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U.S. Navy moving forward with large autonomous submarine development
From defence-blog.com
2021-08-05 06:01:57
Dylan Malyasov
Excerpt:
The U.S. Navy is moving forward with a key step in developing a large autonomous submarine, according to a recent Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport news release. In June, Naval Undersea Warfare Division Keyport was selected as the In-Service Engineering Agent, or ISEA, for the Orca…
PGC – 100 powerful global business interests have been working on a concept of a global digital identity framework, universal standards that allow corporations, and by extentions, states, to track and verify people throughout the global network.
A little down into the excerpt I’ve chosen to highlight this ongoing effort, you get this statement from the article editor, “But who is to build a safe, global, and easy-to-use digital identity infrastructure? What do we need to achieve it? ”
Those are indeed the most significant questions, and yet, no one outside of this tiny sphere of individuals who control an inordinate amount of resources, real power, compared to the overwheming super majority of the rest of us. These are the ones in the room to write into the a.i governed code the standards of decency and normalcy so as to filter out the undesirables from gaining access to the systems that wish to lock them out.
Sounds like a solid plan, folks.
The ‘taste’ of a global digital identity framework – interoperable,
From thepaypers.com
2021-08-06 03:55:00
Excerpt:
For 100 business, technical, and legal experts in identity and banking, co-authors of a White Paper called ‘The Global Assured Identity Network, a Financial-Grade Identity Data Sharing Scheme’, the answer is yes. Ahead of the European Identity and Cloud Conference 2021, we sat with Don Thibeau, Project Lead at Open Digital Trust initiative, and Douwe Lycklama, founder of INNOPAY, to learn about this ‘crazy idea’ of building a Global Assured Identity Network.
Digital identity at crossroads
More than a buzzword, digital identity promises to unlock lots of benefits for consumers and businesses alike in many sectors: healthcare, legal, government, financial. But lack of interoperability or data privacy issues hinders the development of these advantages. Not only this, but the need to find new ways to identify consumers remotely (ways that are secure and inclusive), or that more and more fintechs and bigtechs have started replacing banks from securely identifying a customer and protecting their data, demand the global development of a digital identity infrastructure.
But who is to build a safe, global, and easy-to-use digital identity infrastructure? What do we need to achieve it? Rules (governance), tools (technology/tech systems), or both? What is the business case for it? At the moment, we have digital identity infrastructures that perform well, and that can provide good examples. Take for instance digital ID schemes in Sweden and India that have transformed digital payments and caused wider societal benefits including medical benefits, unemployment allowance, etc. As Douwe Lycklama, INNOPAY says ‘we don’t need to discover from a technological point, or conceptual base’ how to create a digital identity infrastructure. ‘It is something double, interoperability is double in Europe as we have a cross-jurisdictional legislation for organising this identity scheme’. But technology alone is not enough — financial and digital literacy are critical if we are to reap the benefits of digitisation while avoiding the potential pitfalls.
‘To build a safe, easy-to-use [digital identity] infrastructure, on a global basis, we need to capture the tools (technology/techs systems) and rules (e.g., governance)’ says Don Thibeau, Digital Trust initiative. Plus, ‘the combination of data protection legislation like GDPR, shared KYC registries, federated Bank ID, new payment rails and standardised Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) will give a major boost to the soundness, safety, and efficiency of internet commerce’, according to Citi’s white paper – ‘The Age of Consent – The Case for Federated Bank ID’.
The UAE Is Using Drones to Zap Clouds With Electricity and Make It Rain
From singularityhub.com
2021-08-04 10:00:26
Vanessa Bates Ramirez
Excerpt:
Extreme weather events seem to be getting more common. In the last month in particular, we’ve seen dramatic flash floods in various parts of the world, including Germany, China, and the US. But while some regions get an excess of rainfall, others are seeing a dearth of it. They’re not all waiting for Mother Nature to show them some love, though. Scientists in the United Arab Emirates are taking matters into their own hands. In the face of searing temperatures and ongoing…
U.S. Army’s Future Robotic Off-Road ATV Can Conquer Unknown, Dangerous Terrain
From www.autoevolution.com
2021-08-05 00:40:00
Excerpt:
GE Research was one of the 8 partners that were selected for SARA, most of them from the academic sector. Less than 1 year later, it’s proud to announce that its robotic “ATVer” has successfully passed what could be called a road test.Led by Senior Scientist Shiraj Sen, the General Electric Research Robotics Team has developed and demonstrated an autonomous ground vehicle that can operate effectively in a complex off-road environment.
