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Jul 10, 2015

The Art of Time | The Plus

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Art and photography often dovetail nicely, to the point of being indistinct at times. But rarely does photography achieve the sort of free-flowing, brush-like effects that Matt Molloy imbues his incredible Time Stack photographs with. “My time stack series is a lot like a digital version of what the impressionist painters where trying to achieve in the 19th-century,” says Matt.

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Jul 10, 2015

EVA Movie Trailer (Science Fiction — 2015)

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ctMc4DFpik

A cybernetic engineer creates a very special child robot ★Join us on Facebook ► http://facebook.com/HorrorScifiMovies ★ Sci-Fi Fan? Don’t miss THIS ➨ http:/…

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Jul 10, 2015

The Future of the Web Looks a Lot Like Bitcoin — Morgen E. Peck | IEEE Spectrum

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, computing, internet

“We lack ‘true agency’ on the Internet. That is to say, all of the data we create online and all of the operations we execute are handled for us by centralized servers, most of which sit in massive data centers operated by corporations and government institutions. We depend on these servers for everything.”

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Jul 9, 2015

In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline in 2014, Even as Global Economy Grows

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Perhaps (for once) some environmental news that we don’t have to fight over.

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Jul 9, 2015

A Celebration of Risk (a.k.a., Robots Take a Spill)

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

DARPA is an agency that takes high risks in pursuit of great rewards. This video is a celebration of risk. Thank you to all of the teams that participated in…

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Jul 9, 2015

Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality

Bill Maris has $425 million to invest this year, and the freedom to invest it however he wants. He’s looking for companies that will slow aging, reverse disease, and extend life.

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Jul 9, 2015

After 10 breakthroughs and $3B in research, IBM announces tiny 7-nanometer chips

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

In semiconductor chip research, IBM has been racking up the breakthroughs for decades. And now it says that work is paying off with the creation of the first 7-nanometer chips.

And these chips will ensure that industry progress, summarized as Moore’s Law, will continue for at least another generation. Once the chips proliferate in the market, we’ll see faster, cheaper, and better electronics products out in the marketplace, from faster computers to smarter “Internet of things” devices, or everyday objects that are smart and connected.

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Jul 9, 2015

IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip

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A consortium of which the company is a part has made working versions of ultradense seven-nanometer chips, capable of holding much more information than existing chips.

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Jul 9, 2015

10 Futuristic Weapons That Will Change Modern Warfare

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, futurism, military

Invisibility cloaks, cyborg insects, laser beam weapons…you name it, it’s probably secretly being development as you read this right now. Advances in modern weaponry have leapt straight out of science fiction films and into military reality. The US Military budget for 2016 is $786.6 billion. With that kind of spending, it’s not surprising that there have been some insane recent advancements. Here is a list of the 10 most futuristic weapons that will change modern warfare for ever.

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Jul 9, 2015

Urban growth: Solitair tree nursery | Monocle

Posted by in categories: architecture, environmental, habitats

Cities are often seen as the flipside of nature: synthetic, sleek and sometimes impersonal. For places that pine after being greener, the Solitair tree nursery provides a blueprint.

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