Month: August 2012

Darpa Has Seen the Future of Computing … And It’s Analog

By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as ones and zeroes. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and start from scratch.

Through its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the DoD is funding a new program called UPSIDE, short for Unconventional Processing of Signals for Intelligent Data Exploitation. Basically, the program will investigate a brand-new way of doing computing without the digital processors that have come to define computing as we know it.

The aim is to build computer chips that are a whole lot more power-efficient than today’s processors — even if they make mistakes every now and then.

The way Darpa sees it, today’s computers — especially those used by mobile spy cameras in drones and helicopters that have to do a lot of image processing — are starting to hit a dead end. The problem isn’t processing. It’s power, says Daniel Hammerstrom, the Darpa program manager behind UPSIDE. And it’s been brewing for more than a decade.

“One of the things that’s happened in the last 10 to 15 years is that power-scaling has stopped,” he says. Moore’s law — the maxim that processing power will double every 18 months or so — continues, but battery lives just haven’t kept up. “The efficiency of computation is not increasing very rapidly,” he says.

Hammerstom, who helped build chips for Intel back in the 1980s, wants the UPSIDE chips to do computing in a whole different way. He’s looking for an alternative to straight-up boolean logic, where the voltage in a chip’s transistor represents a zero or a one. Hammerstrom wants chipmakers to build analog processors that can do probabilistic math without forcing transistors into an absolute one-or-zero state, a technique that burns energy.

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Robot walks four kilometers trough German city


FREIBURG – A robot of 1.70 meters tall and 100 pounds walked on Tuesday for four kilometers from the German city of Freiburg  without crashing.
The robot, called Obelix, recognized sidewalks by it self, curbs and oncoming traffic.

Only red lights proved too difficult for the color blind ‘Europe Robot’, which then had to be hand-operated.
The apparatus devised was for its first practical test out side and thought up the shortest path for himself.

It walked from the engineering faculty to the statue Bertoldsbrunnen in the center of the city.
He almost walked for 3.5 hours on the route.

That was longer than had been planned, but it was mainly because he always waited for the cameramen in his path, reported broadcaster SWR.
The robot is a project of six million of an international research team around Wolfram Burgard, University of Freiburg.

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´Selling sperm and eggs to survive´…welcome in the world of depths and embryo farms!

http://youtu.be/2hP2aDFoa10

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Bush ask you to donated your embryo to science

http://youtu.be/EAiZp5jT04I

“A large numbers of these embryo’s already exists.

They are the product of a process called (….) fertilization witch helps so many couples to conceive children.

When doctors… live out site the womb they use to produce more embryo’s that is implanted in the mother.

Once a couple has successful has children or if they are unsuccessful, the additional embryo’s remain frozen in laboratories.

Some will not survive the long storage others are destroyed, a number are donated to science in use to create prived founded stem cell lines…..”

The rest is bla bla bla except for the fact that they can redraw stem cells from adults! ( 02:17) and that the research  is being payed with federal money….YOUR TAX MONEY!

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“Why in the World are They Spraying?” Full Length Documentary HD

Infowars.com
August 19, 2012

WHY in the World are They Spraying? is an investigative documentary into one of the many hidden agendas associated with chemtrail/geo-engineering programs.  Various groups are quietly pursuing these programs, but why and for whose gain?

http://youtu.be/mEfJO0-cTis

This film is the follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary “What in the World are They Spraying?” which woke up millions to the damaging effects of chemtrails and other geo-engineering programs.  As a result, movements around the world are being formed to address these crimes and many concerned citizens are taking action.  As people become aware of “what” is happening, they are now asking the even more important question of “why” it’s happening.  Michael J. Murphy, originator and Co-Producer of “What in the World are They Spraying?,” in association with Barry Kolsky, have produced “WHY in the World are They Spraying?” to answer that question.

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Is H.A.A.R.P. bringing the heat of 2200 BC back?

   

see the video of the strange cloud at 00.45

 

Death on the Nile: Researchers believe climate change brought ‘mega drought’ that ended an Egyptian kingdom 4,200 years ago
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built by Egyptians between 2560¿2540BC

  • Researchers analysed pollen and charcoal levels in the Nile and found evidence of massive fires and few crops
  • Mega-drought led to famine and demise of the Egyptians

An ancient Egyptian kingdom close to the Nile collapsed more than 4,200 years ago because it failed to adapt to climate change, according to new research.

During Egypt’s Old Kingdom – the pyramid-building time – 4,200 years ago, droughts and fires plagued the region, causing famine and social unrest.

