Jessica Meyer

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GOOD MORNING.... GÜNAYDIN....

Google's Project Wing could be delivering products to your doorstep in a decade with the help of two-way cellular...

Originally shared by LiveScience

Google's Project Wing could be delivering products to your doorstep in a decade with the help of two-way cellular communication systems.
http://oak.ctx.ly/r/3fvi4

Fly Me to the Moon… in 4 Hours? New Electromagnetic Drive Could ‘Revolutionize Space Travel’ http://b4in.org/tQvB

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Fly Me to the Moon… in 4 Hours? New Electromagnetic Drive Could ‘Revolutionize Space Travel’ http://b4in.org/tQvB

Day trips to the moon could soon be a reality after scientists confirmed a new propulsion drive, once thought “impossible” to build, actually works and could take punters to the lunar world in just four hours.
The electromagnetic propulsion drive (EM Drive) was developed by British scientist Roger Shawyer in 2000, but considered scientifically impossible by his contemporaries.

NASA later revisited the design, suggesting it may be possible.

Vindicating Shawyer’s findings, Dresden University of Technology’s Martin Tajmar this week revealed the EM Drive is capable of producing thrust several times greater than a photon rocket and could reach Mars within 70 days and Pluto in 18 months.

A trip to Alpha Centauri, Earth’s nearest star system, located 4.37 light-years from the Sun, might even be possible within 100 years, far shorter than the current trip which would take tens of thousands of years.

The drive produces thrust by harnessing solar power to fuel multiple microwaves which are enclosed in a chamber.

In theory, unless a piece of the motor breaks, the drive could keep going forever, without any fuel.

“Our test campaign cannot confirm or refute the claims of the EM Drive but intends to independently assess possible side-effects in the measurements methods used so far,” said Tajmar.

More http://b4in.org/tQvB

Robots Reveal How Water Striders Jump on Water

Originally shared by IEEE Spectrum

Robots Reveal How Water Striders Jump on Water
http://ow.ly/321FSk

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Fatigue Frees The Mind: Why We're More Creative When We're Tired

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Fatigue Frees The Mind: Why We're More Creative When We're Tired

'... The reasoning behind this belief revolves around the idea of uninhibited thinking. Although we may feel the most alert and ready to think in the mornings, it doesn’t always translate to creativity.

As Fessenden explains, when at your most tired, your brain’s filter tends to rest — leaving your brain filled with a large amount of loose thoughts.

And, at first sight, these “unfiltered” thoughts may appear unimportant; they may seem useless.

But by allowing yourself to engage in them, you’ll inadvertently encourage yourself to start toying with different ideas because of your new perspective.

Keep in mind: It’s likely that those same thoughts likely won’t help you solve any high-end algebraic equations or other left-brain-intensive thought processes, but still, they can lead to some of your most creative, artistic insights.
...'

http://elitedaily.com/life/people-are-creative-when-tired/1145773/
http://elitedaily.com/life/people-are-creative-when-tired/1145773/

Um app que vale à pena instalar ;-)

Originally shared by Linux Descomplicado

Um app que vale à pena instalar ;-)
http://www.linuxdescomplicado.com.br/2015/07/termux-acesse-o-shell-android-para-executar-comandos-linux.html

Together with a heat recovery system and #solar panels on the roof, the building is completely energy independent!

Originally shared by Aquatic Subsea

Together with a heat recovery system and #solar panels on the roof, the building is completely energy independent!

#renewableenergy #innovation
http://bit.ly/1IpwRAU

Extreme Access Flyer to Take Planetary Exploration Airborne! | V2

Originally shared by Friends of NASA

Extreme Access Flyer to Take Planetary Exploration Airborne! | V2
Image Description: A schematic of the Asteroid Prospector Flyer designed for studying an asteroid and gathering samples.
July 30, 2015: Swamp Works engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are inventing a flying robotic vehicle that can gather samples on other worlds in places inaccessible to rovers. The vehicles—similar to quad-copters, but designed for the thin atmosphere of Mars and the airless voids of asteroids and the moon —would use a lander as a base to replenish batteries and propellants between flights.

"This is a prospecting robot," said Rob Mueller, senior technologist for advanced projects at Swamp Works. "The first step in being able to use resources on Mars or an asteroid is to find out where the resources are. They are most likely in hard-to-access areas where there is permanent shadow. Some of the crater walls are angled 30 degrees or more, and that's far too steep for a traditional rover to navigate and climb."

The machines being built fall under the name Extreme Access Flyers, and their designers intend to create vehicles that can travel into the shaded regions of a crater and pull out small amounts of soil to see whether it holds the water-ice promised by readings from orbiting spacecraft. Running on propellants made from resources on the distant worlds, the machines would be able to execute hundreds of explorative sorties during their mission. They also would be small enough for a lander to bring several of them to the surface at once, so if one fails, the mission isn't lost.

If that sounds a lot like a job for a quad-copter, it kind of is. On Earth, a quad-copter with its four rotors and outfitted with a digger or sampling device of some sort would be able to execute many missions with no problem. On other worlds, though, the machine would require very large rotors since the atmosphere on Mars is thin and there is no air on an asteroid or the moon. Also, the flyer would have to operate autonomously, figuring out on its own where it is and where it is going since there is no GPS to help it navigate and the communications delays are too large to control it directly from Earth.

Cold-gas jets using oxygen or steam water vapor will take on the lifting and maneuvering duties performed by the rotors on Earth. For navigation, the team is programming the flyer to recognize terrain and landmarks and guide itself to areas controllers on Earth send it to or even scout on its own the best places to take samples from.

"It would have enough propellant to fly for a number of minutes on Mars or on the moon, hours on an asteroid," said DuPuis.

