Lockheed martin which won the contract for supporting the U s. Antarctic program in 2011 could decide it s not financially feasible to reopen the station given the large investment already made in opening it once.#
I kept hearing other people tell me how much money they can make online so I decided to look into it.
and at prices low enough for practical use. Some drugs are entirely fake. Others contain an ineffective amount of medicine.
And at that price, it's potentially the cheapest system yet s
#Scientists Create First Cloned Human Embryo Scientists have made an embryonic clone of a person using DNA from that person's skin cells.
With acceptance of an embryo as a commodity to be slice and dice and exploit for science moral reduces humanity to a commodity as well.
There is one good declaration of science in developing the sheep embryo to full term and adulthood.
and make a commodity of embryos for they are full human life. This is not religion but good morals and values human life without measure.
That could lead to less food and higher food prices. Hopefully the problem gets fully diagnosed
and maybe Putin feels the Russians could make a profit selling a lunar space system to the Chinese.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced that it is dropping all of its investments in fossil fuels-about $60. 2 million or 7 percent of the total $860 million endowment in favor of renewable energy.
Heirs to a major oil fortune are pulling their money out of the industry. The move will likely put wind under the wings of the fledging international fossil fuel divestment movement
Richer emerging economies such as China and Mexico may end up contributing as well. The fund will distribute money to developing nations to help those countries pay for low
-or no-carbon economic development projects such as expanding their energy generation capacity with renewables like sun and wind instead of fossil fuels.
when it comes to putting money into the pot however. There have been disagreements over how the funds will be managed.
For lenders interested in making sure loan repayments happen on schedule moving collateral can present an investment risk.
Now The New york times reports that some lenders are protecting their investments by making sure the cars are never really out of their control.
Thanks to GPS phone apps and ignition locking devices lenders can remotely shut down the car of someone who's behind on payments.
if they are behind on payments. Often the shutdown of a car leads to an immediate loan payment
if the borrower is capable though because these are typically subprime loans that isn t always the case.
Payment locks have spawned a whole cyberpunk culture built around hacking the devices. In turn lenders are installing fake devices to outwit hacking attempts.
But a precipitous drop in prices#which some attribute to the rise of cell phones which made components cheap#is helping to lower the barrier to open source entry for hardware as are crowdsourcing platforms such as Kickstarter.#
#For companies and makers the revenue model for open source hardware is still being worked out since a person could potentially exploit an open source platform and sell it for profit.
But as Arduino#a microcontroller for DIYERS and the most successful open source hardware project to date#shows people tend to buy the $30 original version rather than the $10 copycats.
CMU's versatility comes at a price. It's too large (and probably too expensive and delicate) to go into cars now.
#A Space Game Gets Real 1) Players can purchase virtual ships for $25 to $1250 (in real money) depending on model and availability.
Tempted to take on extra cargo to pad profits? That might strain the ship s components. 2011 Developers begin building Star Citizen in secret revealing just enough details to entice investors. 10/10/12 Crowdfunding campaign begins
and reaches its $2 million goal before the end of the month. 08/29/13 A hangar module launches allowing backers to walk around inside their ships. 06/04/14 A dogfighting module releases that lets players battle the computer and other
#Emergency Fund Will Bankroll Ebola Research To Help In The Current Outbreak Public and private donors in the U k. have launched an emergency fund for researchers studying Ebola.
They want a quick turnaround time for the research they bankroll. Applications for the fund are due September 8
n/a Price: n/a Range: 53 miles Charge time: 3. 5 hours from a 220-volt outlet Top Speed:
A 2013 report from the Satellite Industry Association says that satellites made $189. 5 billion in revenue in 2012.
the proposal envisages that the loan will be repaid over 40 years at an interest rate of 1. 4%.Planned upgrades will cover:
According to Sharma, part of the funding will benefit the ongoing construction of a pilot housing project to accommodate 1000 labourers at first and up to 5000 workers over the next three years.
because India offers better prices than China
#Better micro-actuators to transport materials in liquids Researchers have developed improved forms of tiny magnetic actuators thanks to new materials and a microscopic 3d printing technology.
