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Jan 23 16 10:26 AM
The world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms experts warned at an elite gathering in the Swiss Alps. Rules must be agreed to prevent the development of such weapons, they said at a January 19 to 23 meeting of billionaires, scientists and political leaders in the snow-covered ski resort of Davos. Humanoid Robots: Jobs They'll DoPlay Video The Plan To Stop Killer Robots! Thirty years ago, "The Terminator" was science fiction. Today, many fear it's far too close to becoming reality. DNews Video Angela Kane, the German UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs from 2012-2015, said the world had been slow to take pre-emptive measures to protect humanity from the lethal technology. "It may be too late," she told a debate in Davos. "There are many countries and many representatives in the international community that really do not understand what is involved. This development is something that is limited to a certain number of advanced countries," Kane said.
The world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms experts warned at an elite gathering in the Swiss Alps.
Rules must be agreed to prevent the development of such weapons, they said at a January 19 to 23 meeting of billionaires, scientists and political leaders in the snow-covered ski resort of Davos.
Angela Kane, the German UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs from 2012-2015, said the world had been slow to take pre-emptive measures to protect humanity from the lethal technology.
"It may be too late," she told a debate in Davos.
"There are many countries and many representatives in the international community that really do not understand what is involved. This development is something that is limited to a certain number of advanced countries," Kane said.
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Jan 24 16 11:44 PM
Jan 26 16 9:37 AM
https://www.paranormalnews.com/newslink.aspx?id=14269
New research from the University of Southampton indicates that the public are being exposed, without their knowledge, to airborne ultrasound. The study found increasing exposure to ultrasound in locations such as railway stations, museums, libraries, schools and sports stadiums, in which there have been complaints of nausea, dizziness, migraine, fatigue and tinnitus. Ultrasound in public places can be generated from a number of sources including loudspeakers, door sensors and public address systems. For a number of years, workers who have been regularly exposed to occupational ultrasound through industrial devices for cleaning and drilling have reported similar negative effects. While there has been insufficient research to confirm or deny a link, the study author Professor Tim Leighton says that current guidelines and research knowledge for occupational safe levels are inadequate to cope with the current mass exposure of large numbers of people.
New research from the University of Southampton indicates that the public are being exposed, without their knowledge, to airborne ultrasound.
The study found increasing exposure to ultrasound in locations such as railway stations, museums, libraries, schools and sports stadiums, in which there have been complaints of nausea, dizziness, migraine, fatigue and tinnitus.
Ultrasound in public places can be generated from a number of sources including loudspeakers, door sensors and public address systems.
For a number of years, workers who have been regularly exposed to occupational ultrasound through industrial devices for cleaning and drilling have reported similar negative effects.
While there has been insufficient research to confirm or deny a link, the study author Professor Tim Leighton says that current guidelines and research knowledge for occupational safe levels are inadequate to cope with the current mass exposure of large numbers of people.
Read more @ http://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2016/01/tim-leighton-ultrasound.page
Feb 3 16 9:07 PM
The most common way to die from taking a selfie is falling from a heights, followed by drowning. From Priceonomics: One-third of all people who met their demise in the midst of a selfie fell from heights — most commonly, a cliff or a building. In late August of 2015, for example, a 25 year-old man Chinese man ventured off-trail to snap a selfie at the top of Long Men waterfall in eastern China. Distracted by the camera, he took a misstep and plunged 100 feet down into a ravine, where he died instantly. When authorities recovered his body several days later, his selfie stick-mounted phone — still intact — contained a picture of him in the process of falling. The following month, a 17 year-old Russian student climbed a nine-story building near Moscow, and hung off the ledge to make it appear as if he were falling. He intended to capture the “ultimate” selfie for his Instagram page; instead, his hand slipped, and he fell to his death. Just weeks earlier, he’d posted a similar image of himself in a precarious position:
The most common way to die from taking a selfie is falling from a heights, followed by drowning. From Priceonomics:
One-third of all people who met their demise in the midst of a selfie fell from heights — most commonly, a cliff or a building. In late August of 2015, for example, a 25 year-old man Chinese man ventured off-trail to snap a selfie at the top of Long Men waterfall in eastern China. Distracted by the camera, he took a misstep and plunged 100 feet down into a ravine, where he died instantly. When authorities recovered his body several days later, his selfie stick-mounted phone — still intact — contained a picture of him in the process of falling. The following month, a 17 year-old Russian student climbed a nine-story building near Moscow, and hung off the ledge to make it appear as if he were falling. He intended to capture the “ultimate” selfie for his Instagram page; instead, his hand slipped, and he fell to his death. Just weeks earlier, he’d posted a similar image of himself in a precarious position:
Feb 11 16 5:19 PM
Feb 17 16 11:28 PM
WE HAVE heard the claims before, that our mobile phones could be killing us, but for the most part we believed them to be safe.But new claims made during the ABC’s flagship science program, Catalyst, that Wi-Fi enabled devices could be causing cancer much faster than we think, has sparked controversy.Some of Australia’s leading authorities on electromagnetic energy and preventive medicine have hit out at the half-hour program saying the assumptions made by some of the experts were views that were“not supported by science”.The program, Wi-Fried?, featured the opinions of a number of prominent international health and radiation experts, who question the current data that basically says our devices are not causing any harm.Former Clinton administration health and disease prevention adviser Dr Devra Davis told the program that for many years she believed mobile phones were harmless but began questioning the science behind this belief several years ago.Now she believes they are carcinogenic.