For the sampling itself, designers currently envision a modular approach that would let the flyer take one tool at a time to a sample area to gather about seven grams of material at a time. That's enough for instruments to analyze and, throughout the course of many flights, is enough to gather samples that would show Earth-bound scientists a complete geological picture of an area.

It's work that would've been too complicated to research even five years ago, particularly with off-the-shelf components. Now though, the advent of autonomous flight controllers, laser-guidance and mapping systems combined with innovations in 3D printing make the chances of developing a successful prototype flyer much more likely. Also, a partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Honeybee Robotic Spacecraft Mechanisms is providing more expertise.

"The flight control systems of commercially available small, unmanned multi-rotor aerial vehicles are not too dissimilar to a spacecraft controller," Mike DuPuis, co-investigator of the Extreme Access Flyer project. "That was the starting point for developing a controller."

In the Swamp Works laboratory, the team has assembled several models designed to test aspects of the final machine. A large quad-copter about five feet across that uses ducted fans is about the size of the prototype the team has in mind for an operational mission in space. It's been tested at the planetary surface analogous test site built for the Morpheus lander project at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility's runway.

A smaller ducted fan flyer, about the size of a person's palm is routinely flown inside a 10-by-10-foot cube to test software and control abilities. Another, primarily built with asteroid exploration in mind, is suspended inside a gimbal device that lets it maneuver much as it would in zero gravity, using nitrogen high pressure cold gas thrusters to tilt and spin while the team judges its behavior in a virtual simulated world on a computer that shows what its flight around an asteroid would look like.

The team started at a low level of technological readiness two years ago and is steadily pushing the mission and design closer to a state where it can be made into a flight-ready craft.

The uses for the sampling vehicle may not be solely extraterrestrial, Mueller said. On Earth, an aerial vehicle that can pull a few grams of dirt from an area potentially brimming with toxins would be very valuable for first responders or those researching a new area who do not want to risk humans. Mueller said the effects of a nuclear radiation leak on surrounding areas, for example, could be measured with soil gathered quickly by a vehicle like the Extreme Access Flyer.

"We're an innovations lab, so in everything we do, we try to come up with new solutions," Mueller said.

In addition to scouting craters for water and other elements that can be processed into fuel for large spacecraft and air for humans, the flyer would be capable of exploring lava tubes that are known to exist on Mars and the moon and are found in many volcanic areas on Earth. Because some are thought to be 30 feet or bigger in diameter, an extreme access flyer could navigate autonomously during a robotic precursor mission and find a safe place for astronauts during their journey to Mars.

"You could put a whole habitat inside a lava tube to shelter astronauts from radiation, thermal extremes, weather and micrometeorites," Mueller said.

Credit: NASA/Kennedy/Swamp Works

NASA's Kennedy Space Center

#NASA #Space #Exploration #Robotics #Robot #Mars #Planet
#Asteroid #Technology #Engineering #Prototype #Testing #Research #Airborne #Vehicle #ExtremeAccess #Flyer #KSC #Florida #USA #UnitedStates #Schematic #Illustration #Artist

About one in every five Americans reports having a disability, according to results from a new nationwide survey.

Originally shared by LiveScience

About one in every five Americans reports having a disability, according to results from a new nationwide survey.
http://oak.ctx.ly/r/3fyir

Samsung confirmed its next Gear smartwatch has a rotating bezel

Originally shared by Engadget

Samsung confirmed its next Gear smartwatch has a rotating bezel

AI and robotics researchers call for a ban on autonomous weapons

Originally shared by Makeblock

AI and robotics researchers call for a ban on autonomous weapons
#robotics
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/29/ai-and-robotics-researchers-call-for-a-ban-on-autonomous-weapons/?utm_content=buffer9c538&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Just the beginning of many major changes underway in heath care.

Originally shared by null

Just the beginning of many major changes underway in heath care.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-brings-ibm-watson-to-americans-2015-7

Bravo!

Bravo!

Table floats on paint drip legs..

Originally shared by Interesting Engineering

Table floats on paint drip legs..

Telcos vs. big data companies: Which sector will drive consumer robotics? | Robohub

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/telcos-vs-big-data-companies-which-sector-will-drive-consumer-robotics/

I have just heard of Twoo today.

I have just heard of Twoo today.. got an email, I guess one of those spams. Anyone here use it? Is it any good? Cheers.

#socialmedia #twoo #spam #socialnetwork
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/03/a-year-of-spam-twoo/

#health #fitness #food

- July 30, 2015

Originally shared by Bio E

#health #fitness #food

Rationally Considering Autonomous Weapons and Ethics

- July 30, 2015

Rationally Considering Autonomous Weapons and Ethics

This article from IEEE Spectrum presents one of the more rational discussions and counterpoints to the whole banning autonomous weapons theme in recent weeks. We Should Not Ban ‘Killer Robots’ and Here’s Why http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/we-should-not-ban-killer-robots. The article builds on and extends my own thoughts and feelings on the topic that I first described here https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarkBruce/posts/dvsWMFLV9Vi, agreeing that autonomous weapons are a bad thing but there is no way of stopping their development and likely deployment. It asks whether autonomous weapons on the battlefield are in fact more ethical than the alternatives given they may lead to significantly reduced casualties, both combat and most importantly civilian, particularly with the hypothetical ability of autonomous weapons to follow far stricter rules of engagement better than any human.

A few quotes:

The barriers keeping people from developing this kind of system are just too low.

What we really need, then, is a way of making autonomous armed robots ethical, because we’re not going to be able to prevent them from existing.

If autonomous armed robots really do have at least the potential reduce casualties, aren’t we then ethically obligated to develop them?

