobile Ads Smarter With “Deferred Deep Links,” A Way To Point Users To App Landing Pages After They Install

23AndMe Will Decode Your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics
http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazine/15-12/ff_genomics?currentPage=all

20 unpronounceable tech brands — and how to say them
http://www.itworld.com/it-management/403502/20-unpronounceable-tech-brands-and-how-say-them

Can Twitter’s Big Data Influence The Music Business?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2014/02/06/can-twitters-big-data-influence-the-music-business/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Venture capital’s stunning lack of female decision-makers
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/06/venture-capitals-stunning-lack-of-female-decision-makers/?utm_content=bufferfddfe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Artificial intelligence: the companies behind Britain’s ‘smart’ revolution
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10610734/Artificial-intelligence-the-companies-behind-Britains-smart-revolution.html

As artificial intelligence grows, so do ethical concerns
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/As-artificial-intelligence-grows-so-do-ethical-5194466.php

Computing with silicon neurons: Scientists use artificial nerve cells to classify different types of data
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140128094539.htm

‘Friendly’ robots could allow for more realistic human-android relationships
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140206082401.htm

6 Exponential Technologies of Tomorrow
http://www.wfs.org/content/6-exponential-technologies-tomorrow

Anti-ageing compound set for human trials after turning clock back for mice
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/20/anti-ageing-human-trials

U.S. Agencies Take Significant Step Toward Wirelessly Connecting Vehicles To One Another

U.S. Agencies Take Significant Step Toward Wirelessly Connecting Vehicles To One Another

New Stratasys 3D Printer Makes Multi-Material, Full Color Parts in a Single Run

New Stratasys 3D Printer Makes Multi-Material, Full Color Parts in a Single Run

Do You Trust Internet-Connected Appliances Enough To Let Them Run Your Home?

Do You Trust Internet-Connected Appliances Enough To Let Them Run Your Home?

Illumina Claims New Sequencer Transcribes 18,000 Genomes per Year at $1,000 Each

Illumina Claims New Sequencer Transcribes 18,000 Genomes per Year at $1,000 Each

Simple Method for Creating Stem Cells Promises Cheaper, Faster Therapies

Simple Method for Creating Stem Cells Promises Cheaper, Faster Therapies

Google’s AI Acquisition Blurs Lines Between Futuristic Visions and Business-as-Usual

Google’s AI Acquisition Blurs Lines Between Futuristic Visions and Business-as-Usual

Rejections for Sandy Grants Are Questioned
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303496804579365431674359994?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303496804579365431674359994.html&mod=e2tw

New Inexpensive Skin Test in Development to Diagnose Malaria in an Instant

New Inexpensive Skin Test in Development to Diagnose Malaria in an Instant

uArm, A Mini Robotic Arm You Can Assemble and Control

uArm, A Mini Robotic Arm You Can Assemble and Control


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QUOTATION(S): “…It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring…” AND “…Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion…”

CITATION(S): “…HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IS DOUBLING EVERY TEN YEARS [AS PER THE 1998 STANDARDS].…COMPUTER POWER IS DOUBLING EVERY EIGHTEEN MONTHS. THE INTERNET IS DOUBLING EVERY YEAR. THE NUMBER OF DNA SEQUENCES WE CAN ANALYZE IS DOUBLING EVERY TWO YEARS…”

BOOK(S): Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 by Michio Kaku. ISBN-13: 978–0307473332

Regards,

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

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The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

Posted by Andres Agostini in 3D printing, asteroid/comet impacts, automation, big data, biological, bionic, bioprinting, biotech/medical, bitcoin, business, chemistry, climatology, complex systems, computing, cosmology, counterterrorism, cybercrime/malcode, cyborgs, defense, driverless cars, drones, economics, education, energy, engineering, entertainment, environmental, ethics, events, existential risks, finance, food, futurism, genetics, geopolitics, government, habitats, hardware, health, human trajectories, information science, innovation, law, law enforcement, life extension, lifeboat, media & arts, military, mobile phones, nanotechnology, neuroscience, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, open access, open source, particle physics, philosophy, physics, policy, posthumanism, privacy, robotics/AI, science, scientific freedom, security, singularity, space, supercomputing, surveillance, sustainability, transhumanism, transparency, transportation, treaties, water | Leave a Comment on The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

FEBRUARY 07/2014 LIST OF UPDATES. By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
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The Ryno Microcycle is a Sci-Fi Inspired Single Wheeler
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7034/The-Ryno-Microcycle-is-a-Sci-Fi-Inspired-Single-Wheeler.aspx

Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world
http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2014-01-20/rigged-rules-mean-economic-growth-increasingly-winner-takes-all-for-rich-elites

Economist Debates: Democracy economist.com
http://www.economist.com/debate/overview/196

Behavioral Economics Gives The Advertising Industry A Nudge In The Right Direction
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnowrid/2014/02/05/behavioural-economics-gives-the-advertising-industry-a-nudge-in-the-right-direction/

Penn State Students Seek Crowdfunding To Land A Hopping Rover On The Moon
http://realtime.rediff.com/news/realtime/Penn-State-Students-Seek-Crowdfunding-To-Land-A-Hopping-Rover-On-The-Moon/fe9c342fe29a4b1d?src=interim_alsoreadheadline

