FEBRUARY 11/2014 LIST OF UPDATES. By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
London’s first computer, the fastest in the world at 1MHz. May, 1950
London’s first computer, the fastest in the world at 1MHz. May, 1950 pic.twitter.com/OfUcNYmumX
— History Photographed (@HistoryInPics) February 9, 2014
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TECH NOW: A drone for every home?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2014/02/08/tech…s/5264883/
Russian authorities say Bitcoin illegal
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&dat…d=17333977
See how dangerous a toothpaste tube bomb can be — CNN.com Video
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/02/06/tsr-dnt…73%2Cd.eW0
Passenger claiming to have bomb tried to divert plane to Sochi
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/7/passenger-bom…ane-sochi/
Tech expert discusses cyberattacks’ far-reaching consequences
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/article/40152/tech_expert_discuss…reach_reac
A new tech solution to the BYOD security dilemma
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/article/40142/new_tech_solution_byod_security_dilemma
How Offensive Cyber Security is Changing the Industry
https://communities.intel.com/community/itpeernetwork/blog/2…e-industry
Bill Would Provide Comprehensive Study of Electric Grid Resiliency
http://www.hstoday.us/industry-news/general/single-article/b…1119c.html
Top US Homeland Security Priorities For Congress In 2014 – Analysis
http://www.eurasiareview.com/09022014-top-us-homeland-securi…-analysis/
Exposed: Barclays account details for sale as ‘gold mine’ of up to 27,000 files is leaked in worst breach of bank data EVER
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554875/Barclays-acc…eaked.html
NSA Leaks May Slow Cybersecurity Detente. Former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge not optimistic on a future cybersecurity treaty.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/03/nsa-leaks-may…ty-detente
BPC to Release Electric Grid Cybersecurity Recommendations
http://bipartisanpolicy.org/news/press-releases/2014/02/bpc-…mendations
FEMA Enlists Designers to Rethink Disaster Relief
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/fema-frog-teamed-redesign-disaster-relief/
London Ambulance picks its best and brightest to be ‘super paramedics’
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/london-ambulance-picks…11109.html
The United States Makes It Clear That It Sides With Japan Over China
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/us-sides-with-japan-over-china-2014-2
One day you won’t need a badge to enter your building, just a SIM card
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/07/one-day-you-wont-need-a-badge-t…-sim-card/
Snowden’ leaks derailed important cybersecurity initiatives
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20140206-snowden-l…nitiatives
Attack on California power station heightens concerns about grid security
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20140207-attack-on…d-security
Homeland Security Agenda
http://www.c-span.org/video/?317653-1/HomelandSecurityAge
Microsoft’s Kinect Is Being Used To Help Guard The Korean DMZ
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-kinect-is-helping-monitor-the-dmz-2014-2
Are Evacuation Practices Flawed?
http://www.securitymanagement.com/article/are-evacuation-pra…ed-0013108
North Korea Built A Fleet Of Mobile Missile Launchers Out Of Chinese Trucks
http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-has-mobile-missil…2014-2
Washington Responds to Cybersecurity Threats with Recommendations and Legislation
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/washington-responds-…egislation
DHS chief says Syria is a US homeland security threat
http://www.firstpost.com/world/dhs-chief-says-syria-is-a-us-…ef_article
DHS prepares for hypothetical immigration reform
http://www.fiercehomelandsecurity.com/story/dhs-prepares-hyp…;02-07
Target attack shows danger of remotely accessible HVAC systems
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246111/Target_attack…AC_systems
Big Data skills pay top dollar
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246120/Big_Data_skills_pay_top_dollar
NSA is collecting less than 30 percent of U.S. call data, officials say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-is…story.html
The Future Of Data Mining Your Health
http://disinfo.com/2013/07/the-future-of-data-mining-your-health/
From Windows to the Xbox: Bill Gates’ ‘pioneering’ impact
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/04/tech/innovation/bill-gates-mic…hpt=hp_bn5
Why Americans love prepaid cards
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/pf/prepaid-cards/index.html?source=cnn_bin
The 50 Most Powerful Women in Business: Global edition
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/leadership/2014/02/06/global-mo…ce=cnn_bin
January Jobs Report: U.S. Creates 113,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Dips To 6.6%
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/07/january-jobs-report…hpt=hp_bn8
Exposing a Corporate Trend in Higher Education in Germany
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/world/europe/exposing-a-co…ation&_r=0
Human Noise Disturbs Different Fish in Different Ways
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/not-bad-science/2014/02/…rent-ways/
Scientific American at the World Economic Forum in Davos
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2…-in-davos/
Categorising bacteria in purple and pink
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/2014/02/09/categ…-and-pink/
Black Widows Have More Control Over Their Attacks Than You Think
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/not-bad-science/2014/02/…r-attacks/
The Impact of TED Talks
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/2014…ted-talks/
Human Footprints Discovered on England’s Coast Are Oldest Outside Africa
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/02/07/…de-africa/
5 Everyday Products Developed from NASA Technology – The Countdown, Episode 41
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-countdown/2014/02/07…pisode-41/
“The Perfect Theory”: The story of general relativity, and what makes something a science
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction…a-science/
40 years ago: our sister planet revealed
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/02/05/…-revealed/
Are Parallel Universes Unscientific Nonsense? Insider Tips for Criticizing the Multiverse
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/02/04/ar…ultiverse/
New Book Cuts Through Fog of Hype Cloaking Cyberwar
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2014/02/04/n…-cyberwar/
Special Report: Dream Jobs 2014
http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/special-report-dream-jobs-2014
Lockheed Martin Shows Off High-Power Fiber Laser Weapon
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/military/lockhe…ser-weapon
Milestone Tests Help Refurbish Dwindling U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/at-work/test-and-measurem…ar-arsenal
Who Is SCHAFT, the Robot Company Bought by Google and Winner of the DRC?