This news comes on the heals of Google investment in Magic Leap last month as well the announcement of Andy Rubin departure r
and Automation Index ROBO-STOX licenses their proprietary index to ETF Securities to provide European investors with highly diversified access to a new age of growth in robotics and automation.
and automation investment theme in Europe ROBO-STOX developed an index thats specifically catered for investment opportunities that are compliant with the European UCITS requirements.
and Automation UCITS Index for use in an exchange traded fund (ETF) that is listed on the London Stock exchange.
Making Robotics and Automation Investablefor investors the growth prospects of the robotics and automation sector are compelling.
and investors and other interested parties can now better acquaint themselves with the corporate landscape of the robotics and automation industry.
To capture the full economic value of the robotics and automation industry the ROBO-STOX Industry Classification has identified companies all along the production value chain.
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and Google invests in $542 million B funding for Magic Leap. Andy Rubin the Google executive who was in charge of the company#s robotics group
Insurance prices could also increase and the total cost for a school research team or startup may be bigger for future missions.
Google Deepmind was a British AI start-up with some high-profile investors and a whiz kid founder (Demis Hassabis) and theirâ forte was smart recommendations for online commerce.
economic growth strategy adopted in June. The panel is tasked with promotingâ measures to increaseâ the use of robots
It interactions like these that make mealtime more entertaining andâ help to establish a bond between the user and the robot.
£28 million investment. The result? Tell us what you think it is.##The device moves around a bit
and pursuing robot fusion networking through a private#public investment of $2. 6b US over the next five years.
#Governmental funding of strategic robotic projects Many governments have determined that robotics will play a significant role in contributing to their economy
These last few months have seen so many announcements from countries investing in robotics with head spinning numbers it gave
The wave started with the EU announcing a huge â#2. 8 billionâ investment program for the next 7 years.
the announcement of Pepper by Softbank and Aldebaran (although not really a governmental funding project)
Shinzo Abe Prime minister of Japan announced on June 19th funding to make a obot revolution. You can see Sebastian at work with Pepper in the article's news photo.
and help them increase their revenues to $24 billion by 2020. In addition Abe calls for a Robotics Olympics to be held at the same time as the 2020 Olympics being held in Japan.
You canâ see hereâ that they went big with the numbers with $257m of investment planned for robotics!
Their new plan is to help existing robotics businesses increase their sales as well as investing in disaster recover
We are way past the MULTI-BILLION dollars in investments by now. Thanks Sebastian. Â s
While these robot products are very good their price can be a barrier to schools
Edison#s price capabilities and programmability make it outstanding value and we are hoping that it will become the means through
although not all industries were affected as by the global financial crisis as robotics was. The preeminent country for robotics patents is Japan with 31%of patents published the majority from Toyota.
and giving insight into innovation activity and direction for future funding. Â As well as robotics theâ UK Government has identified#eight great technologies#for future growth.
The next funding call will be published in October 2014 with an April 2015 deadline. Stay tuned viaâ@Roboticseuâ#find out more aboutâ EU support to roboticsâ andâ examples of funded projects.
and robotics can offer a safe and affordable solution. 3 million of EU funding was invested in Giraffplus to test how robots
and much of this will be ploughed back into the caring economy. According to Stephen Von Rump CEO of Giraff Technologies AB the EU market for robots and other devices assisting our elderly will reach 13 billion by 2016. iraffplus will be in 15 homes by the end
25 million of EU funding is foreseen in 2014 and the same amount again in 2015.
The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy ageing(@EIP AHA) is a multi-stakeholder partnership to implement innovative ICT-driven technologies for active
Funding available under Horizon 2020through Horizon 2020#H2020 many more projects on independent living including robotics will be funded.
Over five years Microsoft Research will provide five million Swiss francs of funding to support IT research projects.
Microsoft will provide one million Swiss francs per year in funding for IT-related research projects at the two universities over a period of five years.
