nasa-robosimian-robot-disaster-response

http://www.space.com/24406-nasa-robosimian-robot-disaster-response-video.html
Very agile and mobile, indeed.

computer micro-towers, etc.

http://www.maximumpc.com/micro-towers_review_2013
Some cool stuff, indeed.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2084802/alienwares-first-steam-machine-very-black-and-very-shiny.html

http://www.alienware.com , http://www.digitalstormonline.com

DNA-RNA through time and space digital maps

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2014/01/genealogy-google-earth.html

digital maps of the world and the known universe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth
Some very cool stuff.
http://www.gearthblog.com/category/3d_models

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2014/01/top-digitalglobe-image-year-mount-vesuvius.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2013/10/25/nga-digital-map-world-updated/3189781

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWTelescope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sky,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Moon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestia#Add-ons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_Sandbox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Universe_Atlas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra-Deep_Field:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=deep+hubble&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xdjWUpX6L4iGogTRi4LQDg&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1777&bih=886&dpr=0.9

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/01/hubbles-first-frontier-field-finds-thousands-of-unseen-faraway-galaxies

email-privacy-concerns

"A new feature in Google Inc's Gmail will result in some users receiving messages from people with whom they have not shared their email addresses, raising concerns among some privacy advocates."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/gmail-privacy-concerns-flagged-over-new-feature-1.2491370

Although anything can on line can be traceable or track-able, this doesn't seem like a good feature. People should always have the choice to determine how pubic or "private" their communications are.
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-encrypt-your-email-and-keep-your-conversations-p-1133495744

"Some privacy advocates said Google should have made the new feature "opt-in," meaning that users should explicitly agree to receive messages from other Google+ users, rather than being required to manually change the setting." http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/gmail-privacy-concerns

The default setting should always be on the most private setting & then each user can determine if they want to have a wide open public setting. Sure, you can give out your email address, just like your phone number. It could become semi-public, but its not necessarily wide open as would be the case if it were on your website. http://email.about.com/od/staysecureandprivate

http://www.ghacks.net/2013/07/14/lavabit-is-probably-the-most-secure-private-email-service-right-now,
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2013/aug/15/gmail-google-email-privacy,
http://www.kabissa.org/about/news/how-can-i-make-my-e-mail-private-and-secure

Some people like to have a less public phone number & an email address that isn't meant for everyone to know about. Again,at the highest level, everything remains intercept-able and traceable.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518056/why-e-mail-cant-be-completely-private,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046962/nsa-dodging-mail-service-explains-why-email-can-never-truly-be-private-and-secure.html

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/what-are-your-options-secure-email,
http://gizmodo.com/why-kolab-might-be-the-best-secure-email-service-still-1171618005

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-secure-encrypted-email-providers-online,
https://www.hushmail.com

So much data goes over the mobile phone networks now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system),
http://bgr.com/2014/01/07/intel-android-windows-dual-os

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_(Apple)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_operating_system#Windows_Phone

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-and-android-on-one-pc-heres-how-amd-and-intel-plan-to-do-it-7000024942

isaac-asimov-predicts-what-the-world-will-look-in-2014

http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/isaac-asimov-predicts-what-the-world-will-look-in-2014.html