Futureseek Daily Link Review; 19 January 2017

* Scientists Can Now Sequence DNA With a Smartphone >>
* Laser Weapons Will Turn Earth’s Atmosphere into Lenses, Deflector Shields >>
* This medical device eliminates the most painful thing about blood draws >>

* First baby born using 3-parent technique to treat infertility >>
* Forget taxis, now you can order a PLANE in half an hour >>
* Cancer could become untreatable because of superbugs, says medical chief >>

* NASA Is Making New Robots That Can Control Themselves >>
* Alexa Gives Amazon a Powerful Data Advantage >>
* Facebook plans to invest more than $3 billion in VR over the next decade >>

* Pentagon plans for ‘doomsday’ artillery shell containing an electromagnetic pulse weapon powerful enough to cripple an entire city’s electronics revealed >>
* Ambulances in Sweden can now block car radios >>

* Space-Weather Forecast to Improve with European Satellite >>
* Sex between husbands and wives will only be for ‘special occasions’ because ROBOTS will satisfy everyday needs, experts predict >>
* Researchers reveal the ‘death zone’ inside a tornado >>

* DoorDash and Postmates test deliveries with robots >>
* Lexus’ new concept yacht will have you dreaming of summer >>
* Scientists can print skin cells to help burn victims heal faster >>

* 5G wireless will be a general purpose technology like the steam engine that will boost the global economy by $3 trillion by 2035 >>
* Pan-mTOR inhibitors may be superior to rapamycin for antiaging >>
* Doctor AI: Good news, I’m better at predicting when you’ll die of a heart attack. Bad news is… >>

* 12 million declassified CIA files are now available online >>
* Iris Automation raises $1.5 million to help drones sense and avoid obstacles >>
* Researchers create wild ReRAM memory chips that store data and act like a processor >>

* Alexa Is Conquering the World. Now Amazon’s Real Challenge Begins >>
* Inside IMAX’s Big Bet to Rule the Future of VR >>
* Message in a bottle found in Scotland after travelling all the way from Iceland >>

* Google for Android gets new feature to deal with inconsistent internet connections >>
* Did life first evolve on Earth in a ‘false start’ 2.3billion years ago? >>

* Spacex financials show it is a big startup and the 4000 satellite internet business is the big payday >>
* Russia tests railgun by firing 7200 mph projectiles but the test projectile is 1000 times smaller than US railgun >>
* Better Than Eyeballing: Sensors Aid in Joint-Replacement Surgeries >>

* Life-Saving Device Could Transform The Medical Market in 2017 >>
* Some Earth Life Is Ready To Live On Mars, Right Now >>
* CES 2017: Intel’s Project Alloy is the VR System I Want in My Living Room >>

* Designers Reinvent the (Steering) Wheel for the Age of Autonomy >>
* After Cernan, Only Six Apollo Moonwalkers Remain >>
* Google+ won’t go away >>

* Visualizing the Medical Isotope Crisis >>
* First ‘Silk Road’ train from China to Britain arrives in London after a marathon 7,500-mile journey >>
* 2016 confirmed as the hottest year on record >>

* Obama commutes bulk of chelsea mannings sentence >>
* Samsung may have ‘leaked’ its Galaxy S8, and boy does it look gorgeous >>

* Mark Zuckerberg Gets Testy in Oculus Lawsuit Grilling >>
* Smart bombs, smart bullets – now guided smart artillery shells, thanks to DARPA dosh >>
* 100 Gbps link to Europe lights up to delight researchers >>

* Microsoft Surprises with a Major Patent Win for Future Foldable Surface Smartphones and Tablets >>
* A virtual trek through Petra with Google Cardboard >>
* A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Building The Greatest Space Telescope Of All >>

* NASA may rely on Russian shuttles for ISS missions until 2019 >>
* Japan’s high-tech toilets are getting less intimidating >>
* Exploring Mankind’s Neverending Quest To Humanize Technology >>

* The AI that can write a symphony just for you >>
* Shocking drone footage shows the huge scale of the 25 mile-long crack in ice that forced a British Antarctic base to shut down >>
* That ‘Gilmore Girls’ binge helped set Netflix shares on fire >>

* NASA planning mission to an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion >>
* Davos elite searches for fixes to save its system from populists >>
* Live stream: Obama’s parting words as President >>

* Protein fingerprinting could shed light on Alzheimer’s >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 18 January 2017

* Scientists create 3D-printed objects that can change shape after they’re printed >>
* Smart bullets will help warships fend off drone swarms >>
* This intelligent chair parks itself at your desk >>

* Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices >>
* Davos 2017: Chinese leader Xi Jinping says there will be ‘no winners’ in a trade war as World Economic Forum begins >>
* Move Over, Coders—Physicists Will Soon Rule Silicon Valley >>

* This Wi-Fi alternative wants you to create your own LTE-like wireless networks >>
* Futuristic tumbleweed is actually a minesweeper >>

* Milky Way’s Destiny? –“Dark Matter Clouds are Killing Galaxies Throughout the Cosmos” (VIDEO) >>
* Milky Way Weighs in Light, Using a Well-Worn Technique >>
* Zuckerberg takes the stand in Oculus trade secrets trial >>

* Last Man On The Moon, Gene Cernan, Has Died >>
* NASA’s 2020 Mars Mission ‘Fossil Finder’ –“Doubles Search for Life With Alien Biochemistry” >>
* Deep Learning AI for NASA Powers Earth Robots >>

* Watching a Computer Identify Objects in a Movie Trailer Is Entertaining as Hell >>
* How To Save an Old Laptop By Installing This Free OS >>
* Inside Look: The World’s Largest Tech Companies Are Making Massive AI Investments >>

* Microsoft CEO says AI should help, not replace, workers >>
* Intel wants sensors to help you with your shopping >>
* How a Mere Prick of the Finger Can Diagnose a Concussion >>

* Why Earth 2.0 could be a ‘living hell’: Proxima b is likely to be a Star Wars style desert planet >>
* Gene network is a new target for epilepsy treatments >>
* Discovery could lead to jet engines that run hotter – and cleaner >>

* New Projects Show Carbon Capture Is Not Dead >>
* A Fight Over a Sacred Mountaintop Will Shape the Future of Astronomy >>
* F-35 Amazingly Has Even More Problems Than We Thought >>

* It Only Costs $400 to Build Your Own Cell Phone Network >>
* 3 Weird Ways We Can Remotely Control Animals And Bacteria >>
* Zebra Shark Has Babies Without a Male After Years of Isolation >>

* CES 2017: Can a Self-Steering Antenna Fix Both Wi-Fi and TV Reception Issues? >>
* 15 Views from a Silicon Summit >>
* 10 of the best new laptops coming in 2017 >>

* Microsoft’s first tethered Windows 10 VR headsets to ship in March >>
* 10 Questions That Reveal The Limits Of AI >>
* Report: Samsung probe blames Galaxy Note7 fires on faulty batteries >>

* Netflix is ‘Killing’ DVD Sales, Research Finds >>
* Don’t Leave It! Makes Sure You Have Everything You Need Before You Leave Home or Work >>
* Google Maps may soon offer parking suggestions >>

* 5 Things I Think About CES 2017 >>
* Future Of Work Predictions For The Year Ahead >>
* Rogue robots spark legal fears >>

An analysis of 10,000 scientific studies on marijuana concretely supports only three medical benefits >>
The Cosmos’ Fine-Tuning Does Not Imply a Fine-Tuner >>
Filming A See-Through Engine In Super Slow Motion Is The Best Way To See How Internal Combustion Works >>

* The Secret Sauce of Innovation: Emotions >>
* Yet Another Unexpected Character Is Returning to The Flash >>
* Popcorn Looks Even More Delicious in Super Slow Motion >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 17 January 2017

* Airbus working on flying cars, flying buses, ridesharing flying vehicles >>
* Isis Is Dropping Bombs With Drones In Iraq >>
* Fish in Space — “Traveling Aboard ISS Suffered Immediate Microgravitational Stress” >>

* MIT wants you to change 3D-printed objects after you make them >>
* Canada may have delivery drones in service by late 2017 >>
* What could possibly go wrong? Robot cars are now learning to drive by playing Grand Theft Auto >>

* Understanding our new President’s priorities through Twitter >>
* Samsung Heir Faces Arrest In Presidential Corruption Scandal >>
* London startup launches chatbot to help renters exercise their rights >>

* Reopening the Silk Road: Train will travel mammoth 7,500mile journey from China to London as an ancient trading route is revived for a new era >>
* AI has success in art and music by researchers figuring out how to break up the work of creativity into AI solvable tasks >>
* Army’s new push: ammo that grows plants >>

* Gravity Waves Might Be Lighting Up Venus’ Atmosphere >>
* Airbus plans to test self-driven airborne taxi by the end of 2017 >>
* Reliance Jio is bringing Apple’s HealthKit features to India with its new app >>

