Archive for November, 2008

Largest ID Theft Case 40,000,000 credit cards and more Wireless Access Invasion U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted 11 people for what officials say is the largest and most complex criminal identity theft case ever in the United States. U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said the indictments include residents of five countries — the United States, [...]

THE SEARCH Bill Tancer | Click: What People Are Doing Online and Why, analyzes consumerism. As the general manager of Global Research at Hitwise, an online competitive intelligence company, he has access to the best data regarding Internet usage and the tools with which to properly analyze it. Data sets include: 25,000,000 users data reviewed [...]

WEB 3.0 Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web ONE MACHINE [The Global Networked Connected Web of All Computers] 7 terabytes per sec. (1/2 of a Library of Congress per sec.) + 100 Billion Clicks Per Day + 1 Billion PC Chips + 5% of Global Power + Size is doubling every [...]

GLOBAL TRENDS 2025: THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL’S 2025 PROJECT Some of our preliminary assessments are highlighted below: * The whole international system—as constructed following WWII—will be revolutionized. Not only will new players—Brazil, Russia, India and China— have a seat at the international high table, they will bring new stakes and rules of the game. * [...]

Robot Advances

Posted: November 23, 2008 by futurepredictions in Blogroll
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Big Dog Thanks to Boston Dynamics who just released a new video of the Big Dog on ice and snow, and also demoing its walking gait. Rise Climbing robot Rhex Recon SYPBOT

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