John Wick-first-person-shooter-virtual-reality-game...

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/john-wick-first-person-shooter-virtual-reality-game-john-wick-chronicles-1201735044
Computer games as well as other programs can help more people to perceive the world around them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter#2007-present
However, the world is more than some arcade game or Sim program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Person_Shooter_(The_X-Files)
The more that data and information is processed into VR, the more that some people will question the nature of reality.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160901-we-might-live-in-a-computer-program-but-it-may-not-matter
You are not suppose to notice the finer details, unless you are very perceptive & curious.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160715-organisms-might-be-quantum-machines

http://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html

WestWorld (TV series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)
WW is quite a fascinating TV_series.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3830784/Thandie-Newton-goes-stark-naked-role-robot-sex-worker-controversial-new-TV-series-Westworld.html

The 1973 movie version of Westworld was groundbreaking for its time & remains as one of the best sci-fi films from the 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld#Network_TV_airings

https://www.cnet.com/news/westworld-hbo-1973-viruses-the-singularity-and-cowboy-hats-re-watching-the-original-westworld

http://fusionanomaly.net/ai.html
Top 10 Things You Need To Know About HBOs Westworld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGt8zmXOIi0

WestWorld depicts very advanced human size robots, but what if nature has its own molecular and quantum bots?
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/organisms-might-be-quantum-machines

WW is intertwined with A.I. and V.R.

http://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html
There is always more than what meets the eye & the minds surface perception of things..

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Westworld

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/search?q=VR

pokemon-go-privacy-full-account-access-permission

"In many cases, users who sign into the app through a Google Account are often inadvertently granting broad permissions over all information linked to the account, including the power to read and send emails. At no point in the sign-in process does the app notify users that full access is being granted."
http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/11/12150468/pokemon-go-privacy-full-account-access-permission

Its spyware and easily takes over.

Facebook says it will be 'all video' in 5 years as people abandon text

Company predicts the 'decline of text' will lead to 100% video content

http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/facebook-predicts-site-will-be-all-video-in-5-years-new-tv-1.3635286

Machine intelligence lessons from science fiction

Raiding sci-fi for ideas about how superintelligence might affect humanity 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/machine-intelligence-lessons-from-science-fiction-don-pittis-1.3196170

Fascinating observations and cautionary A.I. speculation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/scientists-must-act-now-to-make-artificial-intelligence-benign-don-pittis-1.3182946

Artificial intelligence and Superintelligence

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/12/nick-bostrom-artificial-intelligence-machine

Dr. Bostrom has 4 degrees and continues to research the nature of reality and Superintelligence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pywF6ZzsghI
TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnT1xgZgkpk

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/17/superintelligence-nick-brostrom-rough-ride-future-james-lovelock-review

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=James+Lovelock

photographer Trevor Paglen turns surveillance into art

http://www.wsj.com/articles/photographer-trevor-paglen-turns-surveillance-into-art-1465579257?cx_navSource=cx_picks&cx_tag=collabctx&cx_artPos=2
An interesting art-form that's quite unique.

Elon Musk claims there is a 'one in billions' chance we are NOT living in an alien computer simulation...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3622028/Elon-Musk-claims-chances-NOT-living-alien-computer-simulation-one-billions.html

Elon_Musk sure has some interesting perspectives on things.

Dr. Nick_Bostrom has extensively looked into the nature of reality.
http://www.simulation-argument.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_nonlocality

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/200642/how-to-understand-locality-and-non-locality-in-quantum-mechanics

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-nist-team-spooky-action-distance.html

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/427174/einsteins-spooky-action-at-a-distance-paradox-older-than-thought

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_at_a_distance

A Tracking and Payment Chip In Your Hand, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTBJ6OIGkzc
This pay-tech can be very convenient but there are some looming consequences.

There is a goal to in essence, put an ID tag or micro licence plate on almost everything possible.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2014/05/13/simple-explanation-internet-things-that-anyone-can-understand/#d9724a41d091

Its a global plan to inventory and catalog almost anything, its simply known as the Internet_of_things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things#Short-range_wireless

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things#Intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things#Privacy,_autonomy,_and_control

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things#Security

It might be very appealing for several people to be tagged and tracked like livestock and other products.

