Futureseek Daily Link Review; 16 August 2016

* Google Is Building A New Open-source Operating System For Phones And Computers >>
* Google Fiber Is Changing Its Strategy as Costs Grow >>
* Google has made a big shift in its plan to give everybody faster internet: from wired to wireless >>

* Audi cars will start talking to city traffic systems this fall >>
* Have scientists found the brain’s generosity spot? Empathetic people have more activity in a key brain area >>
* DARPA Challenge Takes AI To War Games >>

* Morphing neutrinos provide clue to antimatter mystery >>
* Could Yellow Fever Become the Next Pandemic? >>
* What makes YOU do your chores? >>

* You Can Play Minecraft On The Oculus Rift Now >>
* Google’s brand new OS could replace Android >>
* EU Plans To Extend Some Telecom Rules To Web-Based Providers >>

* Metapacket analyzes outbound network traffic to flag and block malware >>
* Audi’s new cars will tell you how long you’ll be stuck at that red light >>
* World’s oldest ocean crust dates back to ancient supercontinent’ >>

* Robot Octopus Points the Way to Soft Robotics With Eight Wiggly Arms >>
* SRI Spin-off Abundant Robotics Developing Autonomous Apple Vacuum >>
* Today’s Electric Car Batteries Can Get You There and Back Again (Usually) >>

* New petrol engine could make diesel obsolete >>
* Has a ‘second Earth’ been found around our nearest star? Planet orbiting the sun’s stellar neighbour could have oceans of liquid water >>

* Coffee habit HELPS after a heart attack: Scientists say one cup per day can reduce the chances of cardiac damage by 20% >>
* Waterproof iPhones? Apple’s new patent looks like a clue >>

* Google Is Building Mysterious New Software >>
* Not all headaches hurt the same — here’s how to know what type of pain you’re having >>
* Stephen Hawking’s famous prediction about black holes was just observed for the first time ever >>

* MegaBots CEO Gui Cavalcanti, and a giant fighting robot, are coming to Disrupt SF >>
* IBM’s New Artificial Neurons a Big Step Toward Powerful Brain-Like Computers >>
* Hearing is like seeing for our brains and for machines >>

* Niku: A ‘Rebellious’ Trans-Neptunian Object >>
* A Flash in the Distance >>
* Throwing This Glowing Boomerang Feels Like Having X-Men Powers >>

* We don’t understand AI because we don’t understand intelligence >>
* This 125-Foot ‘Leap of Faith’ Stunt Is Completely Bonkers >>

* Intel’s battle for relevance >>
* Intel is leaving PCs behind to highlight VR and IoT at IDF >>
* Wet nanoribbons loop like DNA and fold like proteins >>

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