* Google-Funded Project Envisions Nation’s Librarians Teaching Kids to Code >>
* Antibody can protect brains from the ageing effects of old blood >>
* 26 markers in your blood tell how well you’re aging >>

* Giant gravity wave is spotted on Venus: Bow-shaped feature stretches 6,200 miles across its atmosphere >>
* Genetically modified mosquito doesn’t catch dengue >>
* Female shark learns to reproduce without males after years alone >>

* US Navy developing ‘Iron Man’ smart body armor that can detect brain injuries if soldiers are blown up >>
* Menopause evolved to prevent older females from becoming a sexual threat to their daughters, whale study reveals >>
* Touchy moms may boost ‘social brain’ in kids >>

* Autism Risk May Arise From Sex-Specific Traits >>
* Look out, Uber! Google has filed a patent for finding the best pickup locations for its driverless cars >>
* Taxi races show black cabs beat Uber on speed but not cost >>

* Sysadmin chatbots: We have the technology >>
* The Future Of Science In The Next Decade? Transdisciplinary Collaboration >>
* How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong >>

* The Internet Of Things Could Finally Get The Common Language It Needs >>
* Is creativity something you inherit from your parents? >>
* The Stem-Cell Revolution Is Coming — Slowly >>

* NASA’s New App is ‘The Sims’ in Space, With Plants >>
* A Mind-Boggling Carbon Deposit Was Just Discovered in the Congo >>
* Let Your Wallet Rest While You Break a Sweat With This Discounted Fitness Equipment >>

* Alexa Shenanigans And How To Avoid Them >>
* India wants more details from WhatsApp on its data sharing policy >>
* Brain study: Can we ‘see’ depression? >>

* How the Response to Zika Failed Millions >>
* Atlas V rocket set for Thursday night launch >>

* Samsung’s Galaxy S8 sounds like it’ll be a feature-packed beauty >>
* Samsung’s Gamble Over Galaxy S8 Launch Delay >>
* Make a Backup Of Your Start Menu Layout By Copying This Folder >>

* HBO Holds Game of Thrones Season 8 Renewal in Hopes of More Episodes >>
* ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Shows No Sign Of Stopping Anytime Soon, Series Eyeing More Seasons Than ‘er’ >>
* ‘Big Bang Theory’ Canceled? Star Jim Parsons May Derail The Show After 2017 >>

* Google’s New 3D Compression Tool Could Be Big For VR On The Web >>
* ‘The Possible’: First Episode of Virtual Reality Series is Available Now >>
* The Tantalizing Promise Of Augmented Reality Games >>

* Donald Trump will reportedly keep tweeting from his personal account >>
* Trump vows insurance for everybody in obamacare replacement plan >>
* This MIT website makes you decide who a self-driving car should kill in an accident >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 16 January 2017

* Amazon asks the FCC for permission to run secret wireless tests >>
* Microsoft HoloLens Review: Winning The Reality Wars >>
* Japan’s Small Experimental Rocket Fails to Launch Tiny Satellite >>

* In Davos, Bracing for a Shifting U.S. Stance on Climate Change >>
* RBC’s chief US market strategist sees a ‘continued upside’ to stocks through 2017 >>
* How Davos Brings the Global Elite Together >>

* Ben Marlow: It’s time for Davos to come up with some answers >>
* Jets and mannequin heads: Just another day at Dyson’s campus >>

* An Earth-Sized Telescope Is About to ‘See’ a Black Hole For the First Time >>
* The 2017 Detroit Auto Show In Pictures >>

* Woman’s blood pressure before conception could influence sex of child >>
* This robot vacuum doesn’t cut corners, it cleans them >>
* This $100 million monstrous excavator can dig up 240,000 tons of rock a day >>

* You should read this super-interesting AMA with AI researcher Joanna Bryson >>
* Want to stick to your New Year resolutions? Move house, say scientists >>
* The coolest concept cars from CES >>

* Samsung Suddenly Reveals Galaxy S8 In New Videos >>
* Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Has A Serious Problem >>
* ‘Superbug’ Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada >>

* D-Wave Open Sources Its Quantum Computing Tool >>
* Porn Pirate Sites Use ‘Backdoor’ to Host Videos on YouTube >>
* Here’s How The Fastest Lava In The World Will Annihilate You >>

* Gadget boom sees e-waste in Asia spike 63 per cent in 5 years >>
* The Man Who’s Trying to Kill Dark Matter >>
* Udacity launches deep learning nanodegree foundation program >>