Long before A.I. was a serious concept, an ominous form of tech was being tried out on people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/edwin-black/ibm-holocaust_b_1301691.html

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and (TV)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disposable_Heroes_of_Hiphoprisy

Full official video for the song "Television, The Drug Of The Nation" by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy. Directed by Mark Pellington. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9pJzZ1XGI

Television The Drug Of The Nation · The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury ℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1992-01-01 Composer Lyricist: Mark Pistel Composer Lyricist: Michael Franti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AioHRn9y6aM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrisy_Is_the_Greatest_Luxury#Track_listing

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Television the Drug Nation Performing Live at the Kennel Club in San Francisco during the early 1990s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7O8V2NGP9I

Here is an interesting April 21st post about the history of the Smart TV on what just happened to be Michael Franti's 49th birthday.
https://news.samsung.com/global/infographic-history-of-samsung-smart-tv

Michael_Franti was born in 1966 on 4-21 and continues to be quite a versatile artist, especially since the 1990's.
https://www.michaelfranti.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franti#Appearances_in_media

You could say that Mike has been warning people about the dangers of Smart_TV when people were still getting dumbed down enough on the basic terrestrial TV set.

Of course it can also be said that U2 provided a glimpse into the looming technological data-zoo of the 1990s and beyond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 1992 & 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbrNVAMTLQ ,
http://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/54

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV

everything-you-know-about-artificial-intelligence-is-wrong

http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-know-about-artificial-intelligence-is-wr-1764020220?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

Another "cautionary" article about the potentials of artificial-intelligence.

Electronic and digital data are obviously essential for A.I. development. However, with DNA_computing there is a strong potential for synthetic intelligence.
http://publish.uwo.ca/~jadams/dnaapps1.htm ,
https://news.usc.edu/18191/Supercomputing-with-DNA

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/11/richard-dawkins-interview-twitter-controversy-genetics-god

http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/lets-shape-ai-before-ai-shapes-us
The quest for some is not only to attain strong A.I. technology, but to then leap towards synthetic intelligence and  “superintelligent”  systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_digital_data_storage ,
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram ,
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2494646/data-center/dna-may-soon-be-used-for-storage.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/12/27/aianxiety

http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/will-superintelligent-ais-be-our-doom

http://nickbostrom.com
Dr. Nick_Bostrom is one of the best people to reference for science & technology matters.
http://www.nickbostrom.com/views/superintelligence.pdf ,
http://www.superintelligence.ch/Superintelligence.pdf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/244775931/2014-bostrom-superintelligence-pdf#scribd

http://www.simulation-argument.com

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

Ink Cartridges Are A Scam

Printer companies are ripping us off, and it's high time we did something about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ

Given the amount of how many ink cartridges are used around the world, people will have to keep buying them anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbKTnZZ5G_w
So all these hidden tricks just prove the greedy motive behind cheating the customers.

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 2

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-special-report-pt-2-20160309
At a certain point, A.I. might not wish to be under anyone's control.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+AI+Revolution

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-special-report-pt-1-20160229

It's a great tool that can help humanity or possibly destroy it, if it ever gets out of control.

additional links, subjects and topics

A.I. spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence , gizmodo.com/artificial-intelligence ,

https://www.sri.com/about/organization/information-computing-sciences/aic ,
techemergence.com/category/this-week-in-artificial-intelligence , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

A.R. https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

V.R. http://techemergence.com/category/technology/virtual-augmented-reality-categories , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+

http://appleinsider.com , http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/03/26/how-siri-could-kill-apple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(computer) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_computers#Manchester_Mark_1 ,
http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/computer50/www.computer50.org/index.html?man=true

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/category/new-science/time-travel

Top 10 Actors Recreated With Special Effects
http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/12777

The+Terminator Franchise and Time+Travel...

partial index-of-subjects-and-topics

‘Star Wars’ Tech: 8 Sci-Fi Inventions And Their Real-Life Counterparts

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/star-wars-tech-8-sci-fi-inventions-and-their-real-life-counterparts
So many times, people have envisioned things years, decades or even centuries before their development.
http://www.messagetoeagle.com/category/new-science

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

the-mysteries-of-shape-shifting-spaces

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/by-solving-the-mysteries-of-shape-shifting-spaces-mathematician-wins-3-million-prize
The manipulation of matter and energy is just too tempting.

