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originally posted by: Observationalist
a reply to: Guyfriday
I lean that way too. But if we are “Watching a Movie” with actors (body doubles) maybe it’s to keep the peace so that everyone wouldn’t freak out.
Hillary seemed just as much a clumsy mess as Joe.
Britain Admits Kohinoor Diamond Was ‘Forcibly’ Taken From India
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Queen Camilla Did Not Wear The Kohinoor Studded Crown
Camilla did not wear Queen Elizabeth’s Kohinoor studded crown at the coronation. Instead, Queen Mary’s crown was newly renovated for her. Many precious diamonds and pearls were installed in it. In fact, the Royal Family feared that the use of the Kohinoor-studded crown could spoil relations with India. For this reason, this decision was taken.
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
Recall the 93 in the kill box in #3525?
93 = Sept 3rd = TOMORROW
Global financial messaging network – Swift – announced successfully facilitating a variety of blockchain interoperability tests with multiple financial institutions like Citi, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), BNP Paribas, and BNY Mellon.
They build on work over the past few years to show how Swift’s infrastructure could support the financial community in interconnecting Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and other digital assets with new and existing payment systems.
Interoperability is at the heart of everything we are doing at Swift to facilitate the seamless flow of value across the world in the face of increasing fragmentation. For tokenization to reach its potential, institutions will need to be able to seamlessly connect with the whole financial ecosystem.”
According to the exec, the experiments have demonstrated that the existing Swift infrastructure can provide that central point of connectivity, eliminating a major hurdle in the development of tokenization.
In a recent tweet, a prominent XRP and Ripple critic argued that Chainlink (LINK) had become XRP’s topmost rival. The critic was X user ‘Dan The Man.’
Dan expressed this sentiment amid Chainlink’s recent partnership with Swift. The critic argued the Swift-Chainlink collaboration was one Ripple failed to attain. In his words:
Chainlink is now the one competitor to XRP as it forged partnerships with SWIFT that Ripple failed to establish.”
As per an article of The Economic Times, an Indian financial media outlet, this integration will be of paramount importance for the Digital Rupee product development, testing and adoption:
Since 2018, Yes Bank has been collaborating with U.S. fintech decacorn Ripple to help facilitate cross-border remittances from various regions of the globe, an official statement said.
While it is unclear whether RippleNet and XRP are used in the Digital INR development, Ripple has already fueled some successful CBDC products across the globe.
The biotechnology company, Colossal, intends to revive the Woolley Mammoth as soon as 2027
The biosciences company lays out a ten-step process for how they will resurrect the Woolley Mammoth.
After step two, sequencing the mammoth genome, step three is to sequence the Asian elephant genome.
Step four is to identify the important genes that enable the mammoth to thrive in cold environments.
The fifth step is to replace sequences of elephant DNA in elephant cells with corresponding mammoth DNA sequences.
The sixth step is to edit the relevant genes with the cold-hardy genes identified previously to create an elephant breed adapted for cold climates.
Step seven is to test the cells to ensure that they are exhibiting the engineered traits using stem cell technology.
Step eight is to fuse the nucleus of the engineered cells into a harvested Asian elephant egg.
Colossal expects the reintroduction of the Woolley Mammoth to be a boon for the environment as well.
The company predicts the effects of the mammoth to include increasing carbon sequestration through increased plant and forb growth, increased nutrient cycling, and compacting the Earth to facilitate deeper penetration of winter soil freezing.
PREHISTORY HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE THROUGH BIOSCIENCE HASN’T
At Colossal Biosciences, we endeavor to jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat. To see the Woolly Mammoth thunder upon the tundra once again. To advance the economies of biology and nutrition. To make humanity more human. And to reawaken the lost wilds of Earth. So we, and our planet, can breathe easier.
These things, which were not achievable before, are now. In our laboratories. Through our breakthroughs in CRISPR and genetic engineering.
Many companies claim they're going to change the world.
At Colossal, we believe that the world doesn't need to be changed.
THE WORLD
NEEDS TO
BE HEALED.
Which is exactly what we're doing through purposeful advancements in science. Because when it comes to our planet, science is everything.
In 2014, I asked my friend Elon Musk who he knew who was poised to make profound changes in the field of genomics, and he said: George Church.
So in June 2014, I visited George at his lab in Boston. I immediately knew I’d be looking for an opportunity to collaborate with George. Global Space Ventures is excited to be backing Colossal. George Church’s personal passion for the mission, combined with the stellar team assembled by serial entrepreneur Ben Lamm, is at the perfect intersection of audacious yet achievable. The path to de-extinction is now at hand, and leveraging CRISPR/Cas9 technology, to bring back extinct species and preserve those that we have, will have profound importance to humanity.”
Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux
Founder/CEO of Global Space Ventures
A new, nondestructive way to recover ancient DNA has shown its potential for illuminating Stone Age people’s lives.
The Earth Bank of Codes wants to collect the genetic sequence of the natural world–and let countries make money from the scientific breakthroughs that would result, rather than selling their natural resources.
By registering the region’s biological assets on a public blockchain, he thinks he can spur a new, more environmentally benign economy. The Amazon’s plants and animals contain bounties of genetic code and potential biomimetic blueprints that could one day be used to create new drugs and textiles, artificial intelligence, and energy systems, he says.
Castilla, chairman of Space Time Ventures, is creating an Amazon Bank of Codes (ABC)–an open, digital platform that maps biological assets and codifies rights and obligations related to their use.
