FUTURISM UPDATE (October 30, 2014)

WIRED: Hackers Are Using Gmail Drafts to Update Their Malware and Steal Data http://lnkd.in/dsiYwPY

YAHOO: Volkswagen says to launch over 20 electric vehicle models in China http://lnkd.in/dV-ZcpM

“The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally (if not more) advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent.”

THE GUARDIAN: Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? Natural and social scientists develop new model of how ‘perfect storm’ of crises could unravel global system http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/ma…scientists

THE GUARDIAN: Antares rocket on ISS resupply mission explodes seconds after launch. Private unmanned craft carrying supplies for International Space Station crashes and burns on Nasa launchpad in Virginia. Antares disaster is stark reminder of ‘incredible dangers’ of spaceflight http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/28/antares-rocke…al-science

THE INDEPENDENT: Nasa Antares rocket explodes just seconds after takeoff. A Nasa rocket headed for the International Space Station exploded moments after lift off on Tuesday. http://lnkd.in/dPaXusg

HP: HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion™ technology. HP Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D, opening up new possibilities beyond existing technologies to enable a whole new vision for the future of 3D printing. http://lnkd.in/dQjFMXq

GREENTECH: GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete. Without a Federal Tax Credit. GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete Without a Federal Tax Credit. However, the company still wants to see the PTC extended through next year to buy time for a “multi-year phaseout.” http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ge-govt-affairs-…after-2015

KAI: Google X plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and wearable sensor to detect diseases http://lnkd.in/dG8dFCf

KAI: ‘Data smashing’ could automate discovery, untouched by human hands http://www.kurzweilai.net/data-smashing-could-automate-disco…uman-hands

FAST COMPANY: The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors. Space elevators, teleportation, hoverboards, and driverless cars: The top-secret Google X innovation lab opens up about what it does–and how it thinks. http://lnkd.in/d2MuY2h

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Meet the Google X Life Sciences Team http://lnkd.in/d3qyB7e

CIO: Report: Criminals Use Shellshock Against Mail Servers to Build Botne http://lnkd.in/dgd-D-d

COMPUTERWORLD: Smarter algorithms will power our future digital lives. Baidu researcher says next-gen deep-learning algorithms will feed search, IoT, robotic devices. http://lnkd.in/dGUGRVq

BBC: High milk diet ‘may not cut risk of bone fractures’ http://lnkd.in/dYifNAS

THE GUARDIAN: The future of business lies in people, not profit http://lnkd.in/dZyJFvn

SLATE: Singularity or Transhumanism: What Word Should We Use to Discuss the Future? http://lnkd.in/dt7KhpU

AEON: How plagues really work. The next pandemic will erupt, not from the jungle, but from the disease factories of hospitals, refugee camps and cities http://lnkd.in/dQZtfGK

TED AND SIR MARTIN REES PhD: Can we prevent the end of the world? http://lnkd.in/dg3itr4

As Afghanistan looks for investment, China eyes stability http://lnkd.in/dj_4VVF

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Reinventing cement: a potential game-changer for the planet. A concrete example of massive carbon reduction could result from rearranging the building material’s molecules http://lnkd.in/dfF5NvA

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Why do so many Canadian businesses fear cloud computing? http://lnkd.in/dnpepyv

THE ATLANTIC: What schools and teachers can learn from one of YouTube’s most popular science stars http://theatln.tc/1017wyI

INFOWORLD: Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks http://lnkd.in/dkApk8u

CIO: Cloud Migrations Require Big Changes in IT Staffing http://trib.al/t0aJErc

THE ECONOMIST: Sales of gluten-free food and drink there have surged from $5.4 billion to $8.8 billion over the past two years http://econ.st/1u6CxPs

THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket is booming http://econ.st/1wmYGXw

SPEROFORUM: $50 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction. International nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France won’t begin operation until 2027, but Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works claims they will place a fusion reactor on the back of a truck in ten years. http://lnkd.in/dSsEm9c

COMPUTERWORLD: Review: The new Da Vinci all-in-one 3D scanner/printer http://www.computerworld.com/article/2839535/review-the-new-…inter.html

ENGADGET: Dabbling in the future of payment: A week of Apple Pay and Google Wallet http://lnkd.in/dedZdgt

FORBES: What Google’s Knowledge Graph Means For The Future Of Search http://lnkd.in/d-pPZ8U

FRANCE IN DEEP TROUBLE. FRANCE 24 Russia says France due to hand over first warship November 14 http://f24.my/13caF0t

BLOOMBERG: While You Were Getting Worked Up Over Oil Prices, This Just Happened to Solar http://lnkd.in/dKE8AAS

ERICSSON: THE IMPACT OF DATIFICATION ON STRATEGIC LANDSCAPES at http://lnkd.in/dTweXPD

PHYS ORG: A new spin on virtual reality helps engineers read robots’ minds http://lnkd.in/dqTQMrw

GIGAOM: If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter http://lnkd.in/dwifZW4

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini