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06
Mar

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

March 6, 2021,
Source:  https://breakingdefense.com/2021/03/afrls-golden-horde-to-test-swarming-munitions-in-digital-colosseum/ The new simulation environment will use ‘digital twins’ to rapidly test and iterate “collaborative autonomous networked technologies,” AFRL explains. By THERESA HITCHENS on March 05, 2021 WASHINGTON: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is shifting the focus of its Golden Horde program from testing its own swarming weapons to developing a digital environment, nicknamed Colosseum, to...
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06
Mar

How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you

March 6, 2021
Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change. Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/05/1020376/resist-big-tech-surveillance-data/ by Karen Hao, March 5, 2021 Every day, your life leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs that tech giants use to track you. You send an email, order some food, stream a show. They get back valuable packets of...
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04
Mar

Europe moves towards 6G

March 4, 2021
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/blogposts/europe-moves-towards-6g BLOG POST BY PETER STUCKMANN 4 March 2021 Peter Stuckmann is currently managing the Commission’s policy on 5G communication systems and the related research and innovation programme. The Commission has adopted a legislative proposal for the upcoming European partnership on Smart Networks and Services (SNS) towards 6G. Extract From 5G to 6G 5G...
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01
Mar

Robots in schools: new teaching methods on the horizon?

March 1, 2021
Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/robots-in-schools–new-teaching-methods-on-the-horizon-/46410282 The pandemic is forcing us to rethink everything, even how we teach. What if robots are the future of education? This content was published on March 1, 2021 – 15:39 Sara Ibrahim Christian Raaflaub Thymio, Lexi, Elias, Pepper, Nao, Anastasia, Kaspar: they could be your child’s new classmates. They are diligent but not competitive, they...
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28
Feb

EMFSA February 2021 Newsletter

February 28, 2021
Image Credit: Coline Haslé at Unsplash.com Topics •5G/Skin •ICNIRP •Brain hemorrhage And more at https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/news To receive our monthly newsletter: https://www.emfsa.co.za/newsletter/ For enquiries: https://www.emfsa.co.za/contact/ To join our free educational webinars, contact us at the above link. Apart from our other services, we offer online consultations. For the Safer Use of Technology
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27
Feb

‘I have been appointed to insult common sense’

February 27, 2021
Image credit: Alexa Lech Article Source: https://www.advalvas.vu.nl/verhalen/ik-ben-aangesteld-om-het-gezonde-verstand-te-beledigen (Auto- translated from Dutch) James Lech is a scientific jack of all trades. He understands physics, medicine, biology and likes to study law. He developed a health program that will soon be tested by the police. And maybe there will be a Netflix series about Lech’s work. BY WELMOED VISSER, February 17, 2021...
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27
Feb

China and global telecommunication standards

February 27, 2021
Image credit: Carlos de Souza, Unsplash.com China Standards 2035 Chinese government is working towards a standards master plan — China Standards 2035, a blueprint for China’s government bodies and leading technology companies to set global standards for emerging technologies like 5G internet, IoT, artificial intelligence, e-commerce traceability, smart and green manufacturing, and clean energy, among...
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26
Feb

Differences in legal interpretation of Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School District ( Wi-Fi sickness/disability)

February 26, 2021
Is the Appellate Court ruling misinterpreted? The full verdict is accessible from this link Opinion 1: California Appellate Court DID NOT rule about Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) as a disability. The case is far from over, and nothing’s been proven yet. As Judge Wiley who concurred on the ruling stated: “I worry about giving any sort of...
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25
Feb

Wireless Technologies and the Risk of Adverse Health Effects in Society: A Retrospective Ethical Risk Analysis of Health and Safety Guidelines

February 25, 2021
Professor Tom Butler, University of Cork (An extended working paper) AbstractDigital wireless technologies increasingly employ radiofrequency non-ionizing radiation (NIR/RFR) for wireless communication. Early wireless technology innovation focused on military, aviation, and telecommunication applications, such as radar and microwave communications. However, the 1980s saw the rollout of commercial consumer-oriented wireless cellular telecommunications systems. While concerns on...
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