Muscle-powered bio-bots walk on command http://phys.org/news/2014-06-muscle-powered-bio-bots-video.html

Crowdsourcing for robots http://www.kurzweilai.net/crowdsourcing-for-robots

Giant space telescope could detect hints of life on exoplanets http://www.kurzweilai.net/giant-space-telescope-could-detect-hints-ot-life-on-exoplanets

California governor signs bill to bring bitcoin and other currency into fold http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/29/us-usa-california-bitcoin-idUSKBN0F402T20140629

It’s Not Magic: Watch How Parts Assemble Themselves http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-06-02/its-not-magic-watch-how-smart-parts-self-assemble

Meet the future of public transport: electric cycles with onboard tablets http://qz.com/227264/meet-the-future-of-the-public-transport-electric-cycles-with-onboard-tablets/

10 Breakthrough Innovations That Will Shape The World In 2025 http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032260/10-breakthrough-innovations-that-will-shape-the-world-in-2025

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 http://fs-unep-centre.org/publications/gtr-2014

8 Ways The Internet Of Things Will Change Everyday Life https://blogs.sap.com/innovation/innovation/8-ways-the-internet-of-things-will-change-everyday-life-01253438?source=social-Ariba-LinkedIn-NetworkedEconomy-Blog-IoT&campaigncode=CRM-XH14-GRO-NTECLPLIS

Teaching Robots Tasks – Researchers Turn to Crowdsourcing http://www.21stcentech.com/teaching-robots-tasks-researchers-turn-crowdsourcing/

Google, Detroit diverge on road map for self-driving cars http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/30/us-google-detroit-insight-idUSKBN0F50C320140630

Supreme Court Rejects Contraceptives Mandate for Some Corporations http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-case-supreme-court-contraception.html

When a Health Plan Knows How You Shop http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/technology/when-a-health-plan-knows-how-you-shop.html?ref=technology

Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/upshot/americans-think-we-have-the-worlds-best-colleges-we-dont.html

How Opposite Energy Policies Turned The Fukushima Disaster Into A Loss For Japan And A Win For Germany http://www.forbes.com/sites/amorylovins/2014/06/28/how-opposite-energy-policies-turned-the-fukushima-disaster-into-a-loss-for-japan-and-a-win-for-germany/

Gartner’s top 10 security technologies for 2014 http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123458169/gartners-top-10-security-technologies-2014

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

8 Ways The Internet Of Things Will Change Everyday Life https://blogs.sap.com/innovation/innovation/8-ways-the-internet-of-things-will-change-everyday-life-01253438?source=social-Ariba-LinkedIn-NetworkedEconomy-Blog-IoT&campaigncode=CRM-XH14-GRO-NTECLPLIS

Billions To Soon Be Invested In 3D Printing Research and Development http://3dprint.com/7599/billions-rd-3d-printing/

Iraq Says Russian Experts Have Arrived to Help Prepare Jets for Fighting http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/world/middleeast/iraq.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Encouraging News Headlines on the Renewable Energy Front http://www.21stcentech.com/encouraging-news-headlines-renewable-energy-front/

Facebook tinkered with users’ feeds for a massive psychology experiment http://www.avclub.com/article/facebook-tinkered-users-feeds-massive-psychology-e-206324

GERMANY AND CHINA DOING MORE TRADE AND COMMERCE AND SOFT POWER. President Xi calls on China, Germany to build Silk Road economic belt http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/851528.shtml

The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% — ex CIA spy http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy

MORE FINANCIAL-SECTOR CORRUPTION: BNP Paribas to be ‘punished severely’, says boss http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28078636

Nasa’s out-of-this-world plan to rescue a Space Shuttle http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140624-nasas-bold-shuttle-rescue-plan

“Four Scientists in the Non-‘Black Swans’ to Expect!” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140629225512-34427457-four-scientists-in-the-non-black-swans-to-expect

Corporate Boards Race to Shore Up Cybersecurity http://online.wsj.com/articles/boards-race-to-bolster-cybersecurity-1404086146

Drone Dogfight: Big Defense Firms vs. Techies http://online.wsj.com/articles/drone-dogfight-big-defense-firms-versus-techies-1403891039?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_tech

China’s ‘New Silk Road’ Vision Revealed http://thediplomat.com/2014/05/chinas-new-silk-road-vision-revealed/