Scientists examined 7,000-year-old ancient pollen and charcoal samples from the Nile to piece together the time – and found evidence of a ‘mega drought’ in the the area.

Marcia McNutt, of the US Geological Survey (USGS), said: ‘Even the mighty builders of the ancient pyramids more than 4,000 years ago fell victim when they were unable to respond to a changing climate.

‘This study illustrates that water availability was the climate-change Achilles Heel then for Egypt, as it may well be now, for a planet topping seven billion thirsty people.’

The researchers examined the presence and amount of charcoal, as fires increase during times of drought leaving charcoal in the geological records.

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DARPA's low-cost silicone robot cloaks like a chameleon, treks like a snail (video)

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DARPA's lowcost silicone robot cloaks like a chameleon, treks like a snail video
http://youtu.be/LpOl_pEmRqs

Remember those colorful sticky hands that you used to buy for a quarter from grocery store vending machines? Yeah, this is kind of like that — except that it’s a freaking robot. DARPA is currently working to develop low-cost silicone robots that use both air and fluid to control movement, color and temperature. In the following video, you can see one of these soft contraptions as it journeys onto a bed of rocks and then uses colored liquid to blend into its surroundings. Don’t expect this glorious sticky hand to break any land speed records, however; the silicone bot can travel approximately 40 meters per hour, or up to 67 meters per hour without the fluid. (Even the 30 second video, which goes at a snail’s pace, has been sped up five fold.)

The current demonstration implements a tethered solution as the robot’s source of power, pumps, gasses and liquids, but future developments may allow for a self-contained system. Further, rather than improving the robot’s speed, its developers will instead focus on its flexibility as a means for navigating within tight spaces. Be sure to peep the video below, and we think you’ll agree that DARPA’s creation easily puts those sticky hands to shame.

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Synthetic Police Are Coming: DARPA Engineering Autonomous Robots

Susanne Posel
Infowars.com
August 17, 2012

Because of the risks involved in rescue aid workers and human response teams, DARPA awarded Boston Dynamics, Inc. a $10.9 million contract to manufacture humanoid robots that are bi-pedal, built like humans and have a sensor head with on-board computing capabilities. Completion of the project is expected for August of 2014.

These robots are being created to assist in excavation and rescue missions, according to DARPA . They could also be employed to evacuation operations during either man-made or natural disasters.

Kent Massey, director of advanced programs for HDT Robotics , who attended the DARPA meeting in which the purpose of the allocation of humanoid robotic technology was explained, said: “The goal of this Grand Challenge is to create a humanoid robot that can operate in an environment built for people and use tools made for people. The specific challenge is built around an industrial disaster response.”

Another of DARPA’s interests into robotics is the Avatar for the allocation of bi-pedal robots and essential super-soldiers and has devoted $7 million of its $2.8 billion 2012 budget to developing “interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bi-pedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate.”

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The car that can fold itself up to fit a parking space – and it goes on sale next year (video in the article)

On sale from next year: This computer generated image shows how the Hiriku Fold is able to shrink its footprint to fit into tiny spaces

City dwellers know the most difficult part of urban driving isn’t the mental minicab drivers or suicidal cyclists, but finding a space to park the car once you have safely arrived at your destination.

But now a solution is at hand in the form of a revolutionary new car that can actually fold up to fit itself into the tiniest of gaps.

Researchers from MIT’s Changing Places group, working in collaboration with the Spanish Basque region’s development agency DENOKINN have developed the Hiriko Fold, a convenient, eco-friendly car for city commuting.

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Plastic flowers, artificial teeth, glass eyes, GM-food, A.I. and now, soon on the market….synthetic meat!

Grow your own steak: Paypal billionaire aims to make 3D printed meat a reality  
  • Co-founder awards up to £220,000 to Modern Meadow
  • American company aims to make meat more environmentally friendly

Artificial, lab-grown steaks that taste and feel just like the real thing could be round the corner thanks to a generous grant from Paypal’s co-founder.

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has backed an American startup to develop its 3D bioprinting technique and create a juicy steak.

To help Modern Meadow achieve their goal, Thiel has offered a grant of between £160,000 and £220,000 through the Thiel Foundation’s ‘Breakout Labs’.

Missouri-based Modern Meadow is pitching bioprinted meat as a more green way to satisfy a natural human craving for animal protein.

Paypal's co-founder reveals his appetite for 3D printed meat with a six-figure donation to the causePaypal’s co-founder reveals his appetite for 3D printed meat with a six-figure donation to the cause

Co-founder Andras Forgacs has criticised the overall cost of the traditional agricultural practices used to farm animals.

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