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Own your Identity with BitShares

"Inspired by the protocols behind Bitcoin, we are developing technologies that will help you take control over your identity, finances, and communication while eliminating most any form of identity theft. Invictus Innovations has combined the technologies of Bitcoin, BitMessage, Namecoin, with several new methods to bring the benefits of encryption to the masses. Apple introduced the Macintosh in 1984 with the promise of showing us why 1984 won’t be like ‘1984’. This message has remained close to the heart of Invictus Innovations; we intend to fulfill the promise Apple made thirty years ago." Continue reading →

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Own your Identity with BitShares

"Inspired by the protocols behind Bitcoin, we are developing technologies that will help you take control over your identity, finances, and communication while eliminating most any form of identity theft. Invictus Innovations has combined the technologies of Bitcoin, BitMessage, Namecoin, with several new methods to bring the benefits of encryption to the masses. Apple introduced the Macintosh in 1984 with the promise of showing us why 1984 won’t be like ‘1984’. This message has remained close to the heart of Invictus Innovations; we intend to fulfill the promise Apple made thirty years ago." Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi used in new Bitcoin-operated pool table

"Games room specialist Liberty Games has created a bitcoin-operated pool table that runs on Raspberry Pi. Next to the table’s traditional coin slot, there is a QR code and an LCD screen, which displays the price per play in bitcoins. Users simply scan the QR code and send the displayed amount to the owner’s bitcoin wallet address. The machine then automatically tips the balls out – they don’t have to be manually released. The company, which ships worldwide, is now looking at adding bitcoin payment options to a number of its other products, which include jukeboxes and pinball machines. Next on the list, though, is an arcade machine." Continue reading →

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News junkie’s open-source project links Bitcoin with publishers

"Charging one-off fees for news stories is a hassle: users don't want to create an account and enter their credit card details for a single news story. It's easier just to move on. Bitmonet leverages Bitcoin's strength as a digital substitute for cash. In a demonstration on Bitmonet's website, clicking on a story brings up a pop-up window offering a news story for US$0.10, a one-hour pass for $0.15 or a day-long pass for $0.20. The one-hour pass costs 0.0012 of a Bitcoin. Clicking the 'Pay with Bitcoin' button launches Bitcoin wallet software on a person's computer. The transaction is painless: users don't have to enter their financial details or create an account with the publisher." Continue reading →

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News junkie’s open-source project links Bitcoin with publishers

"Charging one-off fees for news stories is a hassle: users don't want to create an account and enter their credit card details for a single news story. It's easier just to move on. Bitmonet leverages Bitcoin's strength as a digital substitute for cash. In a demonstration on Bitmonet's website, clicking on a story brings up a pop-up window offering a news story for US$0.10, a one-hour pass for $0.15 or a day-long pass for $0.20. The one-hour pass costs 0.0012 of a Bitcoin. Clicking the 'Pay with Bitcoin' button launches Bitcoin wallet software on a person's computer. The transaction is painless: users don't have to enter their financial details or create an account with the publisher." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingNews junkie’s open-source project links Bitcoin with publishers

News junkie’s open-source project links Bitcoin with publishers

"Charging one-off fees for news stories is a hassle: users don't want to create an account and enter their credit card details for a single news story. It's easier just to move on. Bitmonet leverages Bitcoin's strength as a digital substitute for cash. In a demonstration on Bitmonet's website, clicking on a story brings up a pop-up window offering a news story for US$0.10, a one-hour pass for $0.15 or a day-long pass for $0.20. The one-hour pass costs 0.0012 of a Bitcoin. Clicking the 'Pay with Bitcoin' button launches Bitcoin wallet software on a person's computer. The transaction is painless: users don't have to enter their financial details or create an account with the publisher." Continue reading →

Continue ReadingNews junkie’s open-source project links Bitcoin with publishers

News junkie’s open-source project links Bitcoin with publishers

"Charging one-off fees for news stories is a hassle: users don't want to create an account and enter their credit card details for a single news story. It's easier just to move on. Bitmonet leverages Bitcoin's strength as a digital substitute for cash. In a demonstration on Bitmonet's website, clicking on a story brings up a pop-up window offering a news story for US$0.10, a one-hour pass for $0.15 or a day-long pass for $0.20. The one-hour pass costs 0.0012 of a Bitcoin. Clicking the 'Pay with Bitcoin' button launches Bitcoin wallet software on a person's computer. The transaction is painless: users don't have to enter their financial details or create an account with the publisher." Continue reading →

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Kenya: Are Bitcoins the Future of Mobile Money?

"Ever since Safaricom, Kenya's largest mobile-network operator, launched the mobile-payment system M-Pesa in 2007, some two-thirds of Kenya's adult population have subscribed, and an astonishing 31% of the country's GDP is now spent through mobile phones. Kenya has been at the forefront of popular technological innovation for the past 5 years, and now there are indications that the country could usher in a new era of mobile banking. On 1 July, a company called Kipochi launched a new 'digital wallet' service that allows Kenyans to not only send and receive money domestically but, using the online peer-to-peer currency Bitcoins, transfer it internationally." Continue reading →

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Tech-savvy Vietnamese coffee farmers brew global takeover

"From high-tech Israeli irrigation systems to text message updates of global prices for the commodity, coffee farming in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has come a long way since the French first introduced the bean over a century ago. By texting 'CA' to the number 8288 from any Vietnamese mobile phone, farmers almost instantly receive a message with the London prices of Robusta coffee beans and the New York price of Arabica beans. In 20 years, Vietnam went from contributing less than 0.1 per cent of world production in 1980 to some 13 per cent in 2000 – staggering growth that has been partially blamed for the collapse of global coffee prices in the 1990s. There is no tax on coffee exports." Continue reading →

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Bionic Commandos from the Warrior Web

"In 2011, DARPA started the Warrior Web program in order to develop a soft, lightweight undersuit that would augment physical capabilities. This suit would relieve mental strains that obstruct a soldier’s ability to execute missions. Ninety percent of the U.S. Army could be wearing these high-tech suits one-three years from now. DARPA is not alone in their ambition to produce a human augmentation suit. NASA is working on their own suit with several partners, which could give us a good idea of what human augmentation suits will be like further out in the future. Their suit could give astronauts superhuman strength on major space missions to an asteroid or Mars." Continue reading →

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