History Lessons for China and Japan http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/history-lessons-for-china-and-japan/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

The quantum cryptography arms race has begun http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-quantum-cryptography-arms-race-has-begun-244907

A 36-core chip design with an Internet-style communication network http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-36-core-chip-design-with-an-internet-style-communication-network

Wearable computing gloves can teach Braille, even if you’re not paying attention http://www.kurzweilai.net/wearable-computing-gloves-can-teach-braille-even-if-youre-not-paying-attention

Ultrasonic waves allow for precision micro- and nano-manufacturing of thin-film chips http://www.kurzweilai.net/ultrasonic-waves-allow-for-precision-micro-and-nano-manufacturing-of-thin-film-chips

Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/technology/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html?_r=0

Nuclear-Leak Investigators Shift Sights to Los Alamos Lab http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/nuclear-leak-investigators-shift-sights-los-alamos-lab/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Beating Tornadoes – Great Wall Proposed Across American Midwest http://www.21stcentech.com/beting-tornadoes-great-wall-proposed/

The Internet Of Things Will Radically Change Your Big Data Strategy http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikekavis/2014/06/26/the-internet-of-things-will-radically-change-your-big-data-strategy/

Ukraine Signs Trade Agreement With European Union http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/world/europe/ukraine-signs-trade-agreement-with-european-union.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Can Netanyahu find Israel’s three kidnapped teenagers without destroying his own government and tearing the West Bank apart? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/bibi_and_the_lost_boys_netanyahu_israel_kidnapped_teenagers_abbas?utm_content=buffer3716b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#trending

If Japan Wanted to Build a Nuclear Bomb It’d Be Awesome at It http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/japan_isn_t_going_to_build_nuclear_weapons_but_it_could

It’s time for NATO to get involved in Syria and Iraq, perhaps even putting limited Special Forces troops on the ground. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/wake_up_and_smell_the_turkish_coffee_nato_isis_syria_iraq

Why we should be worried about the Japanese prime minister’s move to amend the constitution. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/24/dishonest_abe_article_nine_japan_constitution

WHILE FORD MOTORS AND GM ARE LOOSING THE SHIRT: New Hyundai Sonatas rolling out of super-busy Alabama plant http://fortune.com/2014/06/26/new-hyundai-sonatas-rolling-out-of-super-busy-alabama-plant/

Government watchdog: U.S. slipping in nuclear energy innovation http://fortune.com/2014/06/27/government-watchdog-u-s-slipping-in-nuclear-energy-innovation/

The Space-Based Quantum Cryptography Race. Europe and China are gaining the upper hand in the race to bounce perfectly secure messages off satellites in low Earth orbit. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/528671/the-space-based-quantum-cryptography-race/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter

Elon Musk Is Opening A New Front In His Lawsuit Against The Air Force
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-russian-joint-venture-in-new-complaint-2014-6#ixzz35spcYUal

A Mexican Military Helicopter Entered The US And Fired On Two Border Patrol Agents Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-helicopter-fires-border-patrol-arizona-2014-6#ixzz35sq9W9Rq

Higgs Boson Looks “Standard,” but Upgraded LHC May Tell a Different Tale http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/higgs-boson-looks-standard-but-upgraded-lhc-may-tell-a-different-tale1/

Beating human hearts grown in a lab: Tiny organs are being infected with disease to test pioneering drugs http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669350/Beating-human-hearts-grown-lab-Tiny-organs-infected-disease-test-pioneering-drugs.html

Higgs Boson Looks “Standard,” but Upgraded LHC May Tell a Different Tale http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/higgs-boson-looks-standard-but-upgraded-lhc-may-tell-a-different-tale1/

These Cute Little Drones Could 3-D Print a House http://www.wired.com/2014/06/these-drones-could-3-d-print-your-next-house/

What our descendants will deplore about us http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140627-how-our-descendants-will-hate-us

8 Star Trek Technologies Moving From Science Fiction To Science Fact http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2014/06/24/8-star-trek-technologies/

Ray Kurzweil Says He’s Breathing Intelligence into Google Search http://www.technologyreview.com/news/528656/ray-kurzweil-says-hes-breathing-intelligence-into-google-search/#comments