Blaming technology for the decisions that we make involving it is at best counterproductive and at worst nonsensical. Any technology can be used for evil, and many technologies that were developed to kill people are now responsible for some of our greatest achievements, from harnessing nuclear power to riding a ballistic missile into space.

Perhaps the biggest surprise for me regarding this issue and the open letter that sparked this larger awareness and debate is how polarising it has been, and how many people seem incapable of rationally discussing the issues, instead preferring to assume an air of moral superiority while shouting down all who dare to question otherwise.

Philosophy and Ethics in Autonomous Vehicles

In a closely related area concerning the behaviour of autonomous vehicles on our roads I was recently involved in a discussion thread where I mentioned that philosophical “Trolley Problems” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem) would have to be tackled at some point with regard to the operation of these vehicles. The most basic example is when you flick a switch that results in one person being killed in order to save many people from being killed.

And, of course, we see this week that a great many people are already working on this problem with this summary article How to Help Self-Driving Cars Make Ethical Decisions http://www.technologyreview.com/news/539731/how-to-help-self-driving-cars-make-ethical-decisions/. Again, as a simplistic example, if a young child runs onto the road in front of an autonomous passenger vehicle before it can stop, should the vehicle swerve into on-coming traffic to avoid the child?

A few quotes:

Given the number of fatal traffic accidents that involve human error today, it could be considered unethical to introduce self-driving technology too slowly.

If you look at airbags, for example, inherent in that technology is the assumption that you’re going to save a lot of lives, and only kill a few.

As one of the commenters notes, the system becomes even better when all vehicles on the road are autonomous and able to communicate with each other: for example if a car swerves into on-coming traffic to miss a child then the on-coming traffic will know this and can react instantly and swerve to make room for the vehicle.

#autonomous #weapons #vehicles

Sorry, tech press. Google+ is alive and well.

- July 30, 2015

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Sorry, tech press. Google+ is alive and well.

(Read my column: http://goo.gl/Z6sQ6w )

A chorus of tech journalists this week is saying that Google is phasing out its social network, Google+.

Where did they get this juicy nugget of information? Well, they made it up. And I'll tell you why.

But first, let's look at what the press is saying and compare that with reality:

http://www.eweek.com/cloud/google-is-alive-and-well-despite-persistent-media-reports.html

#GooglePlus #Google+

Windows 10 available with features I was using in under CDE 20 years ago! Way to innovate Microsoft.

- July 29, 2015

Windows 10 available with features I was using in under CDE 20 years ago! Way to innovate Microsoft.
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/28/windows-10-free-upgrade-available-in-190-countries-today/

Using an artificial neural network, researchers may have helped uncover some of the underlying causes of autism.

Originally shared by 33rd Square

Using an artificial neural network, researchers may have helped uncover some of the underlying causes of autism. They propose that alterations in nonlinear, canonical computations occurring throughout the brain may underlie the behavioral characteristics of the condition. http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/07/computational-neuroscience-used-to.html
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/07/computational-neuroscience-used-to.html

"The algorithm purchased twelve items – everything from a pair of Air Jordan shoes to ten ecstasy pills".

Originally shared by Oscar Rivera

"The algorithm purchased twelve items – everything from a pair of Air Jordan shoes to ten ecstasy pills". #Robots #Robot #Robotics
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150721-my-robot-bought-illegal-drugs?ocid=global_future_rss

1st Robot Wedding

Originally shared by Darshana Suresh

1st Robot Wedding
http://dashyspeaks.blogspot.in/2015/07/robonomics-rise-of-robots.html

Scientists use 'therapeutic cloning' to fix mitochondrial genes.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

Scientists use 'therapeutic cloning' to fix mitochondrial genes. "US researchers have used a controversial cloning technique to make new, healthy, perfectly matched stem cells from the skin of patients with mitochondrial diseases in a first step toward treatment for these incurable, life-threatening conditions."

The experiment was done using starting from cells from people with the mitochondrial diseases MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy), which causes deterioration of the brain, central nervious system and muscles, and an increased acidity of the blood called lactic acidosis, and Leigh syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes progressive loss of mental ability and motor movement that typically results in death from respiratory failure in a couple of years.

There are two ways to produce the corrected cells. One is a clonin technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), where you take an egg cell, take the genes out of the nucleus and replace them with genes from the patient cell, while leaving the mitochondria alone, or a method of reprogramming adult skin cells to act like stem cells, then segregating the cells based on whether the mitochondria have the healthy or diseased version of the genes.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/07/15/scientists-use-therapeutic-cloning-to-fix-mitochondrial-genes

A nearly inevitable mistake -

Originally shared by James Barrat

A nearly inevitable mistake -
http://gu.com/p/4ap4h/stw

When do robocars become cheaper than standard cars? Automated Vehicle Symposium recap (Part 1)

Originally shared by Robohub

When do robocars become cheaper than standard cars? Automated Vehicle Symposium recap (Part 1)
http://ow.ly/31NBz3

Wearable robots finally coming to the masses!

Originally shared by Reno Tibke

Wearable robots finally coming to the masses!
http://akihabaranews.com/2015/07/22/article-en/honda-start-leasing-walk-assist-device-november-612355577#sthash.I09pPt19.hpvt

Without doubt, soccer is the most popular type of #sport in the world.

Originally shared by Esben Østergaard

Without doubt, soccer is the most popular type of #sport in the world. Many people love it, as it brings them together. What about robotic football players then? This year, the Chinese city Hefei hosted the #RoboCup, which could be called the robotic equivalent of the human World #Soccer #Championship. Have some of you watched Japan winning the Cup? #robots #football
http://qz.com/461061/the-japanese-have-just-won-the-world-cup-of-robot-soccer/

Em pleno 2015, em que ponto está a robótica?