Koreas Ministry of Commerce Industry & Energy (currently the Ministry of Knowledge Economy) first presented the idea for Masan and its sister project the robot theme park in Incheon (west of Seoul
In addition to the 700 billion won investment for Robot Land there will be a record-setting 3 trillion won invested into the whole Masan region in effort to revive the local economy.
The developers of Robot Land hope it will have a positive influence on the Robot Business Belt Project a 420 billion won project that is currently being studied for feasibility by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.
and bring large-scale investments for Gusan Marine Tourism Complex ultimately boosting the economy of Changwon region as a whole Mr. Shin Jong-woo the director of Maritime Affairs
which they expect revenues of $8 billion for robots and other automation equipment by 2017.
and state-of-the-art systems are not flexible enough to adapt to changing processes making large financial investments in these systems infeasible even
Factory-in-a-Day aims to develop a system that can be purposed easily re for new product lines  by reducing the system integration time to a single day the project hopes to minimize investment risk for SMES.
when it comes to investing in novel delivery systems their $775 million investment last year in Kiva Systems brought large-scale automation to their warehouse floors in an effort to improve efficiency.
#Play-i want to bring a robot to every child After receiving a $1million seed fund round from investors like Google Ventures many of us have been waiting for Play
while also keeping our price down â#The Play -i robots utilize Scratch and Blockly and can be programmed wirelessly from a device like an ipad.
which will increase the funding opportunities for more robot startups i
#Sharp futuristic Health care Support Chair a proactive health care solution Sharp has developed a health care support chair that combines a range of sensors for checking the user health.
Surgical robots are expected to enjoy the largest revenue share. The global market for medical robotic systems is driven by factors such as technological advancement in the automation of the healthcare industry increase in elderly population noninvasive surgical techniques and high prevalence of motion
This is why I using crowdfunding to raise the money to support the project and have launched a campaign onâ indiegogo.
 If the crowdfunding campaign is successful the money will go towards funding the project for an entire year.
and Universities David Willetts in his report Eight Great Technologies and the July 2013 announcement that the UK robotics industry would receive a £40 million funding boost.
For example while most UK citizens seem to be comfortable with the concept of using robots in the workplace they frequently expressed that using RAS in industry should not be at the expense of workers losing their jobs.
RAS and job securityas commented elsewhere there is a tension between fully exploiting RAS for the benefit of a growing economy (by boosting advanced manufacturing techniques with the addition of RAS) and the potential loss of jobs within the manufacturing service and maintenance sectors.
which provides co-funding and specialist advice and support to UK Government departments and agencies to develop
or more to get the end price due to safety guarding and expensive programming. None of this is necessary with the new Universal Robots.##
This makes their investment future-proof.#####UR is building 100+robots a month of which approximately 25-30%are for customers in the U s. Both UR
and Rethink are finding price acceptability and each have provided case studies of how their robots are being utilized.
PSS aims to release the Genelead between the end of this year and the beginning of next year at a price as affordable as possible e
It would probably sell for lots more money too. The most impressive car is Delphi a collaboration with folks out of CMU.
Private financing. During an Oct 9 panel discussion at the World bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru, seven public and private experts converged to talk about renewable energy,
and the pivotal role private finance can play. The session was moderated by Angus Mccrone, Chief Editor of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Kicking off the event, the International finance corporation Executive vice president and CEO, Jin-Yong Cai, andrune Bjerke, CEO of DNB,
The money for renewable investments is there said, Bjerke, but he also emphasized that the infrastructure is not. think we should look more into the distribution systems:
That where we need the investors and the support of the international community. But if infrastructure takes investment to build
investors want to see infrastructure already in place . or an energy project to succeed on a larger scale,
you have to have solid transmission and distribution networks. You have to have reasonable, clear regulations so people know what theye getting into,
and willing to take risks through our investments. We try to demonstrate that renewable energy is part of the solution.
Without renewable energy, we cannot end poverty by 2030. enewable energy is the foundation of a modern economy,
the team was able to get it to bond with multiple synthetic chromophores or, in this case, organic dyes.