* The Importance of Continuing Development of 3D Printing Techniques in Membrane Fabrication >>
* Gillmor Gang: Cold Turkey >>
* The Genius Who Lived in a Storage Locker for $200 a Month Was Evicted >>

* Freak Bird Flu Outbreak Prompts NYC to Quarantine All 500 Shelter Cats >>
* Cartapping: How Feds Have Spied On Connected Cars For 15 Years >>
* Nintendo Really Is Using A Phone App For The Switch’s Voice Chat >>

* Thousands Of Cubans Now Have Internet Access >>
* Technology can’t replace the human touch >>
* As Self-Driving Cars Approach, the Auto Industry Races to Rebuild >>

* Piracy Notices? There Shouldn’t Be Many UK Torrent Users Left to Warn >>
* Breakthrough in fixing a broken heart: Researchers use stem cells to regenerate the outer layer of organ in groundbreaking research >>

* Forget Steve Jobs, this was the best presentation of all time >>
* This 12-million-gallon ‘indoor ocean’ can simulate the world’s worst wave conditions >>
* What Would Happen in the Minutes and Hours After the US Invaded Canada? >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 15 January 2017

* SpaceX Nails 1st Stage Landing Again In Return To Flight | Video >>
* Seeing the future of quantum systems allows for longer entanglement >>
* The company that wants to mine the Moon has enough money for its first trip there >>

* Mini fire extinguishers inside lithium batteries may stop blazes >>
* IBM predicts 5 technologies for 2022 which includes hyperimaging and AI will give us superhero vision >>

* Fat can be used to Help Wounds Heal Without Scars, skin regeneration and not scarring >>
* $13 billion Ford Carrier is now scheduled for deliver in April 2017 >>
* Video Friday: Drone Aerodynamics, Spy Monkey, and Brain-Controlled Robot >>

* For $8,000 this startup will fill your veins with the blood of young people >>
* SpaceX lost a quarter of a billion dollars after one of its rockets blew up >>

* Crossbar ReRAM in Production chasing terabyte nonvolatile memories at sub-20 nanosecond read and write >>
* Viruses May Be Responsible For Life As We Know It >>
* No, Scientists Didn’t Turn Mice Into Killer Zombies >>

* Everything You Need To Know About The Upcoming 48-Volt Electrical Revolution In Cars >>
* Scientists Made Something Colder Than Ever Thought Possible >>
* We Were Wrong About the Moon’s Age >>

* The Moon Is Older Than We Thought, Says New Study >>
* SpaceX hopes satellite internet business will pad thin rocket launch margins >>

* Windows 10 Creators update tracks your work on multiple PCs >>
* Smoking Boosted Boards recalled over battery issues >>
* Probing the function of key proteins >>

* Scientists recreate the outer layer of the heart with stem cells >>
* Fitness meets VR gaming with this badass flying machine >>
* You can catch a self-driving shuttle bus in Vegas to help you get over your bad decisions >>

* How Do Brain Cells Tell Us Where We’re Going? >>
* The MEGASHARK died out because it was a picky eater >>
* Is this how the dinosaurs REALLY died out? Researchers reconstruct the dark and frozen conditions on Earth after asteroid megastrike >>

* Why does snow ALWAYS plunge Britain into transport chaos? A scientist explains >>
* Netflix climbs to an all-time high ahead of earnings >>
* Cellular Reprogramming Rejuvenates Old Mice and Boosts Lifespans 30% >>

* Netflix might have hit a ceiling in the US — and its key to growth could be traditional TV >>
* Race to make vaccine for the PLAGUE amid fears terrorists could be turning it into a weapon to wipe out millions >>
* SpaceX Returns to Flight with 10-Satellite Launch, Rocket Landing >>

* Woman Killed by a Superbug Resistant to Every Available Antibiotic >>
* Poker AI competes to beat top players in no-limit game >>
* WhatsApp vulnerability allows snooping on encrypted messages >>

* New device could lead to tiny ‘DNA photocopiers’ >>
* Voice-controlled devices shift tech industry >>
* Nintendo Switch: Everything you need to know >>

* Kaggle hosting $1M competition to improve lung cancer detection with machine learning >>
* Demand for secret messaging apps is rising as Trump takes office >>
* What Will The Voyager Spacecraft Encounter Next? Hubble Helps Provide A Roadmap >>

* To the Moon! Private Team Fully Funded for Google Lunar X Prize Race >>
* NASA Asteroid Missions Face Delays and Restructuring >>
* Stars At The Edge Of Our Galaxy May Have Been Stolen >>