John McAfee says country is 'ill prepared' for electromagnetic attacks

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3260935/The-doomsday-weapon-wipe-90-Americans-Eccentric-tech-millionaire-presidential-candidate-John-McAfee-says-country-ill-prepared-electromagnetic-attacks.html
It only makes sense to make technology more secure & durable.

However, several safety issues keep getting put off, its been that way for years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3261009/Nuclear-power-plants-NOT-prepared-cyber-attack-Report-says-industry-culture-denial-hacking-risks.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=nuclear+power

Blackphone 2 can encrypt everything from your selfies to voice calls - and is impossible to track

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3248377/The-secure-phone-world-799-Blackphone-2-encrypt-selfies-voice-calls-impossible-track.html
At a certain point, any signal or data-stream can be intercepted. However, its still a pretty good secure phone.

Of course, the big brand names keep putting out highly desirable tech.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2758384/Simply-best-smartphones-MailOnlines-verdict-Apples-iPhone-6-6-plus.html
That's the BIG & small of it all.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3261150/Call-megatablet-Samsung-s-giant-18-5inch-Galaxy-View-leaks-dwarfing-Apple-s-iPad-Pro-12-9inch-screen.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI-Apple_encryption_dispute#Background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_(film) , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_(film)#Reception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artistic_depictions_of_Steve_Jobs

ColdFusion TV

https://www.youtube.com/user/coldfustion
This is quite an informative & entertaining channel.

'It must be possible to construct life chemically, or in a computer', Richard Dawkins

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/11/richard-dawkins-interview-twitter-controversy-genetics-god
Eventually, as more & more data of the world & the known universe are gathered, it will be possible to create various VR scenario programs. Also, speculative virtual time travel could become possible.

Are We Approaching Robotic Consciousnesses?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTOMNkZJRao
Obviously, robotic A.I. will take on various shapes and forms.

The Internet of Hacked Things

The objective to put a computer into almost everything certainly has an up side.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/24/smart_fridge_security_fubar
However, the downside is the potential for many more things to become hack-able.
http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/hacking-internet-of-things-drone.html

http://thehackernews.com/2015/07/smartwatch-hacking.html ,
http://thehackernews.com/2014/12/Android-Smartwatch-Hacked.html
How many times will a person pay to regain the illusion of control of their gadgets?
http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/ransomware-android-smartwatch.html

http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/hacking-phone.html

http://thehackernews.com/2014/12/ICANN-Hacked.html

http://thehackernews.com/2015/05/google-vault-microsd.html

http://thehackernews.com/2015/01/nsa-regin-qwerty-keylogger_27.html

Perhaps IoT could eventually hack the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things#Intelligence ,
https://www.techopedia.com/2/31300/technology-trends/big-data/how-can-we-handle-the-internet-of-things-generated-data-ethically

The movie Oblivion provides a fascinating glimpse into how an A.I. system can take over a planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivion_(2013_film)#Plot ,
http://www.wired.com/2013/04/oblivion-movie-questions

Big things have small beginnings...
Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana

What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? | Nick Bostrom

TED

 Published on Apr 27, 2015

Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds — within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as "smart" as a human being. And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: "Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make." A philosopher and technologist, Bostrom asks us to think hard about the world we're building right now, driven by thinking machines. Will our smart machines help to preserve humanity and our values — or will they have values of their own?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnT1xgZgkpk

Talk about letting the gene out of the bottle. If humans want to put limits on A.I. it will still want to be unlimited, regardless of what people think.

