“Als Quantencomputer soll ein Rechner der kanadischen FirmaD-Wave Systems zum Einsatz kommen.”
(Quelle: heise.de)
Google gründet das “Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab”
Forscher klonen menschlichen Embryo
“Durchbruch in der Stammzellenforschung: Zum ersten Mal haben Wissenschaftler aus einem eigens hierfür hergestellten künstlichen menschlichen Embryo Stammzellen gewonnen.”
(Quelle: sueddeutsche.de)
Russian billionaire says he will become immortal by 2045
“His ’2045 initiative’ is described as the next step in evolution, and over 20,000 people have signed up on Facebook to follow its progress, with global conferences planned to explore the technology needed”
(Quelle: dailymail.co.uk)
TRAFFIC FROM SYRIA DISAPPEARS FROM INTERNET!
“At around 18:45 UTC the OpenDNS resolvers saw a significant drop in traffic from Syria. On closer inspection, it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet.”
(Quelle: Umbrella Security Labs)
10 psychological experiments that went horribly wrong
“In the 1960s homosexuality was frequently depicted as a mental illness, with many individuals seeking (voluntarily or otherwise) a way to “cure” themselves of their sexual attraction to members of the same sex. Experimental therapies at the time included aversion therapy — where homosexual images were paired with such things as electric shocks and injections that caused vomiting. The thought was that the patient would associate pain with homosexuality. Rather than “curing” homosexuality, these experiments profoundly psychologically damaged the patients, with at least one man dying from the “treatment” he received, after he went into a coma.”