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/schaft…nge-winner
Internet Giants Disclose FISA Surveillance Requests For Customer Data
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/internet…tomer-data
India Aims High With 4-Gigawatt Solar Plant
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/solar/india-a…olar-plant
Sony’s Jun Rekimoto Dreams Up Gadgets for the Far Future
http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/sonys-jun-rekimo…far-future
Amputee Successfully Feels Prosthetic Grip Strength Via Arm Electrodes
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/sensit…ets-a-grip
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Tech Will Be Mandatory, say Feds
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/green-tech/advanced-cars/…y-say-feds
Marsupial Robot Team Monitors Rivers From Water and Air
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robot…er-and-air
Road Salt Sensor for Better Highway Safety, Less Environmental Damage
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/at-work/test-and-measurem…tal-damage
Hybrid Generator Would Cut Military Base Fuel Costs in Half
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/aerospace/military/hybri…ts-in-half
F-35 Software: DoD’s Chief Tester Remains Unimpressed
http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/f35-softwar…nimpressed
QUOTATION(S): “…The FUTURE is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed…” AND “…The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you…” AND “…I’m deglitched that the future is unsure. That’s the way it should be…”
CITATION(S): “…From Conventional Wisdom to Shocking Probability. Maybe someday, sooner or later, truly intelligent machines will be built. Until that time, speculation will abound. Much of that speculation is based on what might be called ‘Conventional Wisdom,’ the underlying assumptions and conventions we collectively share. We can list some of these assumptions as follows: The next century will be an extension of this one, with increasingly smarter machines being run by people and for people … Because the human mind is linked to a soul, cybernetic machines will never be fully self-aware like we are … If intelligent robots can be built, it will be a long time before they can be made to do what humans do, as well as humans do it. Perhaps centuries will be required … Even after intelligent robots are made, multitudes of humans will continue to exist on earth, and maybe even in space … Human minds and personal identities will never be able to merge with an electromechanical system … Even if it were possible, we humans would refuse to download our minds onto hardware, no matter how tempting and intelligent the new surroundings might be. We believe that cyberbeings will be emotionless, soulless, and humorless mechanical zombies ─ rather like ‘Star Trek’s’ Lt. Commander Data, a somewhat sad android pining for a humanity he will never achieve … No matter how smart they are, digital minds will never have the insight, intuition, and smooth savvy of the human mind. They will forever remain mentally inferior, and our faithful, self- maintaining servants … The robots will soon prove our mental and physical superiors. Self-generated enhancements will refine them beyond our control. They will enslave us all except, of course, for a renegade band of rebellious, young, good-looking, daring humans armed with battered, recycled surplus weapons, fearlessly following their craggy but wise leader into a fight for truth, justice, and the hominid way … THIS BOOK ARGUES THAT THE NEXT CENTURY WILL PROVE TO BE NOTHING LIKE THIS ONE, NOR ANY FORECAST SO FAR. COMPUTING POWER, NEUROSCIENCE, AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES ARE ADVANCING SO RAPIDLY THAT THEY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ITSELF … WE MAINTAIN THAT THE HUMAN MIND AND CONSCIOUS THOUGHT ARE EXCLUSIVELY NATURAL AND PHYSICAL IN ORIGIN AND NATURE. ULTIMATELY, THEIR NATURES AND FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES ARE KNOWABLE AND CAN BE REPLICATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY…”
BOOK(S): Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier. ISBN-13: 978–0544002692
Regards,
Mr. Andres Agostini
Risk-Management Futurist
and Success Consultant
http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
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