The Verge: FCC chairman Ajit Pai is opposed to a government-run 5G network. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwwvKisDo Gizmodo: New Species of African Titanosaur Solves Cretaceous-Era Mystery. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwh6mZyTc Gizmodo: Lenovo Flaw Could Let Hackers Bypass Fingerprint Scanners on Some PCs. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw3baWyTc Gizmodo: Fitness App's 'Anonymized' Data Dump Accidentally Reveals Military Bases Around the World. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwjb2PyTc
Wow, interesting. It's gaining credibility....although after I have (tried to) read the sources I have to say they felt back to their academical analytic approach and their boring definitions and comparisons. They are doing it right when going for an integral approach. Anything analytical will fail. That means to start from consciousnesses as a whole as timeless and hence causeless reality. To me there was never a question that any appearance is conscious. A conscious 'system' is precondition for any interaction with 'other' conscious systems. In other words a stone would not appear if it isn't conscious. By perceiving (senses) you can only grasp what it (matter) does, but not what it is.
Gizmodo: Picture of Single Trapped Atom Wins UK Science Photography Prize. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwyKuB2Tc
The Independent: Scattering of electrons responsible for northern lights observed for first time by scientists. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwiK_xxTY A hole in the heart of the Rosette Nebula. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwmZuatjo NASA is contemplating sending a submarine into space. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/02/13/nasa-is-contemplating-sending-submarine-into-space.html The Falcon Heavy is an absurdly low-cost heavy lift rocket. https://arstechnica.com/science/201...velopment-could-buy-86-falcon-heavy-launches/ Heads of U.S. intelligence agencies tell Americans not to buy Huawei phones. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw8a2z2jc
It's all about the money. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/13/chinas-hauwei-top-us-intelligence-chiefs-caution-americans-away.html
direct link to the Rosetta Nebula: http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/14/world/rosette-nebula-heart/index.html interesting article Northern Lights http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...entists-observe-aurora-borealis-a8211031.html
Hubble showcases the Crab Nebulas' beating heart. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/health/nasa-hubble-crab-nebula-beating-heart/index.html
How to Avoid a Dangerous Flu Complication February 12, 2018 More than one out of every 10 deaths in the U.S. during the third week of 2018 was from influenza or pneumonia, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection, is a common flu complication that can result in hospitalization and even death. With flu-related hospitalization rates approaching record numbers, flu and pneumonia deaths are expected to continue to rise over the next few weeks. How Flu Leads to Pneumonia Flu can cause pneumonia in two ways. First, the influenza virus itself can infect the lungs, causing what’s called viral pneumonia. Second, flu weakens the immune system and damages the lining of the respiratory tract, which can make it easier for certain bacteria to infect the lungs and cause bacterial pneumonia. People most at risk for a serious complication from flu include young children, pregnant women, and older adults, whose immune systems tend to be weaker, as well as people with certain underlying health conditions, such as lung disease, heart disease, blood disorders (such as sickle cell anemia), diabetes, immune-suppressing diseases (such as HIV), or conditions like cancer that require immunosuppressive drugs. For the steps to prevent and diagnose pneumonia, see: https://www.consumerreports.org/flu/how-to-avoid-a-dangerous-flu-complication/?
Today Was the NASA Opportunity Rover's 5,000th Martian Dawn. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwlPi23Tc Drop Everything, Japan's Aspark Owl Electric Hypercar Just Did 0-60 In 1.9 Seconds. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwmpfAtzo Apple's slow iPhone X sales are hurting Samsung too. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwn5TH3jc The U.S. government's beef with Huawei isn't really about phones. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw7ZqAxzY Network World: Linux: To recurse or not. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3256288/linux/linux-to-recurse-or-not.html Microsoft is trying to kill passwords. It can’t happen soon enough. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw38vk3Tc New patent reveals Microsoft’s intent to kill the mouse with its Surface Pen. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw2Le73Dc Amazon passes Microsoft to become the 3rd-largest U.S. company. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvsunxzY For The First Time, Hubble Captures Massive Storm On Neptune As It’s Slowly Dying In Mysterious Circumstances. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw9pGg3jc Good News: The Milky Way May Not Be Devoured by Andromeda Galaxy After All. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw8s_M3Dc Scientists Explore Ties Between Alzheimer's And Brain's Ancient Immune System. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_v6O3jc Device provides years of power through temperature swings. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwsJWz3jc
Intel’s New “Smart Glasses” Shoot Laser Beam Directly Into Your Retina “We use a holographic grading embedded into the lens to reflect the correct wavelengths back to your eye.” Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnfwClgheF0 For anyone who wanted a pair of Google glasses but didn’t want to look like a lazy Borg cosplay, Intel may have just what you need. Just one catch; you have to be OK with a laser firing photons directly into your retina. Consummate techie and Executive Editor at The Verge, Deiter Bohn, took Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses for a test drive – which he says are “virtually indistinguishable from regular glasses,” and are the “first pair of smart eyeglasses I’ve tried that doesn’t look ridiculous.” The smart glasses – which weigh less than 50 grams – work by projecting a very low-powered laser (a VCSEL), which shines a “red, monochrome image somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 x 150 pixels” on to a holographic reflector on the right lens of the glasses – which is then reflected directly into your eyeball and onto your retina. Intel swears it’s safe. “It is a class one laser. It’s such low power that we don’t [need it certified],” he says, “and in the case of [Vaunt], it is so low-power that it’s at the very bottom end of a class one laser.” –Mark Eastwood, Director of Industrial Design, Intel NDG group “We use a holographic grading embedded into the lens to reflect the correct wavelengths back to your eye. The image is called retinal projection, so the image is actually ‘painted’ into the back of your retina,” says