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Nodio, the Blockchain-Based WiFi Router – Bitcoin News

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Nodio can combine different Blockchains together in a single solution and create mesh networks to spread the Internet for miles beyond its original coverage, this two features alone make the device stand out. What we like the most is that the future of Nodio doesn’t depend on us alone, but also on people who will invest their skills and creativity to build new solutions based on this remarkable de...
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15-Year Old Kelvin Doe Wows M.I.T.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=108&v=XOLOLrUBRBY 15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus. Kelvin became the you...
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Vanuatu is the first country to accept Bitcoin in exchange for citizenship

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Vanuatu announcing that they will begin accepting Bitcoin in exchange for citizenship. Vanuatu is one of several nations that offers citizenship to foreigners in exchange for making an ‘investment’ in the country. Malta. Cyprus. Saint Kitts & Nevis. Etc. These countries all offer what are known as ‘citizenship by investment’ programs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk8lBLoLmeo ...
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Hyper Sound Technology

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        Woody Norris shows off two of his inventions that use sound in new ways, including the Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD. He talks about his untraditional approach to inventing and education, because, as he puts it: "Almost nothing has been invented yet.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWgxhrbeRCE   How does this work?...See here....
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Big Data Minority Report -Palantir

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The ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=RgJ4yZigi9M   Peter Thiel’s CIA-backed, data-mining firm honed its ‘crime predicting’ techniques against insurgents in Iraq. The same methods are now being sold to police departments. Will they inflame already tense relations between the public and the police...
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The Equitable Internet Initiative

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What is E.I.I? The Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) will accelerate outreach, training and wireless broadband Internet sharing on the neighborhood level in Detroit. The program’s mission is to ensure that more Detroit residents have the ability to leverage online access and digital technology for social and economic development. Their Story DCTP grew out of Allied...
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