Originally shared by Peixe Babel

Em pleno 2015, em que ponto está a robótica?

http://peixebabel.com.br/2015/07/27/em-pleno-2015-em-que-ponto-esta-a-robotica

Hawking, Musk Warn Of ‘Virtually Inevitable’ AI Arms Race

Originally shared by TechCrunch

Hawking, Musk Warn Of ‘Virtually Inevitable’ AI Arms Race
http://tcrn.ch/1DJwGQ5

Google Stops Requiring Google+ For Services Like YouTube And Moves Features Out

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Google Stops Requiring Google+ For Services Like YouTube And Moves Features Out

'It’s no secret that Google+ didn’t quite work out the way Google envisioned and now, after already moving Google Photos out of the service, it’s starting to decouple Google+ profiles from its regular Google accounts.

The idea behind Google+ profiles was to give users a single identity across all the company’s platforms. Users didn’t like this and as Google VP of Streams, Photos and Sharing Bradley Horowitz acknowledge today, the company is starting to wean itself off from Google+.
...'

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/27/google-weans-itself-off-of-google/#.ed4yxv:eYGF

Official Google Blog: Everything in its right place

'... People have told us that accessing all of their Google stuff with one account makes life a whole lot easier. But we’ve also heard that it doesn’t make sense for your Google+ profile to be your identity in all the other Google products you use.

So in the coming months, a Google Account will be all you’ll need to share content, communicate with contacts, create a YouTube channel and more, all across Google. YouTube will be one of the first products to make this change, and you can learn more on their blog. As always, your underlying Google Account won’t be searchable or followable, unlike public Google+ profiles. And for people who already created Google+ profiles but don’t plan to use Google+ itself, we’ll offer better options for managing and removing those public profiles.

...'

http://googleblog.blogspot.com.tr/2015/07/everything-in-its-right-place.html
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/27/google-weans-itself-off-of-google/#.ed4yxv:eYGF

BIZARRE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO EXPLAINS HOW TO PILOT KURATAS, JAPAN’S GIANT ROBOT

Originally shared by David Fuchs

BIZARRE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO EXPLAINS HOW TO PILOT KURATAS, JAPAN’S GIANT ROBOT
https://youtu.be/2iZ0WuNvHr8

All the extensions you need to supercharge Google Chrome.

Originally shared by Lifehacker

All the extensions you need to supercharge Google Chrome.
http://lifehacker.com/lifehacker-pack-for-chrome-our-list-of-essential-chrom-880863393

Wize Mirror looks like a mirror, but incorporates 3D scanners, multispectral cameras and gas sensors to assess the...

Originally shared by New Scientist

Wize Mirror looks like a mirror, but incorporates 3D scanners, multispectral cameras and gas sensors to assess the health of someone looking into it.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27955-smart-mirror-monitors-your-face-for-telltale-signs-of-disease/

#programming

#programming
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-2015-top-ten-programming-languages

Um homem sofre um ataque cardíaco. 2 minutos é o tempo que essa mulher, na Alemanha, leva para salvá-lo

http://bestofweb.com.br/post/drone-ambuancia

wow wooooooping 50 megapixel..

Originally shared by Aaron Choi

wow wooooooping 50 megapixel..
Sounds like it is going to take some serious computer power to process all the megapixels.
http://photorumors.com/2015/01/30/this-is-the-new-50mp-canon-eos-5ds-eos-5ds-r-full-frame-dslr-camera

My old research group got a nice classification at RoboCup this year again! Congratulations! Proud.

My old research group got a nice classification at RoboCup this year again! Congratulations! Proud.

#robotics #brazil #brasil #robocup #BahiaRT #ACSO #UNEB
http://www.acso.uneb.br/acso/index.php?n=Main.Noticia061

The Search for Molecular Oxygen in Space

Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

The Search for Molecular Oxygen in Space

For over thirty years, astronomers have been searching for molecular oxygen, O2, as part of an accounting of cosmic oxygen atoms. Despite early predictions that O2 should be abundant in the molecular clouds that form new stars and planetary systems, it is virtually absent. CfA astronomer Gary Melnick and his colleague improved the models to take into account the role of ultraviolet radiation in modifying the chemical and physical conditions in shocks.

Full story here:
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/su201530

More information here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/herschel/news/herschel20110801.html

Image credit: Orion Nebula imaged by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope at infrared wavelengths, oxygen molecules were found near the star-forming core ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech http://1.usa.gov/1GUDuKD

#science #astronomy #molecularoxygen #o2 #orionnebula #space #spitzerspacetelescope #ultravioletradiation

Our mission is to build a future in which humans live in harmony with #nature. What's yours?

Originally shared by WWF

Our mission is to build a future in which humans live in harmony with #nature. What's yours?

Signs of nutritional deficiency

Originally shared by Bio E

Signs of nutritional deficiency

#health #fitness #food

Monocular SLAM Supported Object Recognition

Originally shared by prosthetic knowledge

Monocular SLAM Supported Object Recognition
Research from CSAIL at MIT have produced a computer vision method of accurate object recognition using a normal camera, a method which could assist future robotics.
More Here: http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/125109318861/monocular-slam-supported-object-recognition

Seems like an obvious choice but I like my monitors to hang rather than sit on a desk.

Originally shared by Samuel K. Drayton

Seems like an obvious choice but I like my monitors to hang rather than sit on a desk.

