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(a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election.
Sec. 2. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security:
originally posted by: cherokeetroy
a reply to: angelchemuel
I, myself, do not understand Trump's stance on the vaccine. At all. He knows these people are sick, he knows these people are evil. He knows they are destroying our country. He knows there are lies and deception surrounding the origins of the pandemic. Yet, with all the mountains of lies and Fake News surrounding everything else, we can trust what they tell us about the vaccines? Is he not being properly briefed on the data about vaccine injury and death? Is he not informed about the massive unrest that's taking place because of this controversy? He needs to be called out publicly on this issue. If he continues on this path he is going to erode trust and lose the support of his followers. His ambiguity is going to create division and will demoralize the movement. I know my opinion won't be a popular one. I'm sorry, I call it like I see it.
The FDA is not recommending that children under age 12 get the vaccine because there is not “proper data” proving its safety.
originally posted by: underpass61
Australian truckers planning on shutting down the country-
Mad Scientist is a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) initiative. It is a community of action that explores the future operational environment and its military implications. Mad Scientist continually explores the future, connecting and creating collaborative partnerships between academia, industry, and government.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy, co-hosted with Georgia Tech Research Institute: All things in the future operational environment will be smart, connected and self-organizing; artificial intelligence (AI) and humans must co-evolve, and human teaming with AI enablers will be the best instantiation of general intelligence supporting commanders on the future battlefield.
The Enemy after Next, co-hosted with NASA Langley Research Center: The next fight will be characterized by electrons versus electrons, while the fight after next will be characterized by AI vs. AI algorithm versus algorithm - how AI is structured and integrated will be the strategic advantage.
Visualizing Multi-Domain Battle 2030-2050, co-hosted with Georgetown University: Bio-convergence with advanced computing is occurring; humans will become part of the network connected through embedded and worn devices; smart cities are emerging, and tech speed and convergence will challenge society’s and the Army’s policies and ethics.
Any kind of document, especially a passport, needs to be built on a foundation that allows it to operate across borders and jurisdictions. Biometrics could be the easiest and fastest path to get started. It can add convenience and security, while identifying a person’s vaccination status easily.
Modern biometric solutions have many different modalities at their disposal, from fingerprints and face to voice and iris recognition. The biometric modalities most likely to be used for vaccine passports, however, are anticipated to be face or voice recognition, as these can easily be performed on an existing mobile device. For a person to access a vaccine passport they would present their face or voice as part of the authentication process instead of entering a username or password or answering a security question.
connected systems need a way to identify each user and tailor everything to their preferences. With a biometric ID card, or city card with fingerprint authentication, users can authenticate themselves and connect to systems based on personal information. This means all technology in a smart city, from lighting choices to building temperatures, can be attuned to each identity allowing citizens to enjoy personalised city experiences.
In a smart city every interaction and every touchpoint becomes a potential source of data. In fact, this includes hardware, household goods, cars, cameras and smartphones. However, many devices and systems aren’t cyber-resilient, posing a threat to the safety and security of people’s data . Home assistants and other smart technology that have the power to monitor aspects of our everyday lives - gives huge companies access to lots of data, which is valuable even where that data is anonymised. However, they can be a serious threat to people’s privacy – consumers are handing valuable information over freely and often without realising it.
Policy Horizons Canada (Policy Horizons) declares itself as “a strategic foresight organization within the Government of Canada with a mandate to help the Government develop future-oriented policy and programs that are more robust and resilient in the face of disruptive change on the horizon. “
In the coming years, biodigital technologies could be woven into our lives in the way that digital technologies are now. Biological and digital systems are converging, and could change the way we work, live, and even evolve as a species. More than a technological change, this biodigital convergence may transform the way we understand ourselves and cause us to redefine what we consider human or natural.
Biodigital convergence is the interactive combination, sometimes to the point of merging, of digital and biological technologies and systems. Policy Horizons is examining three ways in which this convergence is happening.
1 Full physical integration of biological and digital entities. 2 Coevolution of biological and digital technologies. 3 Conceptual convergence of biological and digital systems
University of Maryland (UMD) researchers are one step closer to bridging the gap between microelectronics and biological systems, a critical obstacle to transforming today’s smart devices – such as watches or fitness bands – into potentially life-saving technology. Their latest findings were published this week in Nature Nanotechnology.
Building on this process, Bentley’s and Payne’s teams joined forces with synthetic biology experts BIOE alumna Jessica Terrell (Ph.D. ‘15) and her colleagues at the U.S. Army Research Lab, and BIOE alumna Tanya Tschirhart (Ph.D. ‘14) and her colleagues at the U.S. Naval Research Lab. Together, they worked to create a microbial network they could "plug into" an external electronic system to interrogate and control biological function in real time. The collaborative team crafted an electronic system and a community of engineered microbial cells to create an electronically controlled biological local area network, dubbed a BioLAN.
Today, technology is enabling the development of next-generation urban farms like AbyFarm, a local agritech player. AbyFarm is a Singapore-based agri-tech company with a fully integrated unmanned self-sustainable smart farm-to-table platform. Aby Farm uses intelligent AI cloud-driven machinery — IOT, sensors, machinery, blockchain, data analysis, high-tech self-regulating farming system to attain high yield, high sustainability, and high traceability for food security.
In April, Ethiopia’s government signed a deal with three companies to create a national database for student and teacher IDs using a digital decentralised identity. The idea is to provide IDs for the country’s 5 million students spread out across its 3500 schools. The digitized identity will help students in primary, secondary, and university track their education careers and future progression.
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The deal made ripples in the crypto community as it stands out as the largest of its kind entered into by a government. It also showcased a unique for blockchain to be used to effect socio-economic change. The deal has been touted as a great way to ensure financial inclusion in Ethiopia and Africa as it creates digital identities of persons
A company that makes an implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) has been given the go-ahead by the Food and Drug Administration to run a clinical trial with human patients. Synchron plans to start an early feasibility study of its Stentrode implant later this year at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York with six subjects. The company said it will assess the device's "safety and efficacy in patients with severe paralysis."
Synchron received the FDA's green light ahead of competitors like Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Before such companies can sell BCIs commercially in the US, they need to prove that the devices work and are safe. The FDA will provide guidance for trials of BCI devices for patients with paralysis or amputation during a webinar on Thursday.
Another clinical trial of Stentrode is underway in Australia. Four patients have received the implant, which is being used "for data transfer from motor cortex to control digital devices," Synchron said. According to data published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, two of the patients were able to control their computer with their thoughts. They completed work-related tasks, sent text messages and emails and did online banking and shopping.