What makes this robotic ATVer unique is that it’s risk-aware, meaning that it can recognize and assess risks when operating in uncertain, unfamiliar conditions. This is possible thanks to the integration of GE’s Humble AI technology. With the help of this algorithmic mechanism, the vehicle can process the information it gets from its “eyes” – LIDAR and other visual technologies – and assess what the next step should be, for example in the case of obstacles.
Hand-Launched Military Drone Getting New Payload Kit for Even More Spying Power
From www.autoevolution.com
2021-08-05 04:21:00
Excerpt:
One of the biggest names in the world of military hand-launched drones is without a doubt AeroVironment. The American company is responsible for making a diverse range of such machines, including the Puma and Raven, and spares no expense in keeping them relevant on the battlefield.
The latest…
How Cells Use Memories of Past Inflammation To Respond to New Threats
From scitechdaily.com
2021-08-05 00:23:13
Rockefeller University
Excerpt:
When a tissue experiences inflammation, its cells remember. Pinning proteins to its genetic material at the height of inflammation, the cells bookmark where they left off in their last tussle. Next exposure, inflammatory memory kicks in. The cells draw from prior experience to respond more efficiently, even to threats that they have not encountered before. Skin heals a wound faster if it was previously exposed to an irritant, such as a toxin or pathogen; immune cells can attack new viruses after a vaccine has taught them to recognize just one virus.
Now, a new study in Cell Stem Cell describes the mechanism behind inflammatory memory, also commonly referred to as trained immunity, and suggests that the phenomenon may be universal across diverse cell types.
“This is happening in natural killer cells, T cells, dendritic cells from human skin, and epidermal stem cells in mice,” says Samantha B. Larsen, a former graduate student in the laboratory of Elaine Fuchs at The Rockefeller University. “The similarities in mechanism are striking, and may explain the remitting and relapsing nature of chronic inflammatory disorders in humans.”
Are Robotic Police Dogs Useful Tools or Threatening Machines?
From learningenglish.voanews.com
2021-08-04 18:01:41
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A robotic police dog is being used to look for high body temperatures in homeless people at a temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, Honolulu.
The effort is one way public safety agencies are starting to use the commercial robot Spot. Spot can move like an animal and can walk over almost…
‘Law’ that defined how chips have been made for decades has run itself into a cul de sac
From www.theregister.com
2021-08-05 04:30:00
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In 1975, eight years after leaving Fairchild to co-found Intel, Moore revised his “law”, actually just an observation, to a doubling every two years. But the other predictions in his original paper of revolutions in computing, communication and general electronics had taken hold. The chip industry had the perfect metric to aim for a rolling, virtuous milestone like no other.
Since then, according to Professor Erica Fuchs of Carnegie Mellon University, “half of economic growth in the US and worldwide has also been attributed to this trend and the innovations it enabled throughout the economy.” Virtually all of industry, science, medicine, and every aspect of daily life now depends on computers that are ever faster, cheaper, and more widely spread…..
….during the three-node transition from 65nm through 40nm to 28nm, cost per wafer went up by only a third from $2k to $3k while per-chip dropped by two-thirds from $1,428 to $453. Those days have gone, and are not coming back.
Even if there are two or three more cycles left through transistors, packaging and architectural changes, the drivers that Gordon Moore saw for silicon have been replaced by force of habit. What alternatives are there?
Google Allows Crypto Ads Again in US, Blacklists ICOs and DeFi
From www.financemagnates.com
2021-08-04 10:37:32
Arnab Shome
Excerpt:
Google has updated its advertising policy for financial products and services, allowing marketers to run cryptocurrency advertisements again, effective from Tuesday. But, the search-engine giant is putting heavy restrictions on the advertisements related to cryptocurrencies.
The ads targeted to the United States-based consumers must be of regulated crypto companies, meaning they must be registered with the ‘FinCEN as a Money Services Business and with at least one state as a money…