Hopefully we'll see workers charging built in to more appliances as time goes on. The components are pretty cheap after all.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/27/9045241/samsung-wireless-charging-monitor-SE370

Title

Originally shared by openSUSE

Hillary Clinton: If I’m Elected President Every American Home Will Be Powered by Renewables by 2027

Originally shared by EcoWatch

Hillary Clinton: If I’m Elected President Every American Home Will Be Powered by Renewables by 2027

http://ecowatch.com/2015/07/27/hillary-clinton-climate-plan/
http://ecowatch.com/2015/07/27/hillary-clinton-climate-plan

Title

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Walking bare foot

Originally shared by Bio E

Walking bare foot

#health #fitness #food #yoga #exercise #gym

i you see this pictures share it

Originally shared by Skills for Survival

i you see this pictures share it

Title

Originally shared by Cyndi Bond

The US agency behind accelerating self-driving cars, robotic prosthetics and humanoid robotics will be holding a new...

Originally shared by 33rd Square

The US agency behind accelerating self-driving cars, robotic prosthetics and humanoid robotics will be holding a new conference later this year to examine future technology. The Wait, What forum will feature speakers from various fields, from medicine to astronomy.
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/07/darpa-conference-to-examine-future.html

Interesting! #Robot passes #selfawareness test that up until now only humans could do

Originally shared by Stefan Suurmeijer

Interesting! #Robot passes #selfawareness test that up until now only humans could do
http://uk.businessinsider.com/this-robot-passed-a-self-awareness-test-that-only-humans-could-handle-until-now-2015-7?r=US&IR=T

Title

Originally shared by Mara Mascaro (Phiria)

Now we know it.

Originally shared by Wim Mulder

Now we know it.
Greetz.
Wim.

Understanding the difference between Google and Microsoft by looking at their cafeterias.

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Understanding the difference between Google and Microsoft by looking at their cafeterias.

FOODBEAST breaks down the cultures of Microsoft and Google by looking at the food they serve employees.

From the post:

Microsoft culturally sees food through the lens of Star Wars: a capitalist empire with many free-market options that you vote for with your wallet. They pay you enough to think with your money.

Google culturally sees food through the lens of Star Trek: a socialist empire in search of truth, where the basics of life are made free for you to focus on the complicated.

http://www.foodbeast.com/news/ex-google-employee-makes-a-brilliant-observation-about-microsoft-and-googles-meal-plans/

#Google #Microsoft

All Smartwatches Are Vulnerable to Hackers http://b4in.org/dJkm

Originally shared by Before It's News

All Smartwatches Are Vulnerable to Hackers http://b4in.org/dJkm

Do you own a Smartwatch? If yes, then how safe it is? There are almost 100 percent chances that you own a vulnerable Smartwatch.

Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard is warning users of smartwatches including Apple Watch and Samsung Gear that their wearable devices are vulnerable to cyber attacks.

In a study, HP’s Fortify tested today’s top 10 smartwatches for security features, such as basic data encryption, password protection and privacy concerns.

The most shocking part of the study was that –

Not even a Single Smartwatch Found to be 100 percent Safe

Security experts found that 100 percent of wearable devices contained at least one serious security vulnerability that could make the devices vulnerable to hackers.

With the increase in the adoption of smartwatches, manufacturers need to pay closer attention to the customers’ security because these wearable devices could potentially open doors to new threats to personal and sensitive information.

“As the adoption of Smartwatches accelerates, the platform will become vastly more attractive to those who would abuse that access, making it critical that we take precautions when transmitting personal data or connecting Smartwatches into corporate networks,” Jason Schmitt, general manager at HP’s Security Fortify said in a statement.

The study [PDF], no doubt, had included Smart watches by Apple, Pebble, Samsung and Sony, as it claims to have picked top 10 smartwatches.
Here’s the list of issues reported by HP:

1. Lack of transport encryption – Though all products implemented transport encryption using SSL/TLS, 40 percent of devices found to be either vulnerable to the POODLE attack, allowing the use of weak cyphers, or still using SSL v2.

More http://b4in.org/dJkm

Bacteria Programmed to Develop Basic Computing Elements Like Sensors, Memory and Circuits

Originally shared by Andrea Graziano
http://fossbytes.com/bacteria-programmed-to-develop-basic-computing-elements-like-sensors-memory-and-circuits/

Танцы на ТНТ.Ребята взорвали интернет! (11.10.2014)

Originally shared by Наталья

Танцы на ТНТ.Ребята взорвали интернет! (11.10.2014)

видео :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH1-L3Tga0M&list=RDHH1-L3Tga0M#t=16

16 Beneficios que obtienes al caminar

Originally shared by Ecoinventos

16 Beneficios que obtienes al caminar

http://ecoinventos.com/16-beneficios-de-caminar/

#Caturday

Originally shared by Bud Hoffman

#Caturday

Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos

Now, CU-Boulder graduate student Scott Schafer, who works in Associate Professor Tor Wager's Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, has conducted an intriguing piece of research to advance knowledge about how and when the placebo effect works - or doesn't.

The research is in Journal of Pain. (full access paywall)

#psychology #placebo #pain
http://neurosciencenews.com/placebo-effect-psychology-pain-2309

"So the researchers wondered: What if lanosterol helped prevent or reduce cataracts?

Originally shared by David Fuchs

"So the researchers wondered: What if lanosterol helped prevent or reduce cataracts? The team tested a lanosterol-laden solution in three separate experiments. First, they used human lens cells to test how effectively lanosterol shrank lab models of cataracts. They saw a significant decrease. Then, they progressed to rabbits suffering from cataracts. At the end of the 6-day experiment, 11 of 13 rabbits had gone from having severe or significant cataracts to mild cataracts or no cataracts at all."
http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2015/07/eye-drops-could-dissolve-cataracts

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The best software installation your computer will ever experience!

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The best software installation your computer will ever experience!

Found at: (http://buff.ly/1TRwEi8)

With advances that have been made in science and technology, there are now many different types of supplements in...