Carlos Slim Buys Out AT&T’s Stake in América Móvil http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/carlos-slim-buys-out-atts-stake-in-america-movil/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

A self-powered cardiac pacemaker http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-self-powered-cardiac-pacemaker

Google innovations at Google I/O http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-innovations-at-google-io

Ray Kurzweil — Biologically inspired models of intelligence http://www.exponentialtimes.net/videos/ray-kurzweil-biologically-inspired-models-intelligence

Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so… www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-google-ray-kurzweil-terminator-singularity-artificial-intelligence

Michio Kaku (2014) “The Future of the Mind” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUVw6Pn6GTg

Five Ways IBM Watson is Revolutionizing Health http://bionicly.com/2014/06/five-ways-ibm-watson-is-revolutionizing-health/

NASA Preparing Satellite to Monitor How the Planet Breathes http://www.21stcentech.com/nasa-preparing-satellite-monitor-planet-breathes/

As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/upshot/danger-robots-working.html?_r=1

How 21st Century Technology is Changing Education http://www.21stcentech.com/technology-21st-century-changing-education/

Breakthrough in neuroscience as paralysed man becomes first to use power of thought to move hand http://www.tumotech.com/2014/06/25/breakthrough-in-neuroscience-as-paralysed-man-becomes-first-to-use-power-of-thought-to-move-hand/

Future Soldiers May Wear Bulletproof Spider Silk http://m.livescience.com/46519-spider-silk-bulletproof-clothing.html

The Controlled Chaos of Creativity http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2014/06/25/the-controlled-chaos-of-creativity/

Japan Could Lose 561 Plant Species by the Next Century http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2014/06/26/japan-plant-extinction-crisis/

New technique allows decayed tooth to repair itself http://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2014/06/20.htm#.U6x9FbEbErh

Google’s Grand Plans: A Conversation With Google’s Larry Page and Sundar Pichai http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/googles-grand-plans-a-conversation-with-googles-larry-page-and-sundar-pichai/

Daily Report: Google’s Far-Reaching Agenda http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/daily-report-is-googles-new-technology-more-creepy-than-helpful/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Technology&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

Meet The Real Hackers Of Silicon Valley (And NYC, LA, And London) http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/26/meet-the-real-hackers-of-silicon-valley-and-nyc-la-and-london/

Israel Is Building a Futuristic Transit System of Magnetic Pods http://www.wired.com/2014/06/israel-pod-transport/

The promise, peril and real payback of Big Data http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/governance-risk-compliance-consulting-services/resilience/publications/promise-peril-real-payback-big-data.jhtml

China finds $15 billion of loans tied to falsified gold deals http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-china-gold-financing-idUSKBN0F10Q920140626

REUTERS: German government cancels Verizon contract in wake of U.S. spying row http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-germany-security-verizon-idUSKBN0F11WJ20140626

Yahoo looking to buy YouTube content provider for $250 million: Sky News http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-yahoo-fullscreen-idUSKBN0F12JU20140626

8 Internet Things That Are Not IoT http://www.cio.com/article/754810/8_Internet_Things_That_Are_Not_IoT?source=sflowtweet&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sflow_tweet

LG to Make a Consumer Version of Google’s 3-D Tablet http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/26/lg-to-make-a-consumer-version-of-googles-3-d-tablet/?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_tech

GM CEO Says Recalls Likely to Continue http://online.wsj.com/articles/gm-ceo-says-recalls-likely-to-continue-1403785852?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_business

THE NATIONAL INTEREST: History’s Warning: A U.S.-China War Is Terrifyingly Possible http://nationalinterest.org/feature/historys-warning-us-china-war-terrifyingly-possible-10754

Google’s Ray Kurzweil: The Business Of Extending Human Life Is Going Into “High Gear” http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032405/futurist-forum/googles-ray-kurzweil-the-business-of-extending-human-life-is-going-into-high–

NOT WAY, JOELIE! Should Google Be Allowed to Mine Your Health Care Data? http://gizmodo.com/should-google-be-allowed-to-mine-your-health-care-data-1596432124?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

There Are ‘Tens Of Billions’ Of Habitable Planets In Our Galaxy, Astronomer Seth Shostak Says http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/24/habitable-planets-seth-shostak_n_5527116.html?ir=Weird+News&utm_content=bufferc9d0d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Your Doctor Knows You’re Killing Yourself. The Data Brokers Told Her http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-26/hospitals-soon-see-donuts-to-cigarette-charges-for-health.html

