IPOLITICS: Canada’s investment in genomics is paying off http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/07/22/canadas-investment-in-genomics-is-paying-off/
FORBES: Why Predictive Shopping Might Be Bad For The Future http://www.forbes.com/sites/privacynotice/2014/08/21/why-pre…he-future/
SILICON BEAT: Quake, rattle, and then roll out of bed http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/08/25/quake-rattle-and-then-roll-out-of-bed/
COINDESK: Visa Exec: Our Network Could Support Bitcoin Payments http://www.coindesk.com/visa-exec-network-support-bitcoin-payments/
NEW YORK TIMES: Modern Research Borne on a Relic http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/science/airships-that-carr…e&_r=0
NEW YORK TIMES: Thumbtack, an Online Market for Services, Raises $100 Million http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/thumbtack-an-online-m…e&_r=0
STATISTA: Snapchat More Popular Than Twitter Among Millennials http://www.statista.com/chart/2570/most-popular-social-apps-among-millennials/
KAI: Autómata: a believable robot future http://www.kurzweilai.net/automata-a-believable-robot-future
KAI: A new future for cloud computing http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-new-future-for-cloud-computing
REUTERS: No let-up in Gaza war, Israel moves to protect its economy http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/25/us-mideast-gaza-idUSKBN0GM11320140825
REUTERS: Amazon snaps up live video startup Twitch for $970 million http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/25/us-amazon-com-twit…N820140825
Brain to Brain Communication Using EEG Waves http://guardianlv.com/2014/08/brain-to-brain-communication-u…-internet/
WIRED: The Data Scientist on a Quest to Turn Computers Into Doctors http://www.wired.com/2014/08/enlitic/
BUSINESS INSIDER: How 3D Printing Will Revolutionize Our World http://www.businessinsider.com/the-next-industrial-revolutio…2014-8
BBC: Study creates ‘time travel’ illusion http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28852538′
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Shanghai to San Francisco in 100 minutes by Chinese supersonic submarine http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580226/shanghai-san-…-submarine
OIL PRICE: Natural Gas As A Trucking Fuel Fails To Deliver http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Natural-Gas-As-A-Truc…liver.html
LONG NOW FOUNDATION: David Eagleman: Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization — Seminar Flashback http://blog.longnow.org/02014/08/22/david-eagleman-steps-to-…flashback/
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Huge marijuana plantation spotted by hi-tech satellite in China’s northeast http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580721/chinese-satel…-northeast
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: America in Decay. The Sources of Political Dysfunction By Francis Fukuyama http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141729/francis-fukuyama/america-in-decay
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: ISIS’ Western Ambitions. Why Europe and the United States Could be the Militant Group’s Next Target http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141611/robin-simcox/i…-ambitions
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141730/joseph-bottum/…t-of-ameri
DER SPIEGEL: Baltic Fears: NATO Debates Directing Missile Shield against Russia http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/nato-considers-mi…87899.html
THE MOSCOW TIMES: Islamic State an ‘Ideological Threat’ to Russia, Official Warns http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/islamic-state-an-…05834.html
THE MOSCOW TIMES: Ukraine’s Independence Day Shows a Torn Country http://www.themoscowtimes.com/multimedia/photogalleries/ukra…/5378.html
THE MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Claims Exclusion From NATO Summit on Ukraine http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-claims-exc…05772.html
DIGITAL TRENDS: Awesome tech you can’t buy yet, for the week of August 24, 2014 Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/awesome-tech-cant-buy…z3BRaS4enC
MORE HACKERS. SECURITY INTELLIGENCE: The Administrator of Things (AoT) – A Side Effect of Smartification http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/t…ification/
GOV TRANSFORMER: GovTransformer: IARPA Peeks Into The Future of Your Brain http://govtransformer.us/2014/08/govtransformer-iarpa-peeks-future-brain/
GOVLOOP: Six Words of Advice for the U.S. Digital Service — Plus the 7 Gov Stories http://cdorobek.sharedby.co/share/hRrbXw
FORBES: Ebooks Will Make Us Dumber, Or They Won’t http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2014/08/20/will…ium=social
BUSINESS INSIDER: Technology That Could Make Your Smartphone Charge Twice As Fast Is Coming In 2015 Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/qnovo-fast-charging-for-smart…z3BRca9oS9
THE INDEPENDENT: ‘France is totally bankrupt’: French jobs minister Michel Sapin embarrasses Francois Hollande with shocking statement on state of the country’s economy http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-is-tot…71077.html
THE INDEPENDENT: Pulitzer-winning scientist warns wildlife face a ‘biological holocaust’ www.independent.co.uk/news/pulitzerwinning-scientist-warns-w…89902.html
THE INDEPENDENT: 7 best quadcopters and drones http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech/be…81235.html
CBC NEWS: France’s government dissolves after minister criticizes fiscal policy http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-s-government-dissolves-a…-1.2745752