The ABC is a pilot for a larger Earth Bank of Codes (EBC)–the global version of the same idea. Those projects are partnered with the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), which is sequencing the genomes of approximately 1.5 million living species. The EBP, announced in 2015, is the equivalent of the Human Genome Project, which in 2003 finally sequenced all 3 billion letters of genetic code making up human beings.
Castilla promoted the ABC and EBC at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos. Several philanthropists and foundations were said to be interested in funding the projects, though the complex details of their co-operation still need to be worked out.
Castilla argues that developing countries need to find new forms of economic advancement. As automation increases, poorer nations will no longer necessarily have a labor cost advantage over richer nations, so the latter won’t be able to outsource their manufacturing. The China model, in other words, won’t be easy to copy. The biological economy might offer an alternative.
Powerful advances in genome sequencing technology, informatics, automation, and artificial intelligence, have propelled humankind to the threshold of a new beginning in understanding, utilizing, and conserving biodiversity. For the first time in history, it is possible to efficiently sequence the genomes of all known species, and to use genomics to help discover the remaining 80 to 90 percent of species that are currently hidden from science.
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a moonshot for biology, aims to sequence, catalog and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of ten years.
A new smart city project by Atlanta BeltLine will redevelop 22 miles of abandoned railroad into a connected hub of public spaces including parks, multi-use trails and a light rail transit system.
The new connected space will leverage Honeywell’s City Suite Software to aggregate data from multiple points across the area (including emergency services, security and utilities) and display it in a single unified view.
The AI-enabled platform will allow city developers to improve services, using the data collected to monitor user experience and enjoyment and adapt accordingly.
The project marks the first U.S. deployment of Honeywell’s platform.
Atlanta BeltLine is one of the largest urban redevelopment programs in the U.S., connecting 45 in-town neighborhoods through its rail transit system. Among the services on offer in Atlanta BeltLine are free public Wi-Fi, autonomous grocery stores and smart trash cans, with more announcements set to come in the coming months.
It is hoped that by providing free public Wi-Fi, the space can act as an example of how smart infrastructure can bridge digital divides in cities and create a more connected community.
The BeltLine itself is a testing ground for innovation. It’s a place where we can use technology to solve problems facing our communities that could be scaled city-wide and as a case study for cities across the country.”
Hudson County, N.J. announced it is working with Honeywell on the development and implementation of a smart community strategic plan. The project aims to help increase resident engagement, strengthen community resilience, reduce energy consumption, improve public safety and help ease traffic congestion and improve mobility, including safety.
The Hudson County Smart Community initiative includes the development of a strategic plan and support for a federal grant application to help fund projects defined during the process. The initiative aims to lessen manual processes of Hudson County and enhance residents’ experiences with county services through improved customer response times with the proposed upgrades.
“Hudson County is proactively working to identify operational efficiencies and opportunities to build resilience,” said Matthew Britt, Smart Cities general manager, Honeywell Building Technologies.
Honeywell City Suite Software is a ready now artificial-intelligence enabled platform that integrates data from critical city infrastructure systems such as traffic, streetlights, environment, emergency services, public safety and security, and utilities into a single, unified view.
Honeywell Automation India Limited today announced that it has successfully implemented phase one of the Bengaluru Safe City project. Under the project, the company has committed to installing more than 7,000 CCTVs equipped with facial recognition systems, of which an estimated 4,100 have been already installed.
Out of the total proposed number of 50 safety islands, a total of 30 safety islands have already been put in place in the first phase. Out of the total 10 drones, 8 drones have already been deployed. Additionally, 400 body-worn cameras out of the total 560 cameras are currently being used by police officials in the city. A mobile command centre is also available at the disposal of the state law enforcement in an effort to shorten the response time.
In the subsequent phase of the project, there will be more efforts to merge these technologies and systems to provide a much smoother and interconnected smart city experience for Bengaluru’s residents.
PepsiCo Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action alleging its collection and storage of workers’ voice data broke Illinois’ biometric privacy law.
William Hoskin, a former employee at Pepsi’s Chicago distribution center, was never informed by the soda maker that the voice recognition software he was required to use at work was being accessed and managed by the company, he claimed in a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Hoskin’s voiceprints were collected through Honeywell International Inc.'s Vocollect Technology, which included a headset and a mobile device that employees clipped to their belts, according to the complaint. He and other distribution center employees designated as “pickers” used the technology while they picked and packaged items for customers.
The software functioned as a “biometric timeclock system” that clocked them in and out of work and provided them shift assignments, the complaint said.
Honeywell proves that being an American classic doesn't mean getting stuck with yesterday's technology.
“The First Industrial Revolution used steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is building on the Third. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres,” Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (1). This fourth industrial revolution, or digitalization, has had far-reaching, disruptive effects on companies around the globe. Some companies see opportunities, while others face challenges. For companies that have existed for a long time, the need to adapt is imminent.
Honeywell has its roots in the second industrial revolution, stemming from 1885 when Albert Buzz patented the furnace regulator and later invented the predecessor to the modern thermostat (2). Following a history of constant innovation, Honeywell is adapting quickly to the fourth industrial revolution by (1) developing breakthrough technologies; (2) reorganizing its operating units; and (3) acquiring companies with existing digital technologies.
Honeywell has also acquired companies to develop new IoT technology. They have a history of sourcing new technology from acquisitions in addition to sourcing internally. Between 2008 and 2016, Honeywell acquired 16 companies (11). This acquisition of new technologies and digital product companies continues to build on their footprint in the IoT economy.