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Aug 25, 2016
So your company’s been hacked: How to handle the aftermath
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cybercrime/malcode, education, encryption
I can honestly say that many of us working with QC hasn’t warned folks for a while on the hacking risks around QC going against even today’s most sophisticated encryption models & methods; and to be developing a strategy in how to best handle this risk. With last weeks launch by China has shown the world that we are definitely not a decade away from this risk.
Education and planning are key, cyber-security expert Tyler Cohen Wood says.
Aug 25, 2016
Designing ultrasound tools with Lego-like proteins
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: engineering
Nice.
Protein engineering techniques might one day lead to colorful ultrasound images of cells deep within our bodies.
Aug 25, 2016
Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor Detects Toxins With a Mobile Phone
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: mobile phones, nanotechnology
Researchers have developed a chemical sensing material consisting of a group of carbon nanotubes individually wrapped with supramolecular polymers that can be used with a mobile phone to detect toxins.
Aug 25, 2016
Defect-engineered graphene improves supercapacitors
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: energy, nanotechnology
Execellent.
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Aug 25, 2016
Scientists solve puzzle of converting gaseous carbon dioxide to fuel
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: climatology, energy, existential risks, sustainability
Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming — and quite likely our own eventual extinction — by injecting about 30 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
A team of scientists from the University of Toronto (U of T) believes they’ve found a way to convert all these emissions into energy-rich fuel in a carbon-neutral cycle that uses a very abundant natural resource: silicon. Silicon, readily available in sand, is the seventh most-abundant element in the universe and the second most-abundant element in the earth’s crust.
The idea of converting carbon dioxide emissions to energy isn’t new: there’s been a global race to discover a material that can efficiently convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water or hydrogen to fuel for decades. However, the chemical stability of carbon dioxide has made it difficult to find a practical solution.
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Aug 25, 2016
DREADDing the lateral habenula
Posted by Roman Mednitzer in categories: futurism, neuroscience
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Check out John Neumaier’s talk from NeuroFutures on using DREADDs to explore the brain.
Aug 25, 2016
Angela Merkel becomes Estonian e-resident
Posted by Roman Mednitzer in category: futurism
It was a great honour to host German Chancellor Angela Merkel today at e-Estonia Showroom!
We welcome Angela Merkel as Estonian newest e-Resident — glad to have another virtual Estonian! #eEstonia #eResidency
Aug 25, 2016
The Man Biohacking Encryption From His Garage
Posted by Roman Mednitzer in categories: bioengineering, cyborgs, encryption, transhumanism
A pioneer in the biohacking scene since the mid-2000s, Amal Graafstra’s been experimenting with RFID implants for more than a decade. Now Graafstra is developing implants that go beyond RFIDs.
In episode 2 of Humans+, Motherboard travels to his company Dangerous Things’ garage headquarters to get an early look at UKI, a prototype implant focused on encryption that’s expected to be released in 2017. Amal hopes that this technology will bring us one step closer to merging our physical and digital identities, but how will society react to having these technologies implanted beneath our skin?
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