OFFSHORE WIND: Saab Seaeye Falcon Helps Japan Harness Offshore Wind http://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/08/22/saab-seaeye-falcon-he…hore-wind/
OFFSHORE WIND: German Wind Energy Association to Present Industry’s Strength at WindEnergy Hamburg http://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/08/25/german-wind-energy-as…y-hamburg/
OFFSHORE WIND: Marine Ecological Surveys to Examine Seabed of Three UK Regions http://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/08/22/marine-ecological-sur…k-regions/
OFFSHORE WIND: German Wind Energy Association to Present Industry’s Strength at WindEnergy Hamburg http://www.offshorewind.biz/2014/08/25/german-wind-energy-as…y-hamburg/
THE NEW YORKER: Vladimir Putin’s Americanism at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/11/watching-eclipse
BBJ: Should Japan restart its nuclear reactors? http://www.bbj.hu/opinion/should-japan-restart-its-nuclear-reactors_84018
CANBERRA TIMES: Australian Tax Office decides bitcoins are assets, not currency http://www.canberratimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/a…063gq.html
MOTHER EARTH NEWS: More Than 36 U.S. Nuclear Reactors at Risk of Early Retirement www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/nuclear-reactors-at…z3BRipzP00
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: The Landmark file: Inside Canadian cyber-security agency’s ‘target the world’ strategy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-landmark-fi…e20179786/
NO CAMELS: Medigus Created The World’s Smallest Camera Now Being Used By NASA Robots http://nocamels.com/2014/08/medigus-created-the-worlds-small…asa-robots
NEW YORK TIMES: As Peace Talks Approach, Militants Humiliate Prisoners in Ukraine http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/world/europe/russia-ukraine.html
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: U.S. Court Overturns Law Limiting Biotech Crops on Hawaiian island http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-court-overturn…an-island/
NEW YORK TIMES: Save the Fav, Twitter’s Digital Body Language http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/save-the-fav-twitte…d=tw-share
INSIDE BIGDATA: Solix Announces Solix Big Data Suite http://inside-bigdata.com/2014/08/25/solix-announces-solix-big-data-suite/
MASHABLE: The Most Connected Man Is You, Just a Few Years From Now http://mashable.com/2014/08/21/most-connected-man/
BUSINESS INSIDER: Amazon Is Turning Into Google http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-is-google-2014-8
FCW: NSA’s ICREACH, hackable scanners and the British IT influence http://fcw.com/articles/2014/08/25/news-in-brief-august-25.a…um=twitter
TED: Can we prevent the end of the world? http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_rees_can_we_prevent_the_end_…+-+Site%29
BUSINESS INSIDER: 9 Impressive Stats About Twitch That Show Why Amazon Just Purchased It For $970 Million http://www.businessinsider.com/statistics-about-twitch-2014-8
NEWSWEEK: Developments in Quantum Physics Are About to Transform Our Daily Lives http://www.newsweek.com/2014/07/11/developments-quantum-phys…57093.html
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: James Gorman on the Future of Finance: Big Banks Will Get Bigger http://online.wsj.com/articles/james-gorman-on-the-future-of…1404762062
LET’S CONCENTRATE ON TODAY. TECHREPUBLIC: How big data is going to help feed nine billion people by 2050 http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-big-data-is-going-to…e-by-2050/
YAHOO NEWS: U.S. prepares military options in Syria against Islamic State http://news.yahoo.com/u-prepares-military-options-syria-agai…28103.html
YAHOO NEWS: WATCH: This Is the World’s First Self-Fueled Lawn Mower https://www.yahoo.com/tech/douglas-kennedy-reports-on-e-mow-…66604.html
YAHOO NEWS: After Ferguson, Calls Mount for Police to Wear Body Cams https://www.yahoo.com/tech/after-ferguson-calls-mount-for-po…97604.html
YAHOO NEWS: A Quantified Life: Former Facebook Designer Uses Tech to Track All of His Activities https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nicholas-felton-an-information-de…76679.html
POPULAR SCIENCE: Watch A Robot Ride A Hovercycle http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/watch-robot-ride-hovercycle
SCIENCE DAILY: Nanostructured metal-oxide catalyst efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol, a key commodity for chemicals and fuels http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140731145414.ht…ign=buffer
PHYS ORG: India’s maiden Mars mission one month out from red planet arrival http://phys.org/news/2014-08-india-maiden-mars-mission-month.html
SCIENCE NEWS: Physics research removes outcome unpredictability of ultracold atomic reactions http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/08/25/physics.research.…reactions
SCIENCE WORLD REPORT: Scientists Uncover Evolutionary History of Honeybees http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/16805/20140825/sc…eybees.htm
CANADA NOW: NASA Confrims 30 to 50% of Arctic Sea Ice Has Thinned http://www.ecanadanow.com/science/2014/08/24/nasa-confrims-3…s-thinned/
AMD looks to aid small system builders with new Power Packs http://www.channelbuzz.ca/2014/08/amd-looks-aid-small-system…cks-10539/
REUTERS: U.S., Chinese officials to meet at Pentagon after jet intercept http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-usa-china-milit…ce=twitter
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini
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