Human AI; Apple's Bubble; Christian Hate Speech; Employing Stay-at-Home Moms; Virtual Ads; Projected Reality; Japan Wants the Bomb; and Russia's Marching

Brain

Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI theverge

The company, which is still in the earliest stages of existence and has no public presence whatsoever, is centered on creating devices that can be implanted in the human brain, with the eventual purpose of helping human beings merge with software and keep pace with advancements in artificial intelligence. These enhancements could improve memory or allow for more direct interfacing with computing devices.

Society

Apple will not tolerate harassment at its developer conference this year qz

All attendees have the right to a safe and welcoming environment regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other attributes. In addition to treating others respectfully, please do not bring items with disrespectful, malicious, or sexually-oriented writing, images, or audio to the conference.

Rollins College Suspends Student After He Challenged Radical Muslim Hate Speech centralfloridapost

Not even a year after Radical Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen killed 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, Rollins College officials are punishing a Christian Conservative student who challenged a liberal Muslim professor and radicalized Muslim student during a conversation on the application of Sharia Law.

Mums are economy’s greatest untapped resource, and we need to fix that news.au

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found the employment rate of women aged 25-54 years was in the lower third of OECD countries at 72.5 per cent. Australia’s employment rate of single mothers, 50.8 per cent was among the lowest in the developed world, with only Ireland and Turkey doing worse.

Stay-at-home mothers were singled out as the “greatest untapped potential” for Australia’s workforce and were creating “potentially large losses to the economy”, as were mums who worked part time.

Augmented Reality

Virtual posters may one day take over Hong Kong skyscrapers with augmented reality technology scmp

British company Lightvert lightvert.co.uk is currently developing a type of large-scale outdoor advertising technology which does not require a billboard or an LCD television set. The advertisement will not be attached to a building at all, but will be projected through lasers in the air, appearing in such a way that a “virtual” poster is created momentarily. A narrow strip of reflective material will be fixed to the side of the building and a high-speed light scanner will project light off a reflector and towards the viewer.

“We have already produced six working prototypes. The technology allows us to produce images up to 200 metres tall, in theory, and we have already produced images up to 30 metres tall. It also allows us to mount our technology in locations that traditional screen technology cannot access.”

'Create Magic in Seconds' with Lightform's New Computer Made to Project Augmented Reality augmented.reality.news v

Lightform might just be the thing to have at your next party. The San Francisco-based company just created the first computer ever able to connect to a projector and instantly scan 3D scenes to mix reality with projected light.

Ok...this is annoyingly-trendy-useless-tech, but the video of it in action is pretty (trippy) cool.

Japan

Japanese Politicians Want the Ability to Bomb North Korea First Before Being 'Destroyed' newsweek

In response to militant rhetoric from North Korea, a group of influential Japanese legislators has announced a public campaign to end the World War II-era restrictions, imposed on Tokyo by the U.S., that prevent Japan from initiating military action. The post-war scheme tasked the U.S. with defending Japan from foreign attack but Japanese politicians including ruling Liberal Democratic Party head Hiroshi Imazu and former defense chief Gen Nakatani have said that Japan deserves the right to defend its own interests and should acquire the means to do so.

Russia

Russians Take To The Streets In Nationwide Anti-Government Protests npr.org

In Moscow, police arrested hundreds of demonstrators, including prominent Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, Alexei Navalny, who orchestrated the uprising. On Monday, officials announced that Navalny will serve a 15-day jail term, saying that he disobeyed police.

Others...

A Super Slow Mo Rocket Launch Reveals a Spectacular Fireworks Show sploid.gizmodo v

Alone in the Wild for a Year, TV Contestants Learn Their Show Was Canceled nytimes