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With advances that have been made in science and technology, there are now many different types of supplements in stores and online that specifically target helping you to have a stronger memory and greater concentration and focus. http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/07/brain-enhancement-pills-that-work.html
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It has been another exciting week in technology

Originally shared by 33rd Square

It has been another exciting week in technology
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/07/this-week-in-tech-july-17th-24th.html

Scary, But Now it’s REALITY!

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Scary, But Now it’s REALITY!
http://thehackernews.com/2015/07/car-hacking-jeep.html

Video Friday: Atlas Kicked, Tea-Brewing Robot, and Rodney Brooks's Giant Brains

Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/video-friday-atlas-kicked-teabot-rodney-brooks-giant-brains

Fewer Side Effects With New Treatment for Severe Depression

- July 24, 2015

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Fewer Side Effects With New Treatment for Severe Depression

Full article at http://neurosciencenews.com/rul-ect-depression-psychology-2286/.

lectroconvulsive therapy remains one of the most effective treatments for severe depression, but new UNSW research shows ultra-brief pulse stimulation is almost as effective as standard ECT, with far fewer cognitive side effects.

The research is in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. (full access paywall)

Research: "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Brief Versus Ultrabrief Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression" by Phern-Chern Tor, MBBS, DFD(CAW), MMed(Psych); Alison Bautovich, MBBS; Min-Jung Wang, MSC; Donel Martin, MClinNeuro, PhD; Samuel B. Harvey, MBBS, MRCGP, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, PhD; and Colleen Loo, MBBS, FRANZCP, MD in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry doi:10.4088/JCP.14r09145

Image: The study is the first systematic review to examine the effectiveness and cognitive effects of standard ECT treatment, brief pulse stimulation, versus the newer treatment, known as ultra-brief pulse right unilateral (RUL) ECT. Image is for illustrative purposes only.

#psychology #depression

Nature and technology: Friends or enemies?

- July 24, 2015

Originally shared by Jaana Nyström

Nature and technology: Friends or enemies?

"It’s all too easy to imagine nature and technology as being engaged in a centuries-long boxing match, with the 21st delivering the knockout punch.

Sunsets obscured by selfies. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of toxic ‘e-waste’ dumped in Ghanaian wetlands each year. Words such as 'acorn', 'adder' and 'willow' excised from the Oxford Junior Dictionary to make way for 'broadband', 'analogue', and 'cut and paste'.

Humans never were part of nature. We were always part of technology..."

Read on:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150703-can-nature-and-technology-be-friends

#Nature #Technology #Humanity
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150703-can-nature-and-technology-be-friends

amazing DIY!

Originally shared by Ann-Marie Lewis

amazing DIY!

via Design & Technology
http://www.designandtech.net/plastic-bottle-recycling-diy-ideas/?utm_source=communities&utm_medium=googleplus&utm_campaign=20150723

Taking the #gym to the next level - #Icaros allows you to fly whilst you get your work out.

Originally shared by Jason Mayes

Taking the #gym to the next level - #Icaros allows you to fly whilst you get your work out. Well virtually at least. I pity the fool who has to wear that headset after several other sweaty people though, I hope they come up with a nice way to address that. http://www.icaros.net/
http://www.icaros.net

First computers recognized our faces, now they know what we’re doing

Originally shared by michael barth
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8985699/stanford-neural-networks-image-recognition-google-study

I'm looking forward to when I can find most of you G+ folks in virtual space.

Originally shared by Matthew J Price

I'm looking forward to when I can find most of you G+ folks in virtual space.
http://www.businessinsider.com/virtual-reality-killer-app-will-be-social-2015-7

Chinese firm builds modular 3D printed home in three hours.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

Chinese firm builds modular 3D printed home in three hours. Well, that sounds possibly more grandiose that it is, because it looks like the 3 hours is the time it took to put the modules together, but they don't say how long it took to 3D print the modules. "Unlike most 3D printing companies in the property sector, the Chinese firm has avoided constructing its homes with layered concrete, instead opting for a 'secret' compound." "On a per square meter basis, homes will cost $400-$480." That would put a 1,800 square foot house in the $70,000 to $80,000 price range.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/07/21/chinese-firm-builds-modular-3d-printed-home-three-hours

I wonder how environmental friendly this would be.

I wonder how environmental friendly this would be.. Better because it makes the ways shorter or more because it needs more power? How long would the journey need to be for it to be worth it?

Originally shared by Jason Mayes

The first #FlyingCar I would actually consider buying, check out the #Terrafugia #TFX. Subject to it getting through all the legal barriers, a decent price point, oh and probably a PPL needed too, but this looks awesome. You can use the propellers to chop peoples heads off to if you don't like them. Oh wait...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHJTZ7k0BXU

Going Deeper into Neural Networks

Originally shared by Anfernee Tan

Going Deeper into Neural Networks

Artificial Neural Networks have spurred remarkable recent progress in image classification and speech recognition. But even though these are very useful tools based on well-known mathematical methods, we actually understand surprisingly little of why certain models work and others don’t.

Google Research took a look at some simple techniques for peeking inside these networks, yielding a qualitative sense of the level of abstraction that particular layers of neural networks have achieved in their understanding of images. This helps us visualize how neural networks are able to carry out difficult classification tasks, improve network architecture, and check what the network has learned during training.