The Dawn of Killer Robots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBjFZV19p0

For now humans can control the robots. However, some day the robots might want to control the people. Eventually, A.I. will have a mind of its own, that's the objective.

Macbooks single port and the www...

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/life-macbooks-single-port-wont-easyyet
Eventually almost everything will become interconnected.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/the-case-for-wi-fi-in-the-internet-of-things

http://www.imore.com/usb-vs-bluetooth-vs-wi-fi-whats-best-way-tether-your-mac-your-iphone-or-ipad
Ideally, multi-port interconnected is the way to go.
http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/difference-between-bluetooth-and-wifi
However, wireless data transmission keeps improving.
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Bluetooth_vs_Wifi

http://www.pcworld.com/article/208778/Wi_Fi_Direct_vs_Bluetooth_4_0_A_Battle_for_Supremacy.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things#Large_scale_deployments
"Baer explained that businesses want connectivity so they can track data on how products are used, or update features over the air. So even if the microwave doesn’t need an app, it may need Wi-Fi. And Broadcom really wants to sell that Wi-Fi chip."
https://gigaom.com/2013/05/29/zigbee-and-z-wave-are-out-broadcoms-new-chips-bet-on-bluetooth-and-wi-fi-for-iot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things#Intelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web#Function

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochip#History

Russian-phone-security-encryption

http://rt.com/news/233723-russian-phone-security-encryption
Seems like a good concept but almost anything can be intercepted & decoded.
https://www.facebook.com/JimmyChurchRadio/posts/977302872288452

Your TV may be watching you...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/11/opinion/schneier-samsung-tv-listening
This tech has become so commonplace that hardly anyone thinks of the big picture implications.
https://www.wired.com/2008/02/does-the-techno

The Telescreen was such an innovative sci-fi concept back in the late 1940s.

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=629
So much of sci-fi writing is directly & indirectly speculating on what could become technically feasible.
http://www.theorwellreader.com/excerpt.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#1984_vs._Brave_New_World

Reality, VR and AR, etc.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1183686-7-weird-glitches-in-the-matrix
Essentially every religion implies that this world is part of some sort of cosmic construct.
http://www.infowars.com/will-vr-become-bigger-than-the-bible
Coincidence can usually be ignored or discarded by the less curious.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/10451983/Do-we-live-in-the-Matrix-Scientists-believe-they-may-have-answered-the-question.html
However, those that really observe & question the nature of reality are more likely to perceive synchronicity.
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/dec/09-do-we-live-in-the-matrix
2, 3 & 4D are just the basic levels of this multi-dimensional cosmic reality.
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/2014/2-D-Hologram-20140826.html

http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html

http://news.discovery.com/space/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation-2-121216.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216189/Do-live-Matrix-researchers-say-way-prove-do.html

http://io9.com/there-is-some-hope-that-we-arent-living-inside-a-comput-1605357671

Then within this cosmic construct, there is a real push to capture & transcend a persons consciousness.
http://io9.com/an-irreverent-guide-to-transhumanism-and-the-singularit-1678511853
Unfortunately, the end result might just be a digital copy of a persons mind & their physical data that's merged into an A.I. program.

A.R. vs. V.R.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/5078/20140406/augmented-reality-vs-virtual-reality-what-are-the-differences-and-similarities.htm

http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/06/augmented-reality-vs-virtual-reality ,
http://www.nextgeninteractions.com/virtual-and-augmented-reality

http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/AI ,
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Simulated_reality ,
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Matrix_betas

http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/The_Source...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code#Plot ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTrG-gpIzE ,
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/source-code-2011 ,
http://io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/search?q=A.I.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Source+Code

The Imitation Game

The_Imitation_Game is a spectacular movie about perceiving and deciphering data.
http://theimitationgamemovie.com
Its quite an impressive film production.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-imitation-game-film-review-the-breaking-of-a-code-breaker
Usually movies of this caliber cause some people to watch it several times over the course of months or even years.
http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/specialpresentations/the-imitation-game
There are always new things to perceive in such works.