Bitcoin Has the Power to Transform Digital Media Forever
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-power-transform-digital-media-forever/

The coin prince: inside Bitcoin’s first big money-laundering scandal
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/4/5374172/the-coin-prince-charlie-shrem-bitinstant-bitcoin-money-laundering-scandal

Business consulting – helping you outperform in a digital world
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/consulting/

Be it bitcoins or dollars, money’s value rooted in beliefs
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-03/news/46964128_1_stateless-currencies-one-bitcoin-zerocoin

Why Google Cannot Run The World: Wisdom = Data + Experience
http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgebradt/2014/02/05/why-google-can-not-run-the-world-wisdom-data-experience/

Why Launching an Online Brand Takes Guts and 3 Tips for How to Do It Right
http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2326949/why-launching-an-online-brand-takes-guts-and-3-tips-for-how-to-do-it-right

Satya Nadella’s First Email To Employees As New Microsoft CEO: ‘Who Am I?
http://www.businessinsider.com/satya-nadella-email-to-microsoft-employees-2014-2

Five things you should know about running your business from home
http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2014/jan/29/home-business-working-technology

UPDATE 2-JPMorgan to pay $614 mln in U.S. mortgage fraud case
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/jpmorgan-settle-idUSL2N0L928N20140205

Three things to watch on information sharing
http://fcw.com/articles/2014/01/31/paul-on-info-sharing-2014.aspx

Senate cybersecurity report finds agencies often fail to take basic preventive measures
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/senate-cybersecurity-report-finds-agencies-often-fail-to-take-basic-preventive-measures/2014/02/03/493390c2-8ab6-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html

UK Governments 10 Step Guide to reducing risk of Cyber Attack
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/73128/12-1120-10-steps-to-cyber-security-executive.pdf

Do You Want a Lot More Social Media Views?
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140204130648-36792-do-you-want-a-lot-more-social-media-views?trk=RSS_Feed

Interview: Peter Singer on cybersecurity and cyberwar
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/02/04/Interview-Peter-Singer-on-cybersecurity-and-cyberwar.aspx#.UvLYGhSnwp0.twitter

A Guide to the Internet of Things Infographic
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/intelligent-systems/iot/internet-of-things-starts-with-intelligence-inside.html

Facebook domain hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/35284/facebook-domain-hacked-by-syrian-electronic-army/index.html

The Rise of Quantum Computing
http://csrspreadscience.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/the-rise-of-quantum-computing/

Wozniak: Apple Could Build Droid Phones, Warns of ‘Police State’
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/mobile-enterprise/wozniak-apple-could-build-droid-phones-warns-of-police-state-024070.php

Your memory is no video camera: It edits the past with present experiences
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140204185651.htm

Superhumans Created by Nanotechnology within 30 years

Superhumans Soon Created by Nanotechnology

5 Emerging Technologies That Could Destroy The World

5 Emerging Technologies that Could Destroy the World

Man Gets First Prosthetic Hand That Can Feel
http://news.yahoo.com/man-gets-first-prosthetic-hand-feel-202300302.html

PENTAGON CHIEF: The Military Is Facing A Potential Ethical ‘Breakdown’
http://www.businessinsider.com/hagel-ethical-breakdown-2014-2

The Future Of Stealth Camouflage In Special Operations
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-stealth-camouflage-in-special-operations-2014-2

CONTAGION: Here Are 12 Frequently-Asked Questions About One Of The Most Serious Risks In Financial Markets
http://www.businessinsider.com/contagion-frequently-asked-questions-2014-2#ixzz2sVwwoExE

A New Quantum Communication Breakthrough Will Help Us Make A Super-Secure Internet
http://www.businessinsider.com/quantum-teleportation-fiber-optics-2014-2#ixzz2sVyPBOCl

Extraordinary stem cell method tested in human tissue
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25004-extraordinary-stem-cell-method-tested-in-human-tissue.html#.UvMaFrTSmHd

Is Google Building An Android Army? They Just Bought Another Artificial Intelligence Company
http://www.policymic.com/articles/81105/is-google-building-an-android-army-they-just-bought-another-artificial-intelligence-company

Ray Kurzweil is wrong: The Singularity is not near
http://pando.com/2014/02/03/the-singularity-is-not-near/

PayPal Is Cracking Down on Bitcoin Sellers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/idUS371088795720140205
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QUOTATION(S): “…Change is hard. Change is hardest on those caught by surprise. Change is hardest on those who have difficulty changing too. But change is natural; change is not new; change is important…” AND “…Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition…”

CITATION: “…BEGINNING WITH THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE KNOWN WORLD AT THE TIME OF CHRIST, STUDIES HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE FIRST DOUBLING OF THAT KNOWLEDGE TOOK PLACE ABOUT 1700 A.D. THE SECOND DOUBLING OCCURRED AROUND THE YEAR 1900. IT IS ESTIMATED TODAY THAT THE WORLD’S KNOWLEDGE BASE WILL DOUBLE AGAIN BY 2010 AND AGAIN AFTER THAT BY 2013…”

RECOMMENDED BOOK(S): Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier. ISBN-13: 978–1451654967

Regards,

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