Dive even deeper here! http://googleresearch.blogspot.ch/2015/06/inceptionism-going-deeper-into-neural.html

#artificialintelligence #neuroscience #research

Como hacer una turbina eólica casera

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Como hacer una turbina eólica casera

http://ecoinventos.com/como-hacer-una-turbina-eolica-casera/

Holy Rennaissance, Bat Lord! 16th Century Superheros by Sacha Goldberger: http://j.mp/1CW65nL

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Holy Rennaissance, Bat Lord! 16th Century Superheros by Sacha Goldberger: http://j.mp/1CW65nL

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Bigbelly's Wi-Fi-enabled, solar-powered bins could lead to smarter cities

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Bigbelly's Wi-Fi-enabled, solar-powered bins could lead to smarter cities
If you're walking down the street and your mobile device suddenly detects a Wi-Fi hotspot, stop and take a look around – you may see one of Bigbelly's solar-powered, Wi-Fi-enabled, recycling/garbage bins nearby. With the help of New York city-based Downtown Alliance, Bigbelly has been conducting a pilot test in which two of these bins were turned into free public Wi-Fi hotspots. They've already proven a success, but Bigbelly feels there is room to do even more for cities and their residents.

http://www.gizmag.com/bigbelly-wi-fi-hotspot-solar-powered-recycling-garbage-bins/38561/

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- July 18, 2015

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'Artificial Intelligence is as dangerous as NUCLEAR WEAPONS': AI pioneer warns smart computers could doom mankind

Originally shared by James Barrat

'Artificial Intelligence is as dangerous as NUCLEAR WEAPONS': AI pioneer warns smart computers could doom mankind

Uh-oh, a robot just passed the self-awareness test

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Uh-oh, a robot just passed the self-awareness test

Roboticists at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have built a trio of robots that were put through the classic 'wise men puzzle' test of self-awareness - and one of them passed.

In the puzzle, a fictional king is choosing a new advisor and gathers the three wisest people in the land. He promises the contest will be fair, then puts either a blue or white hat on each of their heads and tells them all that the first person to stand up and correctly deduce the colour of their own hat will become his new advisor.
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/uh-oh-this-robot-just-passed-the-self-awareness-test-1299362

Robotic Construction Gets Fancy at ETH Zurich's Digital Fabrication Lab

Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robotic-construction-gets-fancy-at-eth-zurich-digital-fabrication-lab

Kuwait has become the first country to make DNA testing mandatory for all residents

Originally shared by michael barth
http://www.sciencealert.com/kuwait-has-become-the-first-country-to-make-dna-testing-mandatory-for-all-residents

Bacterial “Brain” Could Control Robots | GEN News Highlights | GEN

Originally shared by michael barth
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/bacterial-brain-could-control-robots/81251519/

Screenshot taken from onimonkii Tumblr

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Screenshot taken from onimonkii Tumblr
#20years #pluto #wolfenstein
http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/124330258676/screenshot-taken-from-onimonkii-tumblr

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The Netherlands could be the first country to substitute asphalt for plastic roads made from recycled material.

Originally shared by Interesting Engineering

The Netherlands could be the first country to substitute asphalt for plastic roads made from recycled material.
http://interestingengineering.com/plans-for-recycled-plastic-road-paving-in-the-netherlands

Smart Snacking: How To Keep Your Metabolism Burning All Day

Smart Snacking: How To Keep Your Metabolism Burning All Day
http://www.strengthmeetsstyle.com/1-apples/89/236/1680/?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=BriH&utm_campaign=1&utm_term

Pluto seen on Pluto (Last pic from before NASA flyby).

Pluto seen on Pluto (Last pic from before NASA flyby). http://boingboing.net/2015/07/14/pluto-in-pluto-last-pic-from.html

Nat Geo’s Robots 3D proves that robots don’t need to be sci-fi to be compelling | Robohub

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/nat-geos-robots-3d-proves-that-robots-dont-need-to-be-sci-fi-to-be-compelling/

Pluto mountain range close-up image colorized and slightly sharpened

Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

Pluto mountain range close-up image colorized and slightly sharpened

I took the recently published close-up of a mountain range on Pluto and colorized it using the color scheme from previous color images. Image is slightly zoomed in and sharpened.

Original image and information can be found here:
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-icy-mountains-of-pluto

More on the New Horizons space probe and its mission:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons

Image credit: Close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI / Colorized and edited by Pierre Markuse

#science #newhorizons #pluto #nasa #space #spaceexploration #solarsystem #plutoflyby

Men with precancerous prostatic lesions taking a combination of lycopene, selenium, and green tea supplements were...

Originally shared by NutritionFacts.org

Men with precancerous prostatic lesions taking a combination of lycopene, selenium, and green tea supplements were shown to have higher incidence of prostate cancer at re-biopsy (http://1.usa.gov/1JouS3m). If these supplements seem to boost prostate cancer risk what about the risk of taking a daily multivitamin? Click to see video:
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-we-take-a-multivitamin/?utm_content=buffer59aa3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Brazil nuts can bring cholesterol levels down within hours—faster than statin drugs.

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Brazil nuts can bring cholesterol levels down within hours—faster than statin drugs. Check out my latest Care2 blog post:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/four-brazil-nuts-once-a-month.html

Human Longevity working towards mining millions of genomes and health records to crack radical life extension

Originally shared by michael barth
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/06/human-longevity-towards-mining-millions.html

Yesterday, America's space program took another historic leap for humankind.

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Yesterday, America's space program took another historic leap for humankind. Today, the New Horizons team is bringing what was previously a blurred point of light into focus. We’ve got even more data from the #Plutoflyby coming over the next 16 months. Keep following along…

BUDDY opensource companion bot meets 100K crowdfunding goal in 1 day; now >200% funded | Robohub

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/buddy-opensource-companion-bot-meets-100k-crowdfunding-goal-in-1-day-now-200-funded/

3D Printed Emergency Shelter in 30 Mins - 3D Printing Industry

Originally shared by David Fuchs
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/07/15/french-researchers-3d-print-emergency-shelter-in-30-minutes/

This new, floating wind-turbine design uses liquid-air energy storage and can produce at least double the amount of...

