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Thursday, February 6, 2014

FEBRUARY 08/2014 LIST OF UPDATES. By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
MITRE-Harvard nanocomputer may point the way to future computer miniaturizationhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/mitre-harvard-nanocomputer-may-point-the-way-to-future-computer-miniaturization
New form of graphene allows electrons to behave like photonshttp://www.kurzweilai.net/new-form-of-graphene-allows-electrons-to-behave-like-photons
The first flexible, transparent, and conductive materialhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/the-first-flexible-transparent-and-conductive-material
Adidas Says Under Armour Infringed Its Wearable-Tech Patentshttp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-05/adidas-says-under-armour-infringed-its-wearable-tech-patents
The Best Science and Engineering Visualizations of 2013http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/2013-sciviz-winners/
How To Keep Museums Alive In The Age Of Minecrafthttp://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 Gravehttp://www.fastcocreate.com/3025033/disrupting-death-these-customized-tombstones-let-you-take-your-colorful-personality-to-the-g
SolarCoin cryptocurrency pays you to go greenhttp://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 Diseasehttp://techcrunch.com/2014/02/05/dna-sequence/
Man With 3-D Printer Prints 3-D Printer That Prints 3-D Printer That Prints 3-D Printerhttp://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 statisticianhttp://www.analyticbridge.com/profiles/blogs/the-death-of-the-statistician
Ford’s data scientist: Keep all the data and sort it out laterhttp://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 skillshttp://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/43122.wss
World's "least corrupt" nations fail to police bribery abroadhttp://www.icij.org/blog/2014/02/worlds-least-corrupt-nations-fail-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 Strategyhttp://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/7074/3D-Printing-Central-to-Future-Military-Strategy.aspx
Elio Motors and the Three Wheeled Car - A Moonshot Projecthttp://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 Punshttp://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 Chemicalshttp://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 Developmenthttp://www.bio.org/articles/bioscience-economic-development
First graphene radio broadcast is a wireless wonderhttp://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 magnetismhttp://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=34222.php
How to Make a Better Invisibility Cloak—With Lasershttp://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 technologyhttp://www.materialstoday.com/energy/news/a-new-twist-to-sodium-ion-battery-technology/
New "Photodetector" Nanotechnology Allows Photos in Near Darknesshttp://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=29284
Self-aligning DNA wires have been constructed for nanoelectronicshttp://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/self-aligning-dna-wires-have-been-constructed-nanoelectronics
Nanocatalyst helps a greenhouse gas turn over a new leafhttp://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=34230.php
IBM claims to make “first fully functioning” graphene IChttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research/device-rd/ibm-claims-make-first-fully-functioning-graphene-ic-2014-01/#sthash.Y48Y8Ri0.dpuf
Quantum dots provide complete control of photonshttp://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/quantum-dots-provide-complete-control-photons
Quicker method paves the way for atomic-level designhttp://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=34226.php#ixzz2sark76Sf
Rice lab clocks “hot” electronshttp://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/rice-lab-clocks-%E2%80%9Chot%E2%80%9D-electrons
Arianespace Successfully Delivers Its 250th Launchhttp://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 Justicehttp://www.thenation.com/article/178242/occupy-climate-justice?page=0,1
Chinese Factories Are Ordered to Release Data on Real-Time Emissions Levelshttp://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 hackedhttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/visitors-to-sochi-olympics-will-be-instantly-hacked-201318818.html
FAO Food Price Index falls despite climbing dairy priceshttp://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 Installhttp://techcrunch.com/2014/01/23/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 Genomicshttp://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazine/15-12/ff_genomics?currentPage=all
20 unpronounceable tech brands -- and how to say themhttp://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-makershttp://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' revolutionhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10610734/Artificial-intelligence-the-companies-behind-Britains-smart-revolution.html
As artificial intelligence grows, so do ethical concernshttp://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 datahttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140128094539.htm
'Friendly' robots could allow for more realistic human-android relationshipshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140206082401.htm
6 Exponential Technologies of Tomorrowhttp://www.wfs.org/content/6-exponential-technologies-tomorrow
Anti-ageing compound set for human trials after turning clock back for micehttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/20/anti-ageing-human-trials
U.S. Agencies Take Significant Step Toward Wirelessly Connecting Vehicles To One Anotherhttp://singularityhub.com/2014/02/05/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 Runhttp://singularityhub.com/2014/02/06/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?http://singularityhub.com/2014/02/03/do-you-trust-internet-connected-appliances-enough-to-let-them-run-your-home-2/
Illumina Claims New Sequencer Transcribes 18,000 Genomes per Year at $1,000 Eachhttp://singularityhub.com/2014/02/02/illumina-claims-new-sequencer-transcribes-18000-genomes-per-year-at-1000-each/
Simple Method for Creating Stem Cells Promises Cheaper, Faster Therapieshttp://singularityhub.com/2014/01/30/simple-method-for-creating-stem-cells-promises-cheaper-faster-therapies/
Google’s AI Acquisition Blurs Lines Between Futuristic Visions and Business-as-Usualhttp://singularityhub.com/2014/01/30/googles-ai-acquisition-blurs-lines-between-futuristic-visions-and-business-as-usual/
Rejections for Sandy Grants Are Questionedhttp://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 Instanthttp://singularityhub.com/2014/01/29/new-inexpensive-skin-test-to-diagnose-malaria-in-an-instant/
uArm, A Mini Robotic Arm You Can Assemble and Controlhttp://singularityhub.com/2014/01/28/uarm-a-mini-robotic-arm-you-can-assemble-and-control/
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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