Brain control your drone

http://www.cnet.com/news/racing-drones-using-mind-brain-drone-race-tomorrow-daily-354/

 

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Is this a useful way to spend your time?
How does this technology work?

What kind of sensors are they using?
Is it very processor intensive?

Where Google stores all its data.

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/streetview/
















Google has data centers all over the world.
There are many other large volume data centers.
https://storageservers.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/facts-and-stats-of-worlds-largest-data-centers/

https://www.cirrusinsight.com/blog/how-much-data-does-google-store
"So if someone stops you in the street and asks about Google’s storage capacity, hopefully now you’ll have an answer. You can either tell them it’s somewhere in between 10-15 exabytes, or you can tell them to look up and imagine punch cards for 3 miles."

What is the cloud?
How big is it? What is an exabyte?
Who owns it?
Who has data on the cloud?

Controlling drones near airports

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36100865



The US is considering disabling drones near airports

Do you think that this is necessary?
How could they do that?

Innovative output device - your hand!

http://www.livescience.com/54440-ultrathin-e-skin-turns-hand-into-electronic-display.html



Developers are creating displays that are so thin they can be attached to skin.

Can you think of applications for such displays?
What kind of materials have made this possible?

Are Drones Dangerous?

Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36067591

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/how-dangerous-are-drones-researchers-aalbord-university-simulate-risk-humans-527360

What hazards are posed by drones?

What can be done about this?

Should there be a licence to fly a drone? 

Look also at this article on Rules for Drones in the U.K.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36072039

Mind Control Moves On

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36015248 
article 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60fAjaRfwnU
Longer video


This is a big step forward for doctors and patients using the mind to control muscles when the nervous system is damaged.

• What are the inputs to this system?
• What are the outputs?
• How does the system recognise what movements are required?
• Is this the best way forward for patients with such damage? What are the alternatives?
• What are the present limitations of such an approach?
• How can present limitations be overcome?

Python resources and links

• www.learnpython.org/

An interactive tutorial

• http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/intro/learning/

This site has many, many great links

Who will watch your operation?

 
http://www.techradar.com/news/wearables/world-s-first-virtual-reality-operation-will-happen-this-week-and-you-can-watch-1318817 

Would you let anyone watch your operation? 
Would you let medical students watch?
Who would benefit from this?
Could there be any advantages to patients?


 

The Robots are Coming

http://www.albanydailystar.com/science/boston-dynamics-revealed-its-last-humanoid-robot-atlas-antioch-daily-science-17040.html



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1H70aQc7U&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2yT-AL1V8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpzIQt6l4xY&nohtml5=False

Will robots rule the world?
What are the limitations of robots at the moment?
What are the advantages of robots such as Atlas?

Some lessons in pyschology from the worlds smartest building

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35746647
This building in Amsterdam has more smart hi tech features than any other, but some of the features have not proved popular.

What are the more successful features?
Why have some of the features not been used?
Should all buildings have such features in the future?
What features could we adopt here?

Whatsapp adds end-to-end encryption

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35969739

• What is end-to-end encryption?
• How does it differ from encoding?
• How does encryption work?
• Could it be cracked?
• Could criminals or terrorists use it? 
• Could this affect government agencies that are trying to counter terrorism e.g. the CIA?

Panama Papers: Leak firm Mossack Fonseca 'victim of hack'

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35975503



As the Panama Papers claim their first victim the Panama law firm now claims its emails were hacked.
Which is a better position for this company? To claim to be a victim of a hack or to have an inside informer? 
 How woud this affect the company's image?

Massive data leaks of hidden financial deals in Panama blamed on Hackers

http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-leakage/26293/panama-papers-leaked-through-server-hack-1

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/email-server-hack-behind-panamanian-law-firm-leaks/article/487251/

Although the initial reports said that there was an internal whisleblower, the huge data leak has now been blamed on hackers.

Do you think that this is true?
Why might the company say this if it is not true?
Who might be worried about this leak?
What action do you think will be taken and by whom?