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Patrick Meier: Low-UAV for Post-Disaster Assessment — An Alternative to Government Imagery Intelligence That Is Neither Capable Nor Responsive…

Low-Cost UAV Applications for Post-Disaster Assessments: A Streamlined Workflow Colleagues Matthew Cua, Charles Devaney and others recently co-authored this excellent study on their latest use of low-cost UAVs/drones for post-disaster assessments, environmental development and infrastructure development. They describe the “streamlined workflow—flight planning and data acquisition, post-processing, data delivery and collaborative sharing,” that they created “to deliver acquired images and orthorectified …

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Jean Lievens: BitCoin Basics – Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO), Distributed Anonymous Computing, Embedded Time-Stamped Contracts, and the Elimination of Bankers AND Lawyers?

Bitcoin’s blockchain could revolutionize more than just how we do business Gordon Fletcher The Conversation, 01 Oct 2014 EXTRACTS Cryptocurrencies are novel as they are only possible because of the ready availability of high-speed computing and networks. They are a challenge to today’s currencies because of their decentralised nature, taking them out of national governments’ …

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Yoda: Neil Irwin in NYT Gets Its Right – Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites — Robert Steele Comments + Book Review RECAP

At last, NYT gets something right. Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites Neil Irwin New York Times, 18 September 2014 When you get past the details of the Scottish independence referendum Thursday, there is a broader story underway, one that is also playing out in other advanced nations. It is a …

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2014-09-13 INTERVIEW Robert Steele with Pierre Cloutier Québec – plaidoyer pour une nation intelligente

Les grandes entrevue de Vigile : Robert Steele Québec : plaidoyer pour une nation intelligente Le Québec pourrait servir de modèle pour le monde entier Pierre Cloutier Tribune libre de Vigile samedi 13 septembre Robert David Steele Vivas est un vrai patriote américain. Ancien marine, ancien agent de la CIA en Amérique du Sud et ailleurs, co-fondateur du …

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