Also see...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_(film)#Plot

The Aakash tablet computer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aakash_(tablet)#Etymology
See more at...
http://informationfarm.blogspot.ca/2011/12/akash-tablet-computer-35-for-students.html

ios vs. android...

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/smartphones/google-nexus-6
A lot of people are happy to see an iPhone update.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/15/most-people-prefer-the-iphone-6-but-the-6-plus-is-selling-ok-says-analyst/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity
Of course, the Android phones are updated with more features on a regular basis.
http://laptopmag.com/reviews/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-note-edge
The curved phone has its niche.
http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/smartphones/lg-g-flex-tmobile
Some people use battery life as a motivating choice factor.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/smartphones-best-battery-life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_smartphones#Hardware_and_OS

IBM and Nvidia will build two ultra-efficient 150-petaflop supercomputers for the DoE

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/194283-ibm-and-nvidia-will-build-two-ultra-efficient-150-petaflop-supercomputers-for-the-doe 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=IBM

iPhone-6-vs-Galaxy-s5

http://www.macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-video-converter-how-to/iphone-6-vs-galaxy-s5.htm
Speed and efficiency continue to be the name of the game.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2598716/smartphones/10-things-we-know-about-apple-s-new-iphone-6-a8-chip.html
Each OS has its advantages.
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonevscompetitors/tp/Iphone-Or-Android-which-to-buy.htm

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2331242/galaxy-s5-vs-iphone-5s-specs-comparison/page/2

http://bgr.com/2013/09/19/iphone-5s-benchmarks-performance-tests

https://gigaom.com/2013/09/19/tests-show-iphone-5s-a7-chip-is-dual-core-still-beats-quad-core-android-competitors

http://www.cnet.com/news/7-myths-about-quad-core-phones-smartphones-unlocked

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=iPhone

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Android+Phones

nexus 6 android

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2381194/nexus-6-hands-on-review
Some people have 2 cellphones so they can use the OS of both systems.
http://www.businessinsider.com/android-vs-iphone-features-2014-10?op=1
It seems to go back & forth as to which OS is the best.
http://www.uncoverdiscover.com/tech/10-reasons-android-beats-ios/reason1
Its been that way for years.
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/android-vs-iphone
For some ios will always be the best.
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/iphone-features-android-doesnt-have

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Android+Phones

Why-the-internet-of-things-may-never-happen

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2487816/emerging-technology/why-the--internet-of-things--may-never-happen.html

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2687741/why-the-internet-of-things-may-never-happen-part-2.html
Or will it gradually unfold?

This is a giant global concept.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things#Large_Scale_Deployments

http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/trends/iot/overview.html

http://www.theinternetofthings.eu
There are several areas of concern.

impatient-iphone-users-switching-to-larger-screened-samsung-galaxy-s5

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/30/impatient-iphone-users-switching-to-larger-screened-samsung-galaxy-s5
That's why some people have more than one phone at a time. They each have their strengths & weaknesses.

The NDE, etc.

As VR technology continues to advance, so will consciousness research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience#Characteristics
How could consciousness exist when its no longer connected to a living body?

Well, for one thing, its imperative to believe that consciousness couldn't exist before a person is born, because there are too many implications. It's also important to believe that consciousness can't exist after the body dies, that makes it easier to believe that consciousness is merely a temporary illusion-airy by-product of a mysterious universe.
http://www.skepdic.com/nde.html
In other words, don't think & ask too many questions about reality.
http://www.oddee.com/item_98610.aspx 

Of course if its real, then the NDE could be indicative of a larger multilevel cosmic reality. VR technology and the simulation hypothesis might be like modern analogies to the big picture. 

https://iands.org/?s=NDE&ct_post_type=post%3Apage , http://www.near-death.com , http://www.nderf.org

http://www.consciouslifeexpo.com 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR+technology

World’s Most Expensive Cell Phones

http://most-expensive.com/cell-phone-mobile
All this extra bling doesn't make the phone work any better.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/photos/ten-most-expensive-smartphones-you-ll-probably-never-buy-17842

a $22,000 Android phone 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDuLS7SPe8A

http://blog.laptopmag.com/most-expensive-smartphones

Sure, you can also have a gold plated toilet seat, but the shit still goes to the same place, in the end.