DARPA Wearable Tech Suit Could Help Soldiers Run a 4-Minute Mile http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2014/05/darpa-wearable-tech-suit-could-help-soldiers-run-4-minute-mile

The CIA Prepares to Launch Cloud Services http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2014/06/cia-prepares-launch-cloud-services

Massive Military-Funded Project Aims to Re-align Ailing Brains http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/20/massive-military-funded-project-will-attempt-to-re-set-ailing-brains/

IN THE WORLDWIDE AGE OF THIS INDIGNANT, THIS WILL BE UNIVERSALLY USED: Metropolitan Police buys first water cannon http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-28037395

Track Air Pollution With This Smart Umbrella http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032344/track-air-pollution-with-this-smart-umbrella

BBC: Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki: Russian jets will turn tide http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28042302

BRICK-AND-MORTAR PUBLISHERS WILL GO UNDER. Amazon accused of ‘bullying’ smaller UK publishers http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27994314

We can send humans back to space … if we fund Elon Musk instead of Nasa http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/26/space-nasa-into-elon-musk-vc-fund-private-space-industry

What should a 20-year vision for science and mathematics education look like? www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/jun/26/what-should-20-year-vision-for-science-mathematics-education-look-like

U.S. Will Disband Terrorism Task Force in Philippines http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/world/asia/us-will-disband-terrorism-task-force-in-philippines.html?smid=tw-share

U.S. Navy Air Warfare Center Seeking 3D Metal Printer http://3dprint.com/7420/navy-metal-3d-printer/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Watch this: prototype NASA robot prowls the underside of frozen lakes, oceans http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/24/5839902/watch-this-prototype-nasa-robot-prowls-the-underside-of-frozen-lakes

Limb regeneration: do salamanders hold the key? http://www.kurzweilai.net/limb-regeneration-do-salamanders-hold-the-key

A super-stretchable yarn made of graphene http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-stretchable-yarn-made-of-graphene

Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together-to-perform-movements-not-as-random-as-we-thought

Woman or machine? New robots look creepily human http://news.yahoo.com/woman-machine-robots-look-creepily-human-091317930–finance.html

Russian billionaire initiative to create hybrid replicas of humans in order to obtain immortality http://altereddimensions.net/2013/russian-billionaire-2045-initiative-create-hybrid-bio-electronic-avatars-humans-immortality

Delivering Capsules of Stem Cells Helps Repair Injured Bones http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/23/delivering-capsules-of-stem-cells-helps-repair-injured-bones/

“Why Isn’t the Milky Way Crawling With Mechanical or Biological Life?” –Stephen Hawking’s Answer http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/06/why-isnt-the-milky-way-crawling-with-mechanical-or-biological-life-stephen-hawkings-answer-todays-mo.html

Driverless Cars – Impact on the Insurance Industry and just about eveything else http://groundtoground.org/2014/06/19/driverless-cars-impact-insurance-industry/

Google’s Nest Moves To Become Master Of The Smart Home, By Talking To Other Devices http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/24/google-nest-smart-home-internet-of-things/

How to Reconcile Big Data and Privacy http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/03/06/how-to-reconcile-big-data-and-privacy/

Brainomics: Hacking the Brain (and Autism) with Gene Machines http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2014/06/24/brainomics-hacking-the-brain-and-autism-with-gene-machines/

Perovskite Is the New Black in the Solar World http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/perovskite-is-the-new-black-in-the-solar-world?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook

AIs Have Mastered Chess. Will Go Be Next? http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ais-have-mastered-chess-will-go-be-next

We Will End Disability by Becoming Cyborgs http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/we-will-end-disability-by-becoming-cyborgs

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

Wearable Computers Will Transform Language http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/wearable-computers-will-transform-language

THE ONLY SERVANT TO YOUR ROBOT IS YOU AND YOU ALONE. So, Where Are My Robot Servants? http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/home-robots/so-where-are-my-robot-servants

Chris Harrison’s Time Machine http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/chris-harrisons-time-machine

USC Scientists Create New Battery That’s Cheap, Clean, Rechargeable… and Organic http://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-scientists-create-new-battery-thats-cheap-clean-rechargeable-and-organic/