Jerry Bautista, the team lead for wearable devices at Intel’s NDG. Due to the fact that the glasses project images directly onto the retina, the projected image is in focus on both prescription and non-prescription lenses. In addition to the micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS, or “Pico”) projector, the glasses also pack hardware and software for Bluetooth communication with your phone, as well as an accelerometer and a compass. Future models may even include a microphone for use with virtual assistants such as Alexa and Siri. And of this, along with batteries, are contained within a remarkably compact chassis. Requiring a custom fitting to each user, the glasses project a stream of information on what Bohn says looks like a screen, delivering a wide variety of information: At its core, Vaunt is simply a system for displaying a small heads-up style display in your peripheral vision. It can show you simple messages like directions or notifications. It works over Bluetooth with either an Android phone or an iPhone much in the same way your smartwatch does, taking commands from an app that runs in the background to control it. When looking down, the Vaunt glasses project a “rectangle of red text and icons down in the lower right of your visual field,” however, when the wearer is not glancing down in that direction, the display shuts off – as it was designed to be “nonintrusive,” according to Bohn. ”We didn’t want the notification to appear directly in your line of sight,” says Eastwood. “We have it about 15 degrees below your relaxed line of sight. … An LED display that’s always in your peripheral vision is too invasive. … this little flickering light. The beauty of this system is that if you choose not to look at it, it disappears. It is truly gone.” –The Verge Bohn says he adapted to the glasses very quickly – writing that it became “natural within less than an hour to glance over at it to make it appear, or ignore it and focus on the person I was speaking with.” Or, as it turns out, not focus on the person you’re speaking with: ”So I’m talking to you right now and you feel like you mean so much,” says Ronen Soffer, general manager for software products at NDG, “but I’m actually playing a trivia game right now.” (He wasn’t actually doing that, to be clear.) But after a day of playing around with the Vaunt prototypes, I completely believe that sort of thing is not just possible soon, but probably inevitable. Intel is thinking about those implications, too. Soffer wryly jokes: “You can ignore people more efficiently that way.” While it was unclear how users might interact with the Vaunt glasses, some have suggested that voice recognition, head gestures or both could activate it – or one could “trust the AI to show you what you need to know in the moment,” perhaps things such as nearby gas stations if you’ve failed to notice that your fuel light has been on for the last 12 miles. Imagine walking down the street, looking at a shop or a restaurant, and instantly checking out Yelp reviews. Or perhaps the system could be used to project player stats in real time while at a sporting event. Whatever the case, Intel’s Brian Soffer says the company’s AI might just know exactly what you need to see. “Listen, sometimes a better way to succeed is to make the problem smaller,” says Soffer. Intel’s AI for figuring out what to show you is “focused on certain types of moments, and we’ve been developing this technology for five or six years now to focus on those wearable, out-and-about moments.” Developing the platform Intel will be launching an “early access program” later this year so that developers can begin to tinker with the Vaunt system – developing apps for both phones and the glasses themselves. The Verge‘s Bohn speculates that apps may directly stream content to the Vaunt glasses from the cloud, presumably to minimize on-board processing requirements – similar to how a Google Cast-enabled TV works as an endpoint for streaming video. When asked if this was the plan, Intel said “we’ll talk about that at a later date,” adding that “it really is built as an open platform … built from the ground up to be a mobile platform that accesses the internet. And a wearable device gets really powerful when it changes the way you access the internet.” While it’s unclear if Intel will bring the Vaunt glasses to market or find a partner to bring them to retail, The Verge notes that Intel is reportedly looking to sell a majority stake in its augmented reality business, according to Bloomberg. Intel has a reputation for showing off ideas that never turn into real products. It comes up with a cool concept, proves out the technology, then hopes to convince others to take that idea and turn it into a real product. CEO Brian Krzanich comes on a CES stage, talks about a charging bowl (or hey, smart eyeglasses!), and then we wait to see if they’ll come to market. Often (maybe even usually), they don’t. I think the intention with Vaunt is a little different from Intel’s usual playbook. For one thing, Bloomberg’s report confirms that Intel is looking for partners with “strong sales channels … rather than financial backers.” For another, Bautista and I spoke a bit about how the sales channels for eyeglasses work now back in December. ”There’s something on the order of 2.5 billion people that require corrective lenses,” he says. “They get their glasses from somewhere. Sixty percent of them come from eye care providers. … We would say these glasses belong in those kinds of channels. People are going to buy them like they buy their glasses today.” –The Verge While the Vaunt glasses are lighter, better looking, and possibly have a longer battery life than other smart glasses such as Magic Leap or HoloLens, they also project less information to the user. That said, as Bohn notes, the Vaunt is the “first pair of smart eyeglasses I’ve tried that doesn’t look ridiculous.” Now let’s see what developers can do to make them rock and roll. Someday we’ll be telling our grandchildren about the days before laser beams were projected into our retinas. Hopefully we won’t be blind in one eye. Code: https://www.************/intels-new-smart-glasses-shoot-laser-beam-directly-into-your-retina/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/5/16966530/intel-vaunt-smart-glasses-announced-ar-video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5s8BqX3kok
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Ars Technica: Turbulence, the oldest unsolved problem in physics. https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/turbulence-the-oldest-unsolved-problem-in-physics/ Ars Technica: Microsoft promises to defend—not attack—Linux with its 60,000 patents. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...fend-not-attack-linux-with-its-60000-patents/
Ars Technica: Here’s how to see if you’re among the 30 million compromised Facebook users. https://arstechnica.com/information...and-other-private-data-for-millions-of-users/
TechCrunch: At 10 trillion frames per second, this camera captures light in slow motion. https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/12/a...nd-this-camera-captures-light-in-slow-motion/
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