Friday, October 31, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
People Freaking Out
Not me, I'd love this, but I can see how some, or more than some, people might freak out.
The windowless plane set for take-off in a decade
replacing heavy aircraft windows with uber-light smartscreen panels to cut fuel consumption and slash air fares ..... a windowless plane that nonetheless allows passengers to see what’s going on outside, as well as checking their email and surfing the net.
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Global Quantum Internet
Who could have thought? Container ships carrying around the Internet.
Why Quantum "Clippers" Will Distribute Entanglement Across The Oceans
The best way to build a global quantum internet will use containerships to carry qubits across the oceans, say physicists.
a quantum version of the internet that will have the ability, among other things, to send information with perfect security ...... there is a very real possibility that the quantum Internet might only ever consist of isolated quantum islands on different continents. ..... it will be possible to send information at bandwidths measured in teraahertz ..... “Bandwidth in excess of one terahertz is feasible under realistic physical assumptions, exceeding even the fastest proposals for traditional repeater networks” .... diamond crystals in which one carbon atom has been replaced with a nitrogen atom. This creates an electron vacancy that can absorb a photon and store its quantum state ..... ocean-going quantum Clippers carrying the cargo necessary to enable a new kind of entanglement-based information economy.
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Genetically Modified Crops
Not be discarded in knee jerk fashion. There has got to be a right way to gradually introduce them into the food chain.
China’s Growing Bets on GMOs
China’s Growing Bets on GMOs
Friday, October 24, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
A Tweet And Replies For Massive Entertainment
Fred Wilson (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
More and more drivers in NYC (cabs, lyfts, ubers) have no idea where they are going. I just leapt out of a taxi after four missed turns
— Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) October 18, 2014
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- Talks between ride-sharing firms, county crumble
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Security And Easy Sign In
I liked two step authentication when it came along. Google is at the center of my digital experience. Android is an easy choice for me. I might still get snooped upon for I use many services online. But if I can at least be sure my Google ID will not be compromised, that is a lot of peach of mind.
And now there is a physical key. That would make it even more secure. But I would not want more than one key. This three step authentication and the ability to Google sign in into a whole bunch of services would take care of a lot of security issues.
The Second Coming Of Sign In With Twitter
Thiel
Seven Takeaways from Marc Andreessen's Interview With Peter Thiel
The eBay acquisition of PayPal was famously drawn-out and, in fact, took five separate negotiations to finally complete. .... "In June 2002, there was this eBay convention in Anaheim. We managed to get a booth there even though they weren’t that friendly to us at the time, so we sent 30 people down to the convention. And we handed out all these PayPal T-shirts. They saw all their power sellers wearing PayPal T-shirts, and at that point, they decided to buy the company.” ......... how Musk crashed his uninsured million-dollar sportscar with Thiel in the passenger seat on the way to a venture capital meetinghttp://a16z.com/2014/10/17/a16z-podcast-the-definite-optimism-of-peter-thiel/
Thiel is a big picture person. He has a stellar track record. And he paints in broad strokes.
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