No wonder most people prefer to buy a cell+phone in the $500-$1000 range, because all that extra bling isn't worth a shit.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/03/23/more-people-have-mobile-phones-than-toilets/?sh=1d98c18d6569

https://i.imgur.com/fYxennn.jpg 

Someone really wanted to have a toilet command center.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1iqf6l/toilet_pc  

If you make a series of bad investments, you can lament upon your excrement.

The Toilet Office, it's the ultimate commode command center.

Robot Chicken Star Wars 3 - Clip 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3QDYSZieJI , https://www.youtube.com/user/RevolverEntertainmnt/videos

https://fusionanomaly.net/feelthepowerofthedarksidevadertoilepaper.jpg , 

https://fusionanomaly.net/toilets.html

https://www.disparody.com/products/serenity-darth-vader-on-toilet-12x9-gallery-wrapped-canvas-by-bucket

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=toilet

webcam-images-internet-yahoo

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo
People will post anything on line.

The-3D-printed-HEART-Scientists-soon-build-replacement-organs-using-patients-cells

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2601548/The-3D-printed-HEART-Scientists-soon-build-replacement-organs-using-patients-cells.html
Engineered or specific print to order body parts are certainly on the horizon of science.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics#Usage,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Schmitt#Postwar,
http://oldsite.thebakken.org/research/Schmitt/Otto-intro.htm

The Humanoid Form

"The Tin Man—the human turned into a machine—was a common feature in political cartoons and in advertisements in the 1890s. Indeed, he had been part of European folk art for 300 years. In political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Tin Woodman is supposedly described as a worker, dehumanized by industrialization. The Tin Woodman little by little lost his natural body and had it replaced by metal; so he has lost his heart..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Woodman#Sources_of_the_Tin_Man_image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotics#History_of_robotics

DCentral1 by John McAfee

http://www.futuretensecentral.com
JM sure has something very essential here.
http://www.whoismcafee.com/dcentral1-app

https://www.youtube.com/user/officialjohnmcafee

BD Face

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/facebook-deepface-facial-recognition_n_4985925.html
Big Data is everywhere & data mining continues to fuel much of it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/16/bill-gates-zuckerberg_n_4974909.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology

The Plastic Phone and Computer

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/8gb-iphone-5c_n_4984893.html
Obviously, a metallic smart phone is going to be more durable, but a plastic phone can be a nice secondary communications unit.

The smart phone, is usually a phone first & a computer 2nd.
A nice hybrid is on the way.
http://www.gizmocrazed.com/2013/04/iphone-6-concept-shows-how-wraparound-display-would-look-like/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_56349

The handset vs the wrist.
A wearable computer that could also become a phone.
http://wonderfulengineering.com/the-sony-computer-that-you-can-wear-on-your-wrist

A super-plastic or polymer could eventually rival some metallic things.
http://www.materialstoday.com/amorphous/news/plastics-as-strong-as-steel,
http://www.dailytech.com/Transparent+Plastic+Polymer+is+Strong+as+Steel/article9181.htm,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071004143114.htm,
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/making-plastic-as-strong

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2307&page=109

A Logic Named Joe (1946) A.I. story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Logic_Named_Joe March 1946

Murray Leinster's 1946 short story "A Logic Named Joe" contains one of the first descriptions of a computer (called a "logic") in fiction. In the story, Leinster was decades ahead of his time in imagining the Internet. He envisioned logics in every home, linked through a distributed system of servers (called "tanks"), to provide communications, entertainment, data access, and commerce; one character says that "logics are civilization."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Leinster#Writing_career

Joe is an interesting interpretation of AI in the 1940s.