And Bring $4. 5 Trillion To The World Economy Despite reports of a turbulent global economy,
According to Dan Wellers, Digital Futures lead for SAP, f the economy is not sustainable, we are in trouble.
And in the case of the linear economy, it is not sustainable because it inherently wastes resources that are becoming scarce.
Right now, most serious businesspeople think sustainability is in conflict with earning a profit and becoming wealthy.
With this mindset, it becomes strategic to support practices that support a circular economy in the long run.
The circular economy: Good for business, good for the environment What if your business practices and operation can help save our planet?
every company can redesign the future of the environment, the economy, and their overall business. ade possible by the digital economy, forward-thinking businesses are choosing to embrace this value to intentionally reimagine the economy around how we use resources,
observed Wellers. y slowing down the depletion of resources and possibly even rejuvenating them, early adopters of circular practices have created business models that are profitable,
In addition to making good financial sense, there another reason the circular economy is a sound business practice:
Five ways your business can take advantage of the circular economy As the circular economy proves,
business and economic growth does need not to happen at the cost of the environment and public health and safety.
As a result, businesses are scaling their wealth by investing in new economic growth strategies. What are these strategies?
Here are five business models that can enable companies to unlock the economic benefits of the circular economy,
and maximize the economic value of product return flows. Extension of product life: Extend the life cycle of products and assets.
"We couldn't pay that kind of price if we were doing 40 or 50 five-,six-or seven-minute lecture videos,
the expense will be worth it. Actors Are Not Instructors The actors never introduce themselves in the lecture videos,
Mobile advertising is Facebook's fastest growing revenue area by far; last quarter it accounted for 76%of the social network's $3. 8 billion total ads revenue.
But because of the screen constraints and the way people typically use their smartphones, it's traditionally been hard to push mobile ads for anything other than branding purposes that is,
what is known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Giula Moi, who with Sommer brought the recommendations forward,
China one of the largest providers of public financing for infrastructure worldwide agreed to work towards strictly controlling public investment flowing into projects with high pollution and carbon emissions both domestically and internationally,
A long-term goal for the transition to a low-carbon economy this century, creation of a process that builds greater ambition over time,
cap-and-trade programs essentially create a commodity out of pollution, allowing for financial corporations to profit from polluting industries. c
#Micromotors Could Help Reduce Ocean Pollution The buildup of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, is increasingly impacting oceans around the world, making waters more acidic and threatening sea life.
but so far, its use in human embryos is prohibited by researchers that accept funding from the National institutes of health.
"The study could discourage investment in CDR technologies, such as carbon-sucking machines under development by Carbon Engineering in Calgary, Canada.
"But as we tackle economy wide emissions and try to drive them to zero, there are likely to be many types of emissions where using DAC is preferable to applying a fix at each source."
or deterring pests that the farmers'net income jumped 71%.%Curious whether weaver ants might be effective alternatives to pesticides in other situations
And with funding from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, the Microphotonics Center joined with the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative to create the Photonics System Manufacturing Consortium,
and natural gas industries were derived using a model that analyzed year-to-year economic activity and energy production occurring within each sector of the two industries to estimate gains or losses in employment that supported electricity generation.
They conducted the study with no external sources of funding i
#Singapore Telecom to buy US cybersecurity firm for $810 mn Singapore Telecom (Singtel) said Wednesday it will buy almost all of US cybersecurity firm Trustwave for $810 million,
Southeast asia's biggest telecom firm by revenue said it will acquire a 98 percent equity interest in Trustwave under an agreement it signed with the Chicago-headquartered company.
"I think if you look at acquisitions outside of the traditional telco business on a single investment basis this is the largest that we have done."
'When social media software firm Sprinklr unveiled its latest funding last month, it vaulted into the club of"unicorns,
The venture capital research firm CB Insights lists 53 US-based unicorns, saying the hefty valuations have been fueled by a flood of private equity investors seeking an early piece of the next
The use of the term"unicorn"began with a blog from investor Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures in late 2013,
"You have a frenzy of investors looking for the next Facebook. They saw the possibility of a return of 1,
"But these are incredibly risky investments. All of these firms are not going to get a multibillion dollar buyout or massive public offering.