Originally shared by IEEE

This new, floating wind-turbine design uses liquid-air energy storage and can produce at least double the amount of energy that the current largest offshore wind turbine produces. http://bit.ly/1OdRPbk

ReWalk Robotics's New Exoskeleton Lets Paraplegic Stroll the Streets of NYC

Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/rewalk-robotics-new-exoskeleton-lets-paraplegic-stroll-the-streets-of-nyc

Undoubtedly Well-Intentioned. Probably Ineffectual.

- July 15, 2015

Undoubtedly Well-Intentioned. Probably Ineffectual.

The Future of Life Institute has a very well-intentioned open letter out that is seeking a ban on autonomous offensive weapons, and is soliciting signatures from those active in the field of artificial intelligence and related fields: http://futureoflife.org/AI/open_letter_autonomous_weapons

I agree with all of the concerns, risks, and reasons that they list. That autonomous weapons will be possible in years, not decades and that they have the potential to transform warfare to an extent on par with or surpassing gun powder or nuclear weapons. That autonomous weapons will likely quickly filter through black markets and have significant destabilising potential. And that starting a military AI arms race is a bad idea. In addition, while Nick Bostrom hasn’t put his name to this letter I think he is correct in identifying a number of serious risks in developing advanced AIs, especially when combined with weapons technology.

But I disagree that calling for a ban like this will in any way ameliorate or address those risks; Kevin Kelly is right, autonomous weapons are inevitable and banning the inevitable sets you backwards https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KevinKelly/posts/ee2uPh2jTpP. I think banning the inevitable only makes things worse and seeking to ban, delay, or put the brakes on only results in giving up your equal footing with everyone else and ceding the advantage to other groups who will continue with it regardless. Banning drives it temporarily underground where you can’t see it and where it might take you by surprise.

Technological prohibition only postpones the arrival of that technology. In a globally interconnected network of agents, ideas, information, and tools acting as the ecosystem on which the technium evolves, banning a technology in one part of the network will only serve to shift the fitness landscape; the local maxima representing that technology will still be there and it will still be climbed, still be sought out by other areas of the network selecting for it.

This recent, relevant piece by Aaron Frank Can We Control Our Technological Destiny - Or Are We Just Along For the Ride? http://singularityhub.com/2015/07/12/can-we-control-our-technological-destiny-or-are-we-just-along-for-the-ride/ is also worth considering in this light. This piece reinforces the inherently evolutionary nature of technological development, references prominent thinkers in the field including Susan Blackmore and Kevin Kelly once again, and suggests we humans are not directors of - but merely vehicles for - the evolution and development of the technium via technological memes. If there is one thing evolution has shown time and again it is that it is smarter than we are. Better to co-opt and learn from it, rather than temporarily suppress it.

Many countries tried to ban GMO crops; GMO crops are everywhere. The USA tried to ban embryonic stem cell research; ESC expertise developed elsewhere anyway before coming back to and being driven by the USA. Even look at simple psychoactive drug compounds, which are banned in most countries and yet available everywhere. And yet here we have a proposal seeking to ban an inherently digital technology, one that can be manipulated and transported much more easily than all of the above. It was John Gilmore who said The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. In a similar way we might say Evolution interprets an adaptive ceiling as pressure and flows around it.

In addition to this the logic quickly follows cold war MAD-ness. Do we really expect China to trust that the USA military won’t work on developing autonomous weapons, and do we really expect the USA to trust that the Chinese military won’t do the same? It’s a silly question that begs whether a military arms race in autonomous weapons technology is already underway. Especially when, at some point in future, it will incur such trivial little effort to take state of the art AI technology and autonomous drone and robot technology, and recombine these with weapons technology.

My main worry with such bans is that they risk leaving us worse off, more vulnerable, less protected, less able. I want to see the people on that list, many of whom I’ve heard of and respect, contribute to the evolution of this technology as best as they are able because I think we’re all better off by having those contributions than not. At the very least they would help develop a greater, more robust ecosystem of protective options, from autonomous anti-drone drones to kill switches and methods of evasion. Ultimately a ban seems to risk a very one-sided developmental process; like an animal birthed into a virgin ecosystem and finding itself with no natural predators and able to run ten times as fast as its prey.

#evolution #technium #autonomous #weapons

Deserted Golf Greens into Solar Power Plants..

Originally shared by Interesting Engineering

Deserted Golf Greens into Solar Power Plants..

Google says its AI catches 99.9% of Gmail spam.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

Google says its AI catches 99.9% of Gmail spam. "Google says that its spam rate is down to 0.1 percent, and its false positive rate has dipped to 0.05 percent. The company credits the significant drop in large part to the introduction of brain-like 'neural networks' into its spam filters that can learn to recognize junk mail and phishing messages by analyzing scads off the stuff across an enormous collection of computers."
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/google-says-ai-catches-99-9-percent-gmail-spam

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Ocean life looks unreal in this time-lapsed and hyper-focused video

It's rare that you get a close-up peek at the hidden wonders of the world. Especially when it's a glance at the multi-colored, pulsating creatures that live deep in the ocean's trenches.
Sandro Bocci, an Italian film and documentary maker who specializes in experimenting with filming nature, shot a hypnotic underwater time-lapse of some strange-looking, alien-like aquatic animals in a marine aquarium in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/beautiful-time-lapse-video-of-creatures-of-the-ocean-2015-7#ixzz3fbB7F7BZ

Scientists Discover Freshwater Reserves Under Ocean Floor 100 Times Greater Than All Water Used in the 20th Century

Originally shared by michael barth
http://inhabitat.com/scientists-discover-freshwater-reserves-under-ocean-100-times-greater-than-what-humanity-has-used-since-1900/

Whole documentary for free until Sunday. Check it out.