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Einherjar86
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I particularly enjoyed the comment about how what I posted isn't news, but a personal observation based on anecdotal experience is.
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IBM launches functioning brain-inspired chip
Operates at 46 billion “synaptic operations” per second per watt; 100 trillion "synapses" planned, matching the approximate number in the human brain
http://www.kurzweilai.net/ibm-launches-functioning-brain-inspired-chip
Operates at 46 billion “synaptic operations” per second per watt; 100 trillion "synapses" planned, matching the approximate number in the human brain
http://www.kurzweilai.net/ibm-launches-functioning-brain-inspired-chip
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ts-found-as-death-toll-tops-1200-9678366.html
The latest numbers include 84 additional deaths from 113 new cases reported between Thursday and Saturday.
States of emergency have been declared in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak.
But humanitarian agencies have warned that travel restrictions in heavily infected areas, including quarantines of whole villages and counties, are limiting access to food.
The UN World Food Programme is preparing to deliver food to 1 million people over the next three months.
“I think now there is a high vigilance in all countries,” Fadela Chaib, a spokeswoman for WHO, told reporters in Geneva. “I can't remember the last time we fed 1 million people in a quarantine situation.”
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_08_19_ebola/en/
Epidemiology and surveillance
Between 14 and 16 August 2014, a total of 113 new cases of Ebola virus disease (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) as well as 84 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia*, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Health sector response
The response of WHO and other partners to the Ebola Virus outbreak is continuing to grow in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. To reduce the likelihood that those who are infected will carry the disease outside their communities, the governments have set up quarantine zones in areas of high transmission including severely-affected cities such as Gueckedou in Guinea, Kenema and Kailahun in Sierra Leone and Foya in Liberia.
The latest numbers include 84 additional deaths from 113 new cases reported between Thursday and Saturday.
States of emergency have been declared in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak.
But humanitarian agencies have warned that travel restrictions in heavily infected areas, including quarantines of whole villages and counties, are limiting access to food.
The UN World Food Programme is preparing to deliver food to 1 million people over the next three months.
“I think now there is a high vigilance in all countries,” Fadela Chaib, a spokeswoman for WHO, told reporters in Geneva. “I can't remember the last time we fed 1 million people in a quarantine situation.”
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_08_19_ebola/en/
Epidemiology and surveillance
Between 14 and 16 August 2014, a total of 113 new cases of Ebola virus disease (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) as well as 84 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia*, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Health sector response
The response of WHO and other partners to the Ebola Virus outbreak is continuing to grow in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. To reduce the likelihood that those who are infected will carry the disease outside their communities, the governments have set up quarantine zones in areas of high transmission including severely-affected cities such as Gueckedou in Guinea, Kenema and Kailahun in Sierra Leone and Foya in Liberia.
Rejoice, commuters and workers! The Chairless Chair exoskeleton lets you sit down anywhere, anytime
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...xoskeleton-lets-you-sit-down-anywhere-anytime
Solar energy that doesn't block the view
Researchers have developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window. It is called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator and can be used on buildings, cell phones and any other device that has a flat, clear surface.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140819200219.htm
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...xoskeleton-lets-you-sit-down-anywhere-anytime
Solar energy that doesn't block the view
Researchers have developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window. It is called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator and can be used on buildings, cell phones and any other device that has a flat, clear surface.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140819200219.htm
New cancer-hunting 'nano-robots' to seek and destroy tumours
http://phys.org/news/2014-08-cancer-hunting-nano-robots-tumours.html
http://phys.org/news/2014-08-cancer-hunting-nano-robots-tumours.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902114414.htm
Researchers have engineered the harmless gut bacteria E.coli to generate renewable propane. The development is a step towards commercial production of a source of fuel that could one day provide an alternative to fossil fuels.
In a new study, the team of scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Turku in Finland used Escherichia coli to interrupt the biological process that turns fatty acids into cell membranes. The researchers used enzymes to channel the fatty acids along a different biological pathway, so that the bacteria made engine-ready renewable propane instead of cell membranes.
Their ultimate goal is to insert this engineered system into photosynthetic bacteria, so as to one day directly convert solar energy into chemical fuel.
The results of the study are published in the journal Nature Communications.
Researchers have engineered the harmless gut bacteria E.coli to generate renewable propane. The development is a step towards commercial production of a source of fuel that could one day provide an alternative to fossil fuels.
In a new study, the team of scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Turku in Finland used Escherichia coli to interrupt the biological process that turns fatty acids into cell membranes. The researchers used enzymes to channel the fatty acids along a different biological pathway, so that the bacteria made engine-ready renewable propane instead of cell membranes.
Their ultimate goal is to insert this engineered system into photosynthetic bacteria, so as to one day directly convert solar energy into chemical fuel.
The results of the study are published in the journal Nature Communications.
Concrete 3D Printer Used To Build Castle
Andrey Kudenko, contractor by trade, has taken to building a concrete castle in his backyard. Standing at 3 x 5 meters, this castle just happens to be the worlds first 3D printed concrete castle, and one of the largest objects every created using a 3D printer. Unable to find a commercial solution to his idea, he set about creating a printer on his own. Utilizing an Arduino microcontroller and a set of special drivers, he was able to create a device that allows for printing free-layering concrete.
http://www.geekexchange.com/concrete-3d-printer-used-to-build-castle-134449.html
3D printers are going to turn our world into those classic RTS games like Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun or Supreme Commander 2 where we just plop down a single facility and feed it raw materials while it pumps out buildings.
Andrey Kudenko, contractor by trade, has taken to building a concrete castle in his backyard. Standing at 3 x 5 meters, this castle just happens to be the worlds first 3D printed concrete castle, and one of the largest objects every created using a 3D printer. Unable to find a commercial solution to his idea, he set about creating a printer on his own. Utilizing an Arduino microcontroller and a set of special drivers, he was able to create a device that allows for printing free-layering concrete.
http://www.geekexchange.com/concrete-3d-printer-used-to-build-castle-134449.html
3D printers are going to turn our world into those classic RTS games like Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun or Supreme Commander 2 where we just plop down a single facility and feed it raw materials while it pumps out buildings.
TechnicalBarbarity
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rms
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And thennnnn Bush agreed to the SOFA act that would basically considering all American military action against Iraqi law, and thus started to pull out
Everyone knew this was going to happen, seriously.
Everyone knew this was going to happen, seriously.
President Bush and leaving Iraq Prematurely
So much bullshit:
If he didn't go and break it in the first place...
They've lost the "safe haven" in Afghanistan? No they haven't.
Bushstradamus? For fucktards, sure...
So much bullshit:
If he didn't go and break it in the first place...
They've lost the "safe haven" in Afghanistan? No they haven't.
Bushstradamus? For fucktards, sure...
Samsung unveils robot sentry that can kill from two miles away
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...reveals-robot-sentry-set-eye-North-Korea.html
An Autonomous, Optoelectronic Camouflage Material Inspired By Octopus Skin
http://www.neomatica.com/2014/09/15...ic-camouflage-material-inspired-octopus-skin/
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-algor...robot-to-run-and-jump-untethered-across-grass
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...reveals-robot-sentry-set-eye-North-Korea.html
An Autonomous, Optoelectronic Camouflage Material Inspired By Octopus Skin
http://www.neomatica.com/2014/09/15...ic-camouflage-material-inspired-octopus-skin/
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-algor...robot-to-run-and-jump-untethered-across-grass
Dak
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Black Holes do not exist, cannot form. Also causes problem for the Big Bang model.
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-black-holes.html
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-black-holes.html
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