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Microsoft testing DNA for its potential in data storage

May 17, 2016

“Today, the vast majority of digital data is stored on media that has a finite shelf life and periodically needs to be re-encoded. DNA is a promising storage media, as it has a known shelf life of several thousand years, offers a permanent storage format and can be read for continuously decreasing costs,” says Emily M. Leproust CEO of Twist Bioscience. The company from whom Microsoft just bought 10 million strands of DNA.

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Blockchains are becoming the new secure way to share data

May 12, 2016

Even in 1981 inventors were trying to solve the Internets problems of privacy, security and inclusion with cryptography. With every new process, no solution was perfect, because a third party was involved. Paying with credit card was insecure because too much personal information was involved and transaction fees were steep. In 1998, Nick Szabo wrote a short paper entitled “The God Protocol” in which his point was: Doing business on the Internet requires a leap of faith.

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DNA Droplet Could Store Retrievable Data of 600 Smartphones

April 21, 2016

DNA stores the code for all living things, but now DNA could be the storage for computers now too. Earlier this month, a team of scientists at the University of Washington published a paper describing one of the first complete DNA storage systems that encodes, stores and retrieves digital images using strings of synthetic DNA molecules.

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Grid storage technology helps to integrate renewables

March 29, 2016

Developing cheap energy storage is a critical step in moving to renewables and away from fossil fuels as the primary source of electricity: it’s the only way such intermittent sources can supply power to the grid when the wind’s not blowing and the sun’s not shining.

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PINs and passwords are out… welcome to a world of wearable technology

March 29, 2016

As spenders and savers, what does the future hold for us? Over the past 30 years, the way in which we bank and use money has changed drastically. While the pace of change has started to slow, there are still exciting times ahead.

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5 Learning Tech Trends to Watch

March 29, 2016

Here’s the list of five trends learning professionals should be considering when mapping out strategies for the next five of years. It’s important to note that trends are not isolated developments within the L&D community but are often the culmination, confluence, and convergence of technological innovation, discoveries or rediscoveries of learning science and a reaction to changes within the larger culture in which society operates.

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MoD gravity sensor will ‘see underground or through walls’

March 24, 2016

A recent scientific breakthrough in a Ministry of Defence research project is paving the way for scanners that could see underground or through walls. A team of British scientists, including experts at the MoD’s Porton Down labs, have developed a new device that can detect tiny fluctuations in gravity.

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We won’t need stop lights when autonomous vehicles roam the roads

March 22, 2016

Autonomous vehicles are going to radically change how we get around. As they become commonplace in our streets, we’ll need to rethink how we design our roadways, and they may not include stop lights.

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The Internet of Things is becoming a surveillance nightmare

March 22, 2016

Security guru Bruce Schneier said, “Surveillance is the business model of the Internet. We build systems that spy on people in exchange for services. Corporations call it marketing.” The nature of these services tends to obscure our true relationship to companies like Facebook or Google. As the saying goes, if you don’t pay for a product, you are the product.

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Google search becomes smarter using artificial intelligence

March 10, 2016

Google’s got a special way to improve the quality of search results: artificial intelligence (AI.) Using machine learning, Google will be able to figure out what its users really want to search for.

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Jobs for humans in the robot era: Big data deep divers, time hackers, and more

March 8, 2016

The robots are coming! They’ll be taking millions – maybe billions – of jobs away with them. Yoram Yaakobi, head of the Microsoft Israel R&D center, says not to worry.

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