LOL: Reviews of Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya Residence on Google Maps
Apparently I was not the only person who wanted to look at Gaddafi’s residence, which had just been stormed by the rebels, on Google Maps.The aerial images themselves are nowhere […]
Link Tip: IBM Has Developed a Skynet Chip
Do you remember Skynet from the film Terminator? According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, IBM today announced a “breakthrough in a human-brain chip”, essentially a technology reminiscent of what Terminator portrayed with Skynet.
It is also somewhat unsettling that, according to the SZ report, the US military was involved in the development. The article states:
US Department of Defense Funded the Research
The chips are the result of six years of research involving one hundred scientists. DARPA, the US Department of Defense agency that funds research projects, contributed around 41 million dollars.
According to Golem, possible applications include:
Future cognitive chips are expected to be capable of capturing and processing information from the complex real world through a wide range of sensors. A cognitive computer could, for example, monitor the global water supply, recording data such as temperature, pressure, wave height, acoustics and sea level – including for tsunami warnings.
I find it a little disappointing that none of these media reports discusses the risks inherent in this technology. Even so, the articles are well worth reading. Golem also provides several videos and images on the subject.
Here are the cited articles:
SZ: Prototype for a Synapse Processor – IBM Celebrates Breakthrough with Human-Brain Chip
Golem: A Chip Like a Brain
HowTo: How Secure Is Your Password?
If you want to test how secure your password is and learn how to create secure passwords that are still easy to remember, you have come to the right place. […]
WOW: Screenshot of My Fritz!Box Interface in a heise.de Article
Unbelievable but true! A press release I sent yesterday on behalf of amplus AG to various online media actually made it onto heise.de. Heise is the online magazine of the […]
LOL: Banned Apple iPad 2 Promo Video
For today’s launch of the iPad 2 in the USA, here is the “Banned iPad 2 Promo Video” – almost exclusively. To be honest, I did not find the clip […]
Blog Links: How Kings Prevent Revolutions and Fake Facebook Friends Simulate Them
What are online media writing about current events? And what does the blogosphere think about them? Blog Links are the fastest route to the most important background information and curiosities. […]
Link Tip: How Much Does Google Earn per User Each Year?
How much do Google, Facebook & Co. earn per user – in other words, from me, you and everyone else? A Spiegel Online article investigates this interesting question. The figures do not all come from completely authoritative sources, as the author himself notes, but they nevertheless illustrate the relative scale of the online business quite well.
An interactive graphic visualises the data very clearly. From user numbers and annual revenue per user to annual profits and losses and company valuations, the Flash graphic shows who is still clearly ahead: Google.
The comparison also includes Facebook, Zynga, New York Times Digital, AOL, Huffington Post, Twitter and Xing. The article includes the sources for the figures as well, which is very useful for your own research. All that remains is to say thank you to the author, Spiegel Online technology journalist Konrad Lischka …
Here is the direct link to the article:
Revenue, Visitors, Valuation: How the Web Giants Make Money Online – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Video: Swiss Matura Project About Bloggers and Their Motivations
In his video report “Bloggerfilm”, Michael Eugster addresses important questions such as: What is a blogger? What types of blogs are there? What is the appeal of blogging? For his […]