WE HAVE heard the claims before, that our mobile phones could be killing us, but for the most part we believed them to be safe.
But new claims made during the ABC’s flagship science program, Catalyst, that Wi-Fi enabled devices could be causing cancer much faster than we think, has sparked controversy.
Some of Australia’s leading authorities on electromagnetic energy and preventive medicine have hit out at the half-hour program saying the assumptions made by some of the experts were views that were“not supported by science”.
The program, Wi-Fried?, featured the opinions of a number of prominent international health and radiation experts, who question the current data that basically says our devices are not causing any harm.
Former Clinton administration health and disease prevention adviser Dr Devra Davis told the program that for many years she believed mobile phones were harmless but began questioning the science behind this belief several years ago.
Now she believes they are carcinogenic.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/experts-hit-out-at-claims-wifi-devices-cause-cancer/news-story/8e656d457176e162247bb466278529a8
Feb 18 16 2:39 PM
Feb 19 16 8:24 AM
icepick wrote:I suppose that I should start by pointing out that any official position held by the Clinton Administration is challenged at the very least. Anything that administration did should be tossed out the back door.But the issues potentially created by wireless devices may be fine for those devices alone, but are bound to create problems when the overall picture is examined. That's the problem here. This world has gone insane for wireless devices. Yet remains defiant where the matter of a lone, electromagnetic beam from space which carries solar created electricity is concerned. Methinks they have this backwards. We should use whatever room we have in wireless, carrying electricity down from space. On the surface of the planet however, all such signals should be carefully contained inside of properly shielded cables. The Russians and Chinese used to bombard all of our diplomats with so many microwaves that it's a wonder they never cooked at their desks. That was common wisdom then. Now that high of a signal everywhere is the norm. Go figure.
Feb 19 16 12:14 PM
Feb 20 16 11:30 AM
One billion high myopes globally by 2050Half the world's population (nearly 5 billion) will be short-sighted (myopic) by 2050, with up to one-fifth of them (1 billion) at a significantly increased risk of blindness if current trends continue, says a study published in the journal Ophthalmology. The number with vision loss from high myopia is expected to increase seven-fold from 2000 to 2050, with myopia to become a leading cause of permanent blindness worldwide. The rapid increase in the prevalence of myopia globally is attributed to, "environmental factors (nurture), principally lifestyle changes resulting from a combination of decreased time outdoors and increased near work activities, among other factors," say the authors from Brien Holden Vision Institute, University of New South Wales Australia and Singapore Eye Research Institute.
Half the world's population (nearly 5 billion) will be short-sighted (myopic) by 2050, with up to one-fifth of them (1 billion) at a significantly increased risk of blindness if current trends continue, says a study published in the journal Ophthalmology.
The number with vision loss from high myopia is expected to increase seven-fold from 2000 to 2050, with myopia to become a leading cause of permanent blindness worldwide.
The rapid increase in the prevalence of myopia globally is attributed to, "environmental factors (nurture), principally lifestyle changes resulting from a combination of decreased time outdoors and increased near work activities, among other factors," say the authors from Brien Holden Vision Institute, University of New South Wales Australia and Singapore Eye Research Institute.
Read more @ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160217113308.htm
Feb 20 16 3:42 PM
Feb 22 16 10:45 PM
http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/21/man-on-trial-for-murder-asks-court-to-follow-him-on-twitter-5709796/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
Feb 23 16 8:35 PM
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1972535-study-wishing-for-good-weather-may-actually-make-it-come/
Feb 24 16 5:42 PM
PeacefulSwannie wrote:You are not wrong Tim.... we knew our boundaries as children.... and how far we could push our parents on any issue..... We were taught never to sit close to the TV as it would damage our eyes. But hey, most kids these days have TVs in their bedrooms! That was unheard of when I was young. There was one TV in the lounge room.... but I never got to watch TV at night because I had to go to bed.... Children need 'order and consistency'.... regular meal times, to bed at a certain time,.... and parents lay ground rules. This makes a child feel secure.... There isn't much of that these days.... I have seen young children riding bikes around at 9pm...!
Feb 24 16 5:44 PM
PeacefulSwannie wrote:I was fuming when I read this! Report: Rare dolphin dies after tourists remove it from water to take selfies with ithttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-dolphin-dies-selfie-tourists-story.html
Feb 24 16 5:46 PM
PeacefulSwannie wrote:I am going to give this its own thread, and also post it here because this is what I have been trying to get across with this thread from the beginning. How humans influence reality, and why all the movies of death and destruction, AI taking over, and many other movies of that genre are powerful..... Humans have far more power to alter reality than they think they do.Study: Wishing for Good Weather May Actually Make It Comehttp://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1972535-study-wishing-for-good-weather-may-actually-make-it-come/
Feb 24 16 9:55 PM
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/terrimarie-palmer-sentenced-to-minimum-12-years-over-facebook-murder-of-damon-searson/news-story/e21b76ccfe5c44584e6bb17801df3c0c
Feb 24 16 10:10 PM
PeacefulSwannie wrote:Not surprising that people are becoming morbid when all we read in the news is bad news..... stories that are uplifting are as rare as hens teeth.