* Calculating the Full Cost of Electricity—From Power Plant to Wall Socket >>
* Supremely Small BICSEL Laser Traps Light in Open Air >>
* Land On Titan With Huygens In Beautiful New Video >>

* Every Trump tweet activates thousands of computer algorithms >>
* Tracking Trump’s Web of Conflicts >>
* Peter Thiel on Trump, Seasteading and making futures more like the Jetsons or Star Trek >>
* How the military is preparing for the possibility of a very different kind of Commander in Chief. >>
* Donald Trump will break the presidential mold, so always expect the unexpected >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 13 January 2017

* Apple is looking to make its own Netflix-beating TV shows >>
* Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser >>
* Eric Schmit – Predictions For The Coming Decade >>

* Smart Sensor Systems For Self-care >>
* Best Place on Earth to Fire 3,000 Rockets Into Outer Space Is… Remote New Zealand >>
* Peter Thiel says the age of Apple is over >>

* Clockwork Heart >>
* New York’s Citi Bikes are getting laser safety lights >>
* Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself >>

* What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie >>
* Boom shows off its XB-1 supersonic demonstration passenger airliner >>
* Why Trump Doesn’t Tweet About Automation >>

* Scientists Use Stem Cells To Regenerate the External Layer of a Human Heart >>
* Las Vegas is testing autonomous shuttles this week >>
* Researchers teach a flying robot to perch like a bird >>

* AI, jobs and inequality >>
* Google’s Geoffrey Hinton Explains How Neural Networks Really Work and Deep Learning >>
* When Your Self-Driving Car Wants to Be Your Friend Too >>

* AI could be hugely impactful on jobs, can we compare to past innovations, dot.com era >>
* Dental pulp stem cells can be stimulated to restore teeth and reduce the use of fillings >>
* Mykie: Bosch’s Little Robotic Elf for Your Kitchen >>

* US Intelligence looks out to 2035 at shifting national power and economic stress for overall global growth, China and impact on jobs from AI and robots >>
* Exceptionally Rare Photograph of Lincoln’s First Inauguration Will Go on Display Today >>
* The first sights babies see sculpt the brain’s visual circuitry >>

* Smartphone-shaped gun inches closer to U.S. launch >>
* We Still Don’t Know How Fast The Universe Is Expanding >>
* Quantum Computing Is Real, and D-Wave Just Open-Sourced It >>

* Why Killer Whales Go Through Menopause >>
* Five Big Mysteries about CRISPR’s Origins >>
* China’s expanding Navy: Launch of sixth hi-tech electronic intelligence naval ship >>

* Watch a demonstration of Pentagon’s new drones attack an enemy like a swarm of bees >>
* An MIT professor designed this supermarket of the future — take a look inside >>
* Can We Evolve Fast Enough to Survive? >>

* Four UK routes make shortlist for Elon Musk’s Hyperloop One project >>
* Wind and Solar Growth Outpace Gas >>
* Baboons recorded making key sounds found in human speech >>

* Amazon says it will create 100,000 full-time jobs in U.S. by 2018 >>
* How Amazon won the voice war — for now >>
* 30 movies we can’t wait to see in 2017 >>

* U.S. Department of Transportation announces a new committee focused on automation >>
* Watch an AI supercomputer battle top pros in a $200,000 poker tournament >>
* UAV internet proves too complex, Alphabet shifts Titan team to Projects Loon and Wing >>

* A New Look at ‘Exocomets’ >>
* “Physics is a Message from the Future” –It Tells Us Who We Are >>
* “Life on Earth May Have Started Almost Instantaneously” –Compelling Evidence Discovered (Video) >>

* Green Glow from Ancient Galaxies Surprises Scientists >>
* Finally, An Explanation For The Alien Megastructure? >>
* SmallGEO Telecommunications Satellite – Peek Under The Hood | Video >>

* For cord cutters, 2017 will be the year of the antenna >>
* Edge-On NGC 891 >>
* Our Heartless Milky Way Is Stealing Stars From Other Galaxies >>

* Self-tracking headsets are 2017’s big VR trend — but they might leave your head spinning >>
* Trump Meets with 2 Contenders to Lead NIH >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 12 January 2017

* 20-cent whirligig toy can replace a $1,000 medical centrifuge >>
* AI ‘friends’ will help you pass the time on autonomous drives >>
* 103 Perdix Microdrone swarms by FA18 Super Hornets >>

* Illumina Introduces the NovaSeq Series—a New Architecture Designed to Usher in the $100 Genome sequence >>
* Proposals for new stellerator fusion designs and projects in the 2020s >>
* NRAM forecasted to consolidate DRAM with Flash memory to disrupt enterprise storage starting in 2018 >>