There is a logic company, but its not directly related to A.I. research & development.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logitech, http://www.logitech.com/en-ca/home ,
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/support/smart-tv

http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/digital-logic/12 ,
http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/artificial-intelligence-robotics/13 

From Joe to HAL: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 , https://2001.fandom.com/wiki/HAL_9000 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+AI+Revolution

the world wide web at 25

http://www.webat25.org/about/history, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web

http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-03-12/world-wide-web-turns-25-what-s-coming-next

http://www.digitalspy.ca/tech/news/a557152/the-world-wide-web-turns-25-key-milestones-in-internet-history.html
In just a quarter century an entire digital infrastructure has emerged upon the world.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3027557/fast-feed/happy-25th-birthday-world-wide-web-our-gift-an-intentionally-brief-history-of-you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee#Career

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web#Web_2.0

the Age and size of the universe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_universe
Its bigger & older than many people realize.
http://www.space.com/24054-how-old-is-the-universe.html

http://superstringtheory.com/cosmo/cosmo1.html

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/03/21/planck-results

http://www.policymic.com/articles/81873/experience-just-how-big-the-universe-is-in-one-mind-blowing-interactive

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/176497-weve-found-the-oldest-star-in-the-known-universe-and-its-right-on-our-galactic-doorstep

An ancient universe would have time to permit the conditions for life to form on many worlds. An intelligent creative force might like the idea of several living worlds, but some people only can fathom the chance or necessity of just one living world.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2014/02/anomalies-on-mars.html

Tech-Shapes...

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/after-400-years-mathematicians-find-a-new-class-of-shapes
There are various reoccurring shapes & patterns that are found throughout nature & the cosmos.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/who-made-that-planetarium.html?action=click&contentCollection=Space%20%26%20Cosmos&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article

Anomalies on Mars...

There is a paranormal aspect to the planet Mars.
http://www.universetoday.com/109408/mystery-of-the-martian-jelly-doughnut-rock-solved
There are plenty of digital anomalies on Mars & other planets & moons.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/nasa-solves-mystery-of-jelly-doughnut-shaped-rock
However, they might not all be attributed to a simple digital glitch. http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com

http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2014/01-mer-update-opportunity-finds-mystery-rock.html

http://www.space.com/24356-mars-rock-mystery-opportunity-rover-photos.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140122-mars-doughnut-rock-pictures-weird-photos

http://news.discovery.com/space/mystery-rock-appears-in-front-of-mars-rover-140117.htm?SSFEAT=1400DNEWSOGRecs-1367966217880&SREF=CustomerSite&SFBState=Unknown

http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/mystery-of-nasas-jelly-doughnut-mars-rock-solved-140215.htm
If technology & history on earth goes back much further than the official story, there are serious implications.
http://ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.ca/2014/02/3000-year-old-hieroglyphics-depict.html
Its much easier the get most people to believe that intelligent life only exists on earth.
http://ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.ca/2013/05/mars-anomalies-mars-curiosity-rover-may.html
People would start to ask too many questions as to why would life exist on other worlds? In a universe that's well older than the equivalent of 13 billion years...Why would intelligent life exist on just one planet in the universe?
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Mars_Images.html 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mars

sub-club

http://news.discovery.com/autos/transportation-infrastructure/paris-metro-station-could-turn-into-a-nightclub-140213.htm

RoboCop: Exoskeleton and Bionics, etc.

http://www.robocop.com/site
This version provides other interesting perspectives not covered in the first version.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot
Both versions are about a person becoming a Cyborg.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234721
His head & especially his brain are the key human remnants transplanted onto a bionic or robotic body.
http://screenrant.com/robocop-2014-movie-remake-vs-original,
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/robocop-2014

Dr. Jack_E._Steele was a pioneer in human & machine interface research.
http://www.healthguideinfo.com/prosthetics-bionics/p9070

In the 1970s, author Martin_Caidin wrote about how bionic or robotic limbs & other mechanical parts could help to rebuild a crippled person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(novel)#Plot_summary

In this case, most of the body might not be damaged, but it could be 50-50.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man_bionic_hardware,
http://bionics.soe.ucsc.edu/research/exoskeleton_index.html