MASHABLE: U.S. Economy Experiences Sharpest Drop in 5 Years http://mashable.com/2014/06/25/u-s-economy-drop/

Google sets sights on TVs, cars and watches, beyond mere smartphones http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-google-conference-idUSKBN0F00OU20140625

MORE UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION, BOTH IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC OFFICE: U.S. charges two more in IBM insider trading case http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-insidertrading-ibm-idUSKBN0F023V20140625

REUTERS: North Korean troops take aim at targets depicting U.S. soldiers http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/06/25/north-korean-troops-take-aim-at-targets?videoId=316542513&videoChannel=1

This Smart Yarn Makes Gadget Interactions Magical http://www.wired.com/2014/06/these-knit-sensors-change-the-way-you-interact-with-your-gadgets/

Take a Closer Look at the Brain http://www.geglobalresearch.com/innovation/take-closer-look-brain

A Simple Way to Combat Heat Waves in Farm Country http://www.21stcentech.com/simple-combat-heat-waves-farm-country/

“Today Everything Is Relationship-Driven” http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/heidi-roizen-today-everything-is-relationship-driven#.U5kMUqTm3Qs.facebook

Microsoft Teams With American Family Insurance To Launch A Home Automation Accelerator In Redmond http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/microsoft-teams-with-american-family-insurance-to-launch-a-home-automation-accelerator-in-redmond/

TECHCRUNCH: NSA Denies Any Record Of Snowden Emailing Superiors About Concerns http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/nsa-denies-any-record-of-snowden-emailing-superiors-about-concerns/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Global Ocean Commission Tells Us What We Don’t Want to Hear http://www.21stcentech.com/global-ocean-commissions-latest-report-hear/

Gallup Examines the State of the American Consumer http://thegallupblog.gallup.com/2014/06/gallup-examines-state-of-american.html

This Band Of Small Robots Could Build Entire Skyscrapers Without Human Help http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032003/this-band-of-small-robots-could-build-entire-skyscrapers-without-human-help#2

15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-world-in-2050-2014-6

These Beautiful Charts Show The Emerging Technologies That Will Change The World
http://www.businessinsider.com/emerging-technologies-that-will-change-the-world-2014-4#ixzz35ayyRrA5

Cruise RP-1 Turns Even Your Car into an Autonomously Driven Vehicle http://www.21stcentech.com/cruise-rp-1-turns-car-autonomously-driven-vehicle/

What the detection of gravitational waves means for our understanding of the universe. http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/july-august-2014-vol-48-no-4/making-waves-cosmos

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7233713&snapshotID=&authType=name&authToken=N-Zv&ref=NUS&trk=NUS-body-member-name

Gartner Highlights Top Technologies for Information Security in 2014 http://blogs.gartner.com/security-summit/announcements/gartner-highlights-top-technologies-for-information-security-in-2014/?nicam=smsec20

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Cubesat Initiative http://www.spacemart.com/reports/NASAs_Science_Mission_Directorate_Cubesat_Initiative_999.html

Photographer Documents The Eerie World Of Japanese Robotics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/japanese-humanoid-robotics_n_5404970.html

THE CATO INSTITUTE: Instead of Meddling Endlessly in the Mideast, Washington Should Stop Trying to Fix Iraq and Everywhere Else http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/instead-of-meddling-endle_b_5524356.html

Australian researchers simulate a time-traveling photon www.gizmag.com/time-traveling-photons/32673

Proposal: Dynamic Brain Switching As a Method to Maintain Consciousness During Mind Uploading http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/06/23/proposal-dynamic-brain-switching-as-a-method-to-maintain-consciousness-during-mind-uploading/

You Won’t Believe It: DARPA Future Research Into Advanced Computers http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/darpa-future-research-advanced-computers/

The Revolutionary Quantum Computer That May Not Be Quantum at All http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing/

Boost Your Ears To Superhuman Levels With These Cyborg Ears http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032226/healthware/boost-your-ears-to-superhuman-levels-with-these-hearing-aids-for-people-who-can-h

Can A Fitness Tracker Disguised As A Swiss Watch Solve The Problem Of Wearables? http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032223/can-a-fitness-tracker-disguised-as-a-swiss-watch-solve-the-problem-of-wearables