* A World-Renowned Futurist Reveals The Hotel Of The Future >>
* ‘Flying water taxis’ that surf 2ft above rivers could soon transport commuters in Paris and San Francisco >>
* Rise of the robot interrogator: Experts say AIs will soon understand our emotions – and could do everything from give therapy to quiz terrorists >>

* DARPA expects big wins in 2017 from their biotech projects >>
* DARPA wants to be able scale up agricultural crop modification within one year instead of 15 years >>
* Graphene Temporary Tattoo Tracks Vital Signs >>

* Old networks can hobble IoT, even in tech paradise >>
* Home robot to nudge older people to stay social and active >>
* Apollo 14 gems reveal moon is 4.51 billion years old >>

* Today’s Moment of Zen –Powering ISS, a Six-Hour Space Walk (WATCH) >>
* Garnet Planets Would Be Hostile to Life >>
* The Chinese Bubble >>

* NASA: New Search Technology for Detecting Life on Alien Worlds –“10,000 Times More Powerful” >>
* Beautiful Galaxy Collision Captured by Hubble Telescope >>
* ‘Smashing’ Galaxy Clusters Release ‘Amazing Amounts of Energy’ | Video >>

* NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Just Hit a Critical Milestone >>
* This Bumblebee Is The First To Become Endangered—but It Won’t Be The Last >>
* Binary star bash-up should add new light to Northern Cross in 2022 >>

* These True Wireless Earbuds Won’t Fall Out Of Your Ear >>
* Your Windows 10 PC may soon lock itself when you walk away >>
* Norway is killing FM radio and folks aren’t happy >>

* Armed with startup data, Crunchbase looks back on 2016 to predict what’s coming >>
* Smart bodysuit takes super-soldier tech and gives it to your grandma >>
* We Won’t Even Know If A Robot Takes Your Job >>

* Air Force Tests IBM’s Brain-Inspired Chip as an Aerial Tank Spotter >>
* CES 2017: Key trends >>
* Is Urine Actually Sterile? >>

* Japan Has A Plan To Remove Large Pieces of Space Junk From Orbit, But Will It Work? >>
* Will Apple deliver AR glasses this year? >>
* BMW’s new concept car interior will knock your socks off >>

* The 16p paper pinwheel that separates blood in 90 seconds and can diagnose diseases anywhere in the world >>
* Google for the dark web: The US Government tech that could scour the hidden internet for criminal activity >>

* Ancient Retroviruses Emerged Half a Billion Years Ago >>
* The mysterious star where it rains COMETS >>
* Tesla hires Apple engineer to work on autopilot software >>

* Google is killing its solar-powered internet drone program >>
* Nanoarray sniffs out and distinguishes multiple diseases >>
* A new method for quick and precise measurement of quantum states >>

* Obama Urges Americans Not to Take Democracy for Granted >>
* Key Points From Donald Trump’s First Press Conference Since His Election >>
* Lawmakers broach possible Trump campaign coordination with Russia >>
* Russia Hacked ‘Older’ Republican Emails, FBI Director Says >>
* Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson Calls Russia a ‘Danger’ to Nation >>
* Alleged Russia Memo On Trump Pits Journalism’s Business Needs Against Its Ethics >>
* Unverified report claims Russia tried to recruit U.S. tech entrepreneur >>
* Penthouse Offers $1 Million For Compromising Trump Tapes >>
* Internet Calls On Melania To Dump Donald After Intelligence Report Claims >>
* Overrated? Loser? Not if It’s Trump Who Calls You Out >>
* Trump brands claims of compromising material ‘sick and phoney’ >>
* Trump team refuses to completely drop business ties: ‘The president-elect should not be expected to destroy the company he built’ >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 11 January 2017

* Thanks to AI, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems >>
* Meet the New AI Challenging Human Poker Pros >>
* Drunk Mice Get the Munchies >>

* Why 2016 was actually a year of hope >>
* Conversational Interaction Conference >>
* MIT researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known >>

* SteamVR Tracking Could Be 2017’s Most Important VR Technology >>
* The 2017 machine learning outlook >>
* 10 Prominent Developers Detail Their 2017 Predictions for The VR/AR Industry >>

* Smith shows us their brainwave-sensing sunglasses >>
* Google Voice is getting an upgrade >>
* MIT model reveals role of inhibitory neurons in the brain >>