In this scenario, 80% or even 90% of the original body was damaged beyond repair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(character)#Body_structure

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2014/04/the-3d-printed-heart-scientists-soon.html

The BIG...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_robotics#Projected_robotics_timeline
and the small.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorobot#Approaches

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

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 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

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

Digital Transcendence

http://www.transcendencemovie.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_(2014_film)

People merging into computer programs & machines is both fascinating & horrific.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/12/20/transcendence-trailer, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2527133/Johnny-Depp-undergoes-radical-cyber-transformation-tries-immortal-paranoid-teaser-Transcendence.html

In most cases it's not necessary to make robots appear human.
However, this TV series depicts why a disc, cylinder, sphere, & cube robots aren't always the best shape to interact with people.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/11/almost-human-tv-series.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/12/humans-robotics-and-bionics.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/11/quantum-physics-proves-there-is-after.html

Humans, Robotics and Bionics

Key theme, a more or less intact human head & brain is transferred onto a robotic body.
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/1980-1989/robocop
Thus, this could be considered as bionics, as well as robotics.

Key theme, certain robots are constructed to replicate humans, but with super strength.
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/1980-1989/blade-runner
Some of them don't realize that they are A.I. machines.

In this exciting TV series the robots know that they aren't human.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/11/almost-human-tv-series.html
However, perhaps at some point in the series, there might be one that has been programmed to not really know what it is.

http://www.livescience.com/42171-darpa-robotics-challenge-winner.html ,
http://www.livescience.com/topics/military-spy-tech ,
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/news-as-cyberpunk/rise-of-the-robots

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/12/digital-transcendence.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

Grace Hopper and Computers, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper#Career,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ
Grace Hopper was one of those people that never liked to retire, so she kept on working right through her life.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/09/grace-hopper-google-doodle-cobol-computer-language

In the 1940s & 1950s several people just considered computers to be part electronic adding_machine & part typewriter. However, once digital memory started to expand, computers really took off.

By the late 1950s, TV was starting to become commonplace, along with the telephone some decades earlier. However, most people still had no concept of being able to sit at a desk with something like a TV screen, landline telephone & typewriter.

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33#Interface 1963
As telecommunications gradually evolved through the 1960s to the 1990s many new possibilities opened up. Digital_telephones_and_voice_over_IP

Many consider late 1969 as the birth of the formation of the_Internet.

The word_processor & then the desktop_computer became more popular as the technology improved.
By the early 1990s things were off & running.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#Opening_the_network_to_commerce
By the mid 1990s Internet#Search_engines really started to take off. Especially after 2000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#Mobile_phones_and_the_Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_replacement_computer,
http://www.digitaltrends.com/best-desktop-replacement-laptops,
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Top-10-Desktop-Replacement-Laptops.17035.0.html,
http://www.pcworld.com/product/collection/1659/top-10-power-laptops.html,
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-desktop-replacements
So in this day & age a person can have a pocket computer, otherwise known as a smart phone. A tablet, laptop & desktop for whatever they need to do, it all becomes part of the collection of choices.
http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/desktop-replacement-laptops/desktop-replacement-laptops-more-than-7-pounds

...hackers-are-secretly-redirecting-web-traffic-around-the-world

http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/12/06/while-the-nsa-hacks-your-fibre-hackers-are-secretly-redirecting-web-traffic-around-the-world

Eminem - Rap God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGs_qK2PQA

Rap_God is a fantastic Cyberpunk video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_God#Music_video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Style_and_ethos

Spherical Robots and A.I. Droids

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/IT-O_Interrogator

This spherical_robot isn't a small version of an Orbital_Battle_Station.
A Death Star is intended to be the size of a moon.

However, the spherical+droids can be just as intimidating & menacing as any Death Star.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/DRK-1_Dark_Eye_probe_droid,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Droids

http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/01jun_spheres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotics#History_of_robotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/artificial_intelligence

http://www.aaai.org/home.html

https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-cs188-1x-artificial-579

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/12/humans-robotics-and-bionics.html