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(http://www.impactlab.com)
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over 3 years ago
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Davinci Institute: the NSA is constructing a datacenter in the Utah desert that they project will be storing yottabytes of surveillance data. And what is a yottabyte?
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(http://dsc.discovery.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Ronald Arkin, a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, is in the first stages of developing an "ethical governor," a package of software and hardware that tells robots when and what to fire. His book on the subject, "Governi...
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(http://online.wsj.com)
- scanned by: Marc Cobb
over 4 years ago
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A new Obama initiative is in the works to increase the government's efforts to protect the nation's cyber boarders. The move comes amid growing evidence that sophisticated cyberspies are attacking the U.S. electric grid and key defense programs.
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(http://www.eurekalert.org)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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Casinos drain money from consumer products and services, weakening the economic engine that ultimately drives defense spending, according to the latest volume in the three-part United States International Gambling Report Series.
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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TWO great challenges of the 21st century - green energy and wildlife conservation - could have a symbiotic solution.
Michael McGuigan of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, has suggested that combining solar power plants with...
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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In the next decades, completely autonomous robots might be involved in many military, policing, transport and even caring roles. What if they malfunction?
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drones, sentries, robots, ethics, politics, government, southkorea, japan, elderly, israel, militaryrobots, patrol, healthcare
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(http://www.wired.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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"You probably won't see it used for open-heart surgeries," Berkelman says. "But for simpler procedures—like removing shrapnel—it could be very cost-effective."
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surgery, battlefield, robot, spider, peter, berkelman, university, of, hawaii, science, simulating, touch, and, feel, technologies, robotassisted, robots, droids, triage, station, openheart, surgeries, removing, shrapnel, articulated, arms, scalpels, cautery, pens, endoscope
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(http://www.eurekalert.org)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
over 4 years ago
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Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) have found evidence that magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity.
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(http://www.physorg.com)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
over 4 years ago
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Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are designing a new kind of optical sensor to fly in unmanned air vehicles, or surveillance drones, tracking suspects on foot or traveling in vehicles identified as a threat.
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(http://www.technologyreview.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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A giant flower beetle with implanted electrodes and a radio receiver on its back can be wirelessly controlled, according to research presented this week.
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mit, beetles, remote, controlled, devices, biotechnology, military, surveillance, neurotransmitter, bionic, bug, mind, control, device
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(http://www.physorg.com)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
over 4 years ago
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The enzyme DFPase from the squid Loligo vulgaris, is able to rapidly and efficiently detoxify chemical warfare agents such as Sarin, which was used in the Tokyo subway attacks in 1995.
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