* Smart umbrella always gives you a rain check >>
* Top cop suggests strapping Wi-Fi jammers on teen cybercriminals >>
* A Mysterious Killer Algae Just Got a Little Less Puzzling >>

* Scientists may have discovered the ‘missing element’ deep inside Earth’s core >>
* Norway Is Killing FM Radio Tomorrow >>
* Asteroid nearly gave Earth a new feature, two days after its discovery >>

* New smart ball is a learning tool specially designed for autistic children >>
* Top 9 ethical issues in artificial intelligence >>
* So much for progress! Why are flights taking LONGER now than they did in the 1970s? >>

* Exploding Binary Stars Will Light Up The Sky In 2022 >>
* Very Large Telescope To Be Upgraded For Alpha Centauri Planets Search | Video >>
* What Came Before the Big Bang? –Intriguing New Theories on the Origin of Time >>

* NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope –Star-Casted Shadows Reveal Alien Planets >>
* A Machine Astronomer Could Help Us Find the Unknowns in the Universe >>
* Space Shuttle Endeavour Exhibit Gains Flight-Worthy Solid Rocket Boosters >>

* Global technological disruption and the predicted pace and scale of possible disruptions >>
* Nanowire ‘inks’ enable low-cost paper- or plastic-based printable electronics >>
* MIT Wants You To Help Teach Morality To Self-Driving Cars >>

* Waymo Shows Off Its Home-Grown Robocar Hardware >>
* Marissa Mayer Will Resign From Yahoo’s Board, Yahoo to Get a New Dumb Name >>
* New Report Shows That Luxury Spending Is Down, While Global Instability Is Up >>

* Start Caring About VR And 360-Degree Video >>
* Mall cop robot startup Knightscope is launching a “mini-IPO” >>
* LG’s cute little Hub Robot bosses your smart appliances around >>

* Can AI Make The Sexiest 21st Century Job Obsolete? >>
* Huge tarantula is seen eating a foot-long SNAKE in terrifying scene never before witnessed >>

* Researchers are giving religious leaders hallucinogenic drugs to understand mystical experiences >>
* A Bumblebee Gets New Protection on Obama’s Way Out >>
* The US Navy is building an autonomous underwater drone to hunt down enemy submarines >>

* Can Teeth Repair Themselves Without Fillings? >>
* CamFi launches Matrix software for multiple camera control >>

* Obama versus Trump: 5 Medical and Science Stances >>
* Trump and Space: Panel Forecasts Changes to Come >>
* Yes, America Is Descending Into Totalitarianism >>
* A divided empire: what the urban-rural split means for the future of America >>
* Internet Won’t Let Trump Get Away With Insulting Meryl Streep >>
* Mexico says there’s still ‘no way’ it will pay for Donald Trump’s wall after his flip flop >>

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Futureseek Daily Link Review; 10 January 2017

* Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA >>
* All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine >>
* DARPA’s Biotech Chief Says 2017 Will “Blow Our Minds” >>

* Ambarella’s New 4K and 8K Imaging Chips Could Have Big Benefits for VR >>
* The iPhone’s legacy, 10 years later >>
* AI might handpick your customer service rep >>

* This TV could be over 1,000 feet long >>
* Microsoft expands its experimental projects program The Garage to Cambridge, India & China >>
* DARPA drone flew for 56 hours and landed with over half its fuel so looks close to achieving 7 days without refueling >>

* ‘Tooth repair drug’ may replace fillings >>
* This 23-year-old invented a gel that stops bleeding in seconds >>
* Next-gen Samsung EV battery gets 300+ miles of range from a 20-minute charge >>

* Amazon integrates Alexa with meal delivery service >>
* Gene-sequencing giant Illumina is teaming up with IBM Watson to analyse your genes >>
* Uber debuts Movement, a new website offering access to its traffic data >>

* Tesla to Take Its Biggest Step Toward Fully Autonomous Cars Tomorrow >>
* Hubble Shows What’s in Store for the Incredible Voyager Probes >>
* Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal >>

* Where has and where will the Mundane Singularity provide the most disruption ? >>
* CRISPR could make designer babies and help with many diseases and more >>
* Some interesting talks on AI >>

* Prediction that 2017 will not be the investment win year for AI, VR and driverless cars >>
* Another informative talk by Aubrey de Grey on life extension >>
* Celebrating 9 Years of ROS, the Robot Operating System >>

* Scientists Have Finally Figured Out How To Spin Artificial Silk The Way Spiders Do >>
* Inside LAX’s New Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Unit >>
* Massive drop in London HIV rates may be due to internet drugs >>

* LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 >>
* MIT’s 3D graphene is ten times stronger than steel >>
* At 50, CES is a show in transition >>

* To Improve Your Sense of Direction, Lose the Technology >>
* The Exoplanet Revolution Turns 25 >>
* Nissan uses NASA rover tech to remotely oversee autonomous car >>

* ‘Alien megastructure’ signal may be due to star eating a planet >>
* Zapping the brain really does seem to improve depression >>
* Amazon Echos activated by TV comment >>

* The incredible moment a group of monkeys communicate with a ROBOT baby that they think is one of their own >>
* Virtual reality glasses recognises objects and ‘tracks’ their whereabouts for the wearer >>
* iPhone 8 rumor roundup >>

* HTC Vive completely dazzled me with its new accessories and headsets >>
* Obama says push toward clean energy is ‘irreversible’ >>
* This dinosaur toy is an Amazon Echo for kids >>

* Beyond ‘Brogrammers’: Can AI create a meritocracy? >>
* Inauguration Day is in less than 2 weeks — and Trump has taken few steps to disentangle from his private empire >>
* SpaceX is super-cooling its rocket fuel colder than anyone else — and why that could be a problem >>

* The birth of half-human, half-animal chimeras >>
* Preparing for a World that Doesn’t Exist – Yet: Framing a Second Enlightenment to Create Communities of the Future >>
* Google’s new self-driving minivans will be hitting the road at the end of January 2017 >>

* The Navy’s New Robot Boats Swarm the Enemy on Their Own >>
* Very Large Telescope To Be Upgraded For Alpha Centauri Planets Search | Video >>
* Poor Weather Pushes Spacex Return Debut With Revolutionary Iridium Relay Sats To Jan. 14 >>

* Microsoft unveils more Windows 10 Creators Update features >>

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* Stephen Hawking says he has a way to escape from a black hole >>
* Tomorrow’s Criminal Justice >>
* 3D printouts used to rebuild bike crash victim’s face >>

* CES 2017: The year of voice >>
* CES 2017: Robots steal show at this year’s event >>
* This wearable for pregnant moms is an easy contraction tracker >>

* CES 2017: Clothes-folding Laundroid robot readies for launch >>
* CES 2017: The ‘go anywhere’ electric bike and other transport tech >>
* CES 2017: Egg and sperm fertility tech wants to make babies >>

* CES 2017: AxonVR Brings Touch and Temperature to VR >>
* CES 2017: New routers defend smart homes against hacks >>
* CES 2017: Strap turns your finger into a phone >>

* CES 2017: Jeans tickle users to keep them on track >>
* CES 2017: Car-makers choose virtual assistants >>
* CES 2017: Intel reveals credit card-sized modular computer >>

* CES 2017: The robot with an Alexa-powered brain >>
* IBM is preparing for an automated future that depends on ‘new collar jobs’ >>

* Using data science to beat cancer >>
* New Study Finds ‘Mediterranean’ Diet Significantly Reduces Brain Shrinkage >>
* Toyota’s futuristic Concept-i, and more in the week that was >>

* Yes, We Can Get Power from Lightning–but It’s Probably Not Worth It [Podcast] >>
* 10 most oddly awesome gadgets this year >>
* The future of intimacy is remote-controlled orgasms >>

* ASUS’ new displays include one with a wireless charging pad >>
* Customized on demand 3D printed drones produced in less than 24 hours from spec to completion >>
* China making steady progress towards longer range power projection >>

* Hubble creates interstellar road map for future galactic trek >>
* The Search For Alien Life On Distant Planets Might Have Just Gotten A Whole Lot Easier >>

* Scientists identified what makes a joke funny >>
* Arnold Schwarzenegger To Donald Trump: Focus On Being President Instead Of Tv Ratings [Video] >>
* The internet is going nuts over a basketball halftime show where an acrobat shoots an arrow with her feet >>

* Cancer cells’ ability to break free and spread arises from ‘broken switch’ >>
* Brain area keeps growing in adulthood, scientists find >>
* The Navy’s New Robot Boats Swarm the Enemy on Their Own >>

* Gillmor Gang: Open and Shut >>
* Alexa Just Conquered CES. The World Is Next >>
* Universal Quantum computers could replace supercomputers within 5 years >>

* DARPA developing temporary 30 day underwater fiber-optics communications networks >>
* US publishes Near Earth asteroid defense plan >>
* How to watch the 2017 Golden Globes online >>

* Field In View: So, Where Was Oculus At CES 2017? >>

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