Tally of Cyber Extortion Attacks on Tech Companies Grows http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/tally-of-cyber-extortion-attacks-on-tech-companies-grows/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Security&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

Canadian Judge Says Google Must Remove Links Worldwide http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/canadian-judge-says-google-must-remove-links-worldwide/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Policy&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

Hedge-Fund Hack Is Part of Bigger Siege, Cyber-Experts Warn http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/hedge-fund-hack-part-of-bigger-siege-cyber-experts.html

Pesticides linked to honeybee decline are affecting other species, scientists say http://rt.com/news/168108-pesticides-harm-bees-birds-fish/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Diet restriction suspends development in nematode worms, doubles lifespan http://www.kurzweilai.net/diet-restriction-suspends-development-in-nematode-worms-doubles-lifespan

Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together-to-perform-movements-not-as-random-as-we-thought

A low-cost ‘super-resolution’ microscopic optical device http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-low-cost-super-resolution-microscopic-optical-device

Smile! A Drone Is About to Take Your Picture http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/smile-a-drone-is-about-to-take-your-picture-2/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Bilderberg Group Worried about Nuclear War with Russia– http://usawatchdog.com/bilderberg-group-worried-about-nuclear-war-with-russia-daniel-estulin/

Hebrew University Student Invents World’s First Bacteria-Free Food Packaging http://nocamels.com/2014/06/breakthrough-hebrew-university-student-invents-worlds-first-bacteria-free-food-packaging/

Now Elon Musk Is Building the World’s Biggest Solar Panel Factory http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/06/17/now-elon-musk-building-worlds-solar-panel-factory?cmpid=tp-san

Smart Cities — A $1.5 Trillion Market Opportunity http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarwantsingh/2014/06/19/smart-cities-a-1-5-trillion-market-opportunity/

Mind-control: ‘I drove a car with my thoughts’ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140620-i-drove-a-car-with-my-thoughts

Drifting off the coast of Portugal, the frontrunner in the global race for floating windfarms http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/23/drifting-off-the-coast-of-portugal-the-frontrunner-in-the-global-race-for-floating-windfarms

Researchers Develop Graphene Production Technique Even You Can Do http://www.21stcentech.com/researchers-develop-graphene-production-technique/

Pacemakers Without Batteries? The Technology is Coming Soon http://www.21stcentech.com/pacemakers-batteries-technology-coming/

The Crazy Things Your Future Credit Cards Will Do (Infographic) http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/233651

Can ‘Mixed Reality Living Spaces’ fix our overcrowded future? http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/26/5751336/virtual-reality-walls-bernando-schorr

The Productivity Snag That Keeps Data Scientists Up At Night http://www.fastcolabs.com/3032264/the-productivity-snag-that-keeps-data-scientists-up-at-night

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

CNN: Something that will NEVER happen to Germania and Scandinavia. ‘Foreign Legion’ in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/16/world/meast/iraq-sria-foreign-legion-jihad-threat-to-west/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

BUSINESS INSIDER: Nine Nations Have Nukes — Here’s How Many Each Country Has https://www.geekwrapped.com/archive/nine-nations-have-nukes-heres-how-many-each-country-has

TRANSFORM PETROLEUM IN OBSOLETE AND WORTHLESS. Here’s Why The Middle East Will Be ‘On Fire’ For The Foreseeable Future http://www.businessinsider.com/the-middle-east-will-be-on-fire-for-a-while-2014-6

Big Data Company Revenues to Hit $30 Billion in 2014 http://news.icrunchdata.com/post/2014/06/17/big-data-companies-hit-$30-billion

The Only Things Standing Between Bank Of America And A $17 Billion Justice Department Fine http://dealbreaker.com/2014/06/the-only-things-standing-between-bank-of-america-and-a-17-billion-justice-department-fine-are-brian-moynihans-negotiating-skills-latent-charisma/

Clinically Dead? The Blurred Line Between Life and Death http://www.livescience.com/46418-clinical-death-definitions.html

Salamanders Give Clues to How We Might Regrow Human Limbs (Op-Ed) http://www.livescience.com/46431-salamanders-give-clues-to-how-we-might-regrow-human-limbs.html

U.S. missile defense system hits target in key test: sources http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/22/us-usa-military-boeing-idUSKBN0EX11Y20140622

Passion Is Not Enough, as you need TONS of I.Q. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dileeprao/2013/06/28/10000-hours-only-gave-me-a-sore-throat-passion-is-not-enough/

Reusable rockets and human spaceflight http://www.cnbc.com/id/101706968

China’s propaganda arm flexes its muscles in Canada http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/19/chinas-propaganda-arm-flexes-its-muscles-in-canada/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

How to Explain the Number of Financial Crimes on Wall Street http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2014/06/17/no-one-knows-how-to-explain-the-scourge-of-financial-crime/

Traders say they are not “too big to fail”, clearing houses may be http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/01/traders-clearing-idUKL5N0MT37120140401

Retail banks’ worst nightmare? Google http://www.cnbc.com/id/101127506

Thought-controlled robotic suits: How the first cyborg-type robot could help the physically challenged http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/thoughtcontrolled-robotic-suits-how-the-first-cyborgtype-robot-could-help-the-physically-challenged-9550329.html

Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229744.300-harvey-the-robot-farmer-fixing-the-us-labour-shortage.html#.U6Q-57EbErh

Aging: The girls who never grow older http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140520-the-girls-who-never-age

How Your Great-Grandchildren Could Talk to You Decades after Your Death www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-carroll/great-grandchildren-talk-after-death_b_5486735.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000043&ir=Science

Four Space News Stories That Caught My Eye This Week http://www.21stcentech.com/space-news-stories-caught-eye-week/

UK’s robot hothouse https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/ras-sig/article-view/-/blogs/the-view-from-the-uk-s-robot-hothou-1?p_p_auth=JFkRMmc4

Harley Previews ‘Concept’ Electric Motorbike http://www.gilcommunity.com/discussion/harley-previews-concept-electric-motorbike/?sthash.ueTdjipN.mjjo

WRONG, BORDERS WILL BE CLOSED: Smarter Cities of the Future Will Be More Open, Social http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2014/06/smarter-cities-future-will-open-social.html

The Admiral Sets a Good Course http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-e-finch/the-admiral-sets-a-good-c_b_5513158.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications

10 Ways To ‘Fix’ Cybersecurity http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/18/10-ways-to-fix-cybersecurity/

Sunbathing may have similar effects to drug addiction http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25771-sunbathing-may-have-similar-effects-to-drug-addiction.html#.U6ShvrEbErg

Manhunt to bug hunt: Cop skills track nature’s killers http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229740.700-manhunt-to-bug-hunt-cop-skills-track-natures-killers.html

Neanderthals evolved their teeth before big brains http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25761-neanderthals-evolved-their-teeth-before-big-brains.html#.U6SjRbEbErg

Commercial quantum computer still awaits ultimate test http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25760-commercial-quantum-computer-still-awaits-ultimate-test.html#.U6Sjf7EbErg

Physics: Bell’s theorem still reverberates http://www.nature.com/news/physics-bell-s-theorem-still-reverberates-1.15435

What Should Transhumanity regard as it’s Primary Goal? http://transhumanity.net/articles/entry/what-should-transhumanity-regard-as-its-primary-goal

Herschel discovers water-building molecule around dying stars http://www.sen.com/news/herschel-discovers-water-building-molecule-around-dying-stars

Draper Labs develops low cost probe to orbit, land on Europa for NASA
http://www.examiner.com/article/draper-labs-develops-low-cost-probe-to-orbit-land-on-europa-for-nasa

The Big Public Transit Promise For Google’s New Self-Driving Car http://www.realbusiness.com/2014/06/the-big-public-transit-promise-for-googles-new-self-driving-car/?sf27319195=1

8 Tips For Making Virtual Reality Viable http://www.fastcocreate.com/3031726/8-tips-for-making-virtual-reality-viable

The Hidden Biases in Big Data http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/04/the-hidden-biases-in-big-data/

Bioengineer Receives $2.9 Million Grant to Improve Brain Implants http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/06/bioengineer-receives-29-million-grant-improve-brain-implants

A ‘Vaccine’ for Heart Disease Could Mean No Pills, Lettuce or a Gym http://time.com/2853809/a-vaccine-for-heart-disease-that-doesnt-involve-pills-lettuce-or-a-gym/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini