The Ongoing Mission To Teach Drones To Think For Themselves

The popular term “drone,” which conjures images of remote-controlled flying zombies, is becoming less and less descriptive of the latest unmanned aerial vehicles.

 New applications are requiring more autonomy and intelligence from UAVs.

“When people think about drones, they largely think of big military assets that are flying high in the sky where there’s not a whole lot of anything to hit,” says Nick Roy, director of CSAIL’s Robust Robotics Group.

“But there are a lot of applications for smaller scale UAVs working closer to the ground that require more autonomy, such as agricultural monitoring, package delivery, and situational awareness for first responders.”

Teaching UAVs and other robots to think for themselves is RRG’s central mission. “We want UAVs to be able to operate in urban environments, to get useful things done, and interact with people,” says Roy.

 “We want them to become as intelligent as they need to be for the task at hand.”

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China Issues Warning to Washington Confirming It's Been Liquidating U.S. Treasuries

Another busy week on Wall Street. We are learning that among other minor problems, like the Dow

dropping over 1,500 points in a week, that there were a few more mysterious “glitches.”

You remember the previous “glitches” right?

  During one beautiful morning the first week of July, the ALWAYS TRUTHFUL OBAMA ADMINISTRATION said there was a “glitch” on Wall Street, which ended up shutting down trading for several hours, United Airlines had a “glitch” of its own, grounding its entire fleet for several hours, by “sheer coincidence” of course, and then the Wall Street Journal also had a “glitch” that shut down online viewing all morning.

Then, much less often discussed because apparently someone put the kibosh on it, there were a series of SEVERAL THOUSAND POWER OUTAGES that were kept very quiet, and several several subways in New York just HALTED out of nowhere due to a “glitch” too.

Yep, it was a strange morning indeed. Lots of coincidences.

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Virginia Shooting: Videos From Shooter’s Point Of View, Bryce Williams, Aka Vester Lee Flanagan (Video)

We are cultivating mental illness in our society

It should come as no surprise that the rate of mass shootings at schools and in other public places is increasing.

The surge has nothing to do with guns, which have been widely available in the U.S. for years.

Gun control laws have been increasing.

Instead, there is a direct correlation between the increase in violence and the gradual degradation of morals, ethics and parenting.

We are cultivating mental illness in our society.

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Fort Bragg Troops Train for Domestic Emergency: “This Exercise Is About the Home Front”

Ostensibly, and on the surface, they are trained to “help out” with things like natural disasters, floods and hurricanes.

They are “ready” too for chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear hazards.

Slightly below the surface, these Fort Bragg Army engineers are also training — this time in Florida — to assist local authorities in the event of domestic disorder and potential chaos — prepared to quell civil unrest, riots, mass unrest or even the aftermath of terrorist attacks.

Scenarios which could all be really coming to America.

And that’s when the potential for martial law kicks in.

ABC11 out of North Carolina reports:

Early Friday morning, more than 300 20th Engineer Brigade soldiers prepped convoys. Over the next five days they will join more than 400 additional troops in an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise.

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The Russian Media Is Talking About What Is Coming In September, But The U.S. Media Has Been Strangely Silent

Why does the Russian media seem to be far more on the ball than the mainstream media in the United States much of the time?

 Could it be possible that Russian reporters have more freedom to talk about important issues than reporters that work for the major corporate conglomerates in the United States do?

Of course the Russian media is far from perfect.

 They put out pro-Russian propaganda just like the U.S. media puts out pro-American propaganda.

 But I must admit that I often find that Russian news sources are willing to tackle controversial issues that the mainstream media in the United States would not touch with a ten foot pole.

This includes the critical events that are coming up this September.

Even after everything that has been said and written in the alternative media about what is going to happen during September, most Americans are still completely ignorant about the history changing events that are going to take place next month.

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How To Create An Emergency Ammo Can First Aid Kit

When it comes to having a well-stocked first aid kit, I want to be prepared.  I truly do.

Having spent weeks at a time on a boat in the remote waters of British Columbia, I have always understood that a drugstore and medical doctor may not be accessible.  If sick or wounded, I would be on my own.

So why then, were my first aid supplies in such a disorderly mess?

In hindsight, I believe that in spite of having good intentions, it was a lot easier to keep purchasing supplies then to organize them.

It was easy to get something on Amazon then toss it in a drawer or into the  large “first aid” bin I keep in the garage.

The problem with this method is that I never really had a good handle on what I had and what I really would need in an emergency.

I simply kept buying and tossing, buying and tossing.  Sound familiar?

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Flaxseed: Just An Ounce A Day May Extend Your Life

A new study shows flaxseed positively impacts age-associated changes in inflammation, adding to an already extensive list of beneficial health effects linked to its consumption.

A new study published in Experimental Gerontology indicates that consuming about an ounce a day of flaxseed (30 grams) may profoundly benefit elderly subjects, possibly neutralizing age-associated increases in inflammation, by modulating levels of a class of fat derived biomolecules known as oxylipins.

Titled, “Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory oxylipins in older subjects are normalized by flaxseed consumption,”

 Canadian researchers looked at the effects that flaxseed have on oxylipins, a category of physiologically bioactive molecules produced in the body from the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (also known as eicosanoids).

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