Some equity investors are getting nervous over the trend.""I do think you'll see some dead unicorns this year,
said in a blog post that both investors and startups are pushing too hard, ignoring traditional standards of risk."
"Companies are taking on huge burn rates to justify spending the capital they are raising in these enormous financings,
"Prominent equity investor Marc Andreessen, one of the founders of Netscape during the dot-com era, expressed similar concerns in a series of tweets last year, saying too many startups are"burning
Mark Cuban, an early dot-com entrepreneur, said on his blog that the current situation is"worse than the tech bubble of 2000"because of"angel"investors investing in apps
and crowd funders are currently under water in their investments, "he wrote.""Because there is ZERO liquidity for any of those investments.
None. Zero. Zip.""Precipitous drop There appears to have already been some shakeout. The online retail startup Fab. com,
Another former unicorn, the gaming service Onlive, was acquired recently by Sony for an undisclosed price.
Many startups have been able to raise cash from eager investors without heading to Wall street for a public share offering.
This also means the firms are not subject to the same scrutiny and publicly traded company for finances and governance.
few have demonstrated an ability to grow revenues and establish a sustainable business.""Based on historical data,
Still, he said that these types of investments are part of the process of innovation and"creative destruction
"which fuel the economy. While this is reminiscent of the dot-com boom, Sundaram noted that in the last cycle,
"Peter Barris at the venture firm New Enterprise Associates said investment is flowing because"we are in the early days of one of the most robust periods of innovation
in its latest round of funding, saw its valuation surge from $17 billion to $41 billion in January.
Snapchat is readying a new round of funding which could push its valuation to $19 billion.
The California group drew an investment from China's Alibaba last month at a valuation of $15 billion, according to Bloomberg News.*Palantir:
Palantir Technologieshich specializes in data analyticsaw its valuation jump to $15 billion in December with its latest funding round.
The California group founded in 2004 and financed in part by the CIA's investment arm In-Q-Tel develops technology used for counterterrorism as well as the financial sector.*
$12 billion The private space exploration firm founded by tech entrepreneur Elon musk announced in January that it raised $1 billion in a round led by Google and Fidelity Investments.
$11 billion The bulletin board-style social network confirmed in March a fresh investment round at a valuation of $11 billion,
$10 billion One of the early online storage services, Dropbox's latest investment round came at a valuation of $10 billion, according to CB Insights.
Earlier this year, 3play developed a return-on-investment calculator, so your average Youtube uploader can learn
and how that could all add value with more advertising revenue, among other things.""Everyone wants to know,
'If I invest money into anything, what's my return?'"'"Johnson says.""It's the same for captioning.""
and earn funding.""VMS was the No. 1 thing that helped us launch, "Johnson says.
"We were trying to make money month-to-month by selling captioning, "Johnson says. Then one day, representatives from Yale university,
along with funding from the state of Kansas, the Hall Family Foundation and Bold Aspiration funding from KU's Office of the Provost, supported the work.
Norway to clean up sovereign wealth fund Norway said Friday it would bar its state pension fund, the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund,
from investing in the worst climate-polluting companies. In its annual white book on managing the fund,
and that it use its role as a company shareholder to improve corporate practices. The sovereign wealth fund
is already bound by strict ethical regulations that bar it from investing in"particularly inhumane"weapons makers,
The white book also proposed an increase in the share of earmarked"green"investments calling for between 30 and 60 billion kroner (between $3. 7 billion/3. 5 billion euros and 7. 0 billion euros/$7. 4 billion.
In addition, a group of experts was appointed to consider diversifying the fund's investments to include infrastructures
shares must represent 60 percent of the fund's portfolio, bonds 35 percent and real estate five percent.
"Professor Stadler's magnetocaloric materials program is an example of this research that appears to be directly relevant to energy development and Louisiana's economy.
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