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Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Mind Meld Achieved" The Internet was a way to connect computers, and now it can be a way to connect brains. University of Washington researchers have achieved a mind meld in a recent experiment. Does brain-to-brain communication raise the prospect of a brave new world, or a "Matrix"-like nightmare? Just think about it... Or should I say "Mind Meld" it... Find out more by listening to this episode! News Story Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Mysterious Sea Monster?" Speculation continues to surround discovery of mysterious rotting carcass that washed up on a beach in Spain recently. From it's horns, long white body and slithery form, it looks like a mythical beast. The latest in a string of "sea serpent" stories and it has sparked an online buzz recently. There is a long history of "monsters" washing ashore on beaches. Some can be explained, others cannot. The Earth's oceans are vastly deep with much life there yet to be discovered. Who knows what creatures could be lurking below our oceans, just think about it... Want to find out more? Listen to this episode! News Story Link News Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance" The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with researchers working on the project. The Department of Homeland Security tested a crowd-scanning project called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System — or BOSS — last fall after two years of government-financed development. Although the system is not ready for use, researchers say they are making significant advances. It is going to be deployed for use soon and this technology is always billed as anti-terrorism, but then it drifts into other applications. That is the fear behind these kinds of technologies but fear not as you have nothing to hide right? Well then smile you are on camera! Just think about it... Find out more by listening to this episode! News S

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Buried in Space" A San Francisco-based company called Elysium Space pledges to send the cremated remains of clients out into space for $2,000. They are contracting with several commercial space flight companies and plan to send their first satellite into orbit next year from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Eventually the company would like to offer people the ability to scatter their ashes on the moon or send them out into deep space. Some even want their ashes launched into the sun. After all we are all made of star dust, and there might be a few people who wish to go quietly into the night by sending their ashes into space. Many believe death takes us beyond this world, well in this case it literally does. Just think about it... Find out more and listen to this episode! Story Link News Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Google Eye Tracking" While the current incarnation of Google Glass continues to prompt worry and debate as far as privacy concerns go, the company is working behind the scenes on potentially much more disturbing technology, as revealed by a recent patent application. The patent filing describes a “head mounted device”, for example hi-tech glasses, that would have the ability to track eye movement, effectively monitoring reactions to external stimuli, including changes in emotion. The application also states that users would be able to access a “gazing log” that would track everything they had previously looked at, much like a web browser history log. Google’s long term obsession with monitoring users for advertising purposes has seen the company apply to patent all manner of bizarre technologies. Well this particular technology for Google Glass is more than meets the eye, just think about it... Want to find out more? Listen to this episode! News Link P

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Spying Trash Bins" Utilizing Wi-Fi technology within the infrastructure of the now tech-equipped trashcans, new ‘Renew Pods’ spy trashcans have been placed throughout the financial district of London. The trash cans actually go ahead and utilize their internet connectivity to collect information from your smartphones without your permission (or any form of warning). The ‘Renew’ company behind the spy cans says that the Renew Pods track and collect a medley of information. Renew first tested the technology using 12 trash cans in May, but the story didn't get traction until last week when a sudden burst of publicity surrounding the "spy bins" put authorities on the defensive. Want to find out more? Listen to this episode! News Story Link UK Bars Trash Cans Link Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Silicon Valley and the government: It's complicated" The Edward Snowden affair has shined a spotlight on the relationship between Silicon Valley and the federal government. For decades that relationship has been beneficial to both parties, leading to innovation in both the public and private sectors. But these days, things are getting pretty complicated. A lot of the technology we use today was funded by the government. The history of Silicon Valley dates back to the 1930s. In the early days, there wasn't a consumer market for tech. But the military was buying. But back then, silicon chips were used to make satellites that spied on our enemies. The government is still buying in Silicon Valley. Only today, that technology is also being used to keep track of us. Just think about it... Have a listen to this episode to find out more! News Links and Clips. Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "The Sun Will Flip Its Magnetic Field Soon" According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. What are the cosmic and personal implications of this? It is not such a unique phenomenon, as it happens every eleven years. Still, every eleven years, shifts in human consciousness around this period seem to occur like clock work. This is said to happen in about 3-4 months, do you think it will have an impact on human behavior, not just weather and communications? While the mechanism behind the stimulation of human behavior is still a mystery, many are now accepting that humanity is receiving the highest support from the consciousness of the cosmos, allowing us to wake up to our divine connection to each other and the universe. Perhaps the Sun is only assisting in this process, just think about it... Find out more by listening to this episode! News Story Link Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscrib

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "What Your Car Knows About You" If you bought your car in the last few years, chances are it's equipped with a device that records such data as how fast you are driving and whether you're wearing your seat belt. Chances are you don't know it's there. Black boxes aren't just for airplanes anymore. They were first installed by automakers as a way to analyze the performance of their cars if that became necessary, but it didn't take long for crash investigators to see them as a source of information. If you thought police tracking your movements via license plate scanners was creepy, you may want to check your owner's manual to see if your own car has been spying on you. Just think about it... Have a listen to this episode to find out more! News Story Link News Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Mysterious Hums" It creeps in slowly in the dark of night, and once inside, it almost never goes away. It is the mysterious hum that has been heard in various places around the world. But what cause this hum and why do only certain people hear it? have a listen to this episode to find out more!!! News Story and Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Blimp in a Box" The U.S. military has developed a surveillance blimp that fits in a box that can be loaded onto the back of a truck trailer. As its currently configured, JLENS can reach an altitude of 10,000 feet and stay aloft for 30 days at a stretch, and its 360 degree sensor package can scan the air, land, and sea for up to 340 miles. Because of the low cost to deploy the unmanned blimps and the even lower cost of keeping them in the air, the system provides a far more durable and economical means of overhead radar surveillance for a military base or operation. Radar systems on the ground have problems detecting objects beneath a certain height. It’s not just for the military either. It could be used for pipeline monitoring, extra security at the World Cup or even by a police force. It would also be useful in disaster areas, where the normal communications networks are down. The Blimp in a box, It's an ideal watchtower. Just think about it... Find o

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "You Are Being Tracked: License Plate Scanners" Automatic license plate readers, mounted on police cars or on objects like road signs and bridges, use small, high-speed cameras to photograph thousands of plates per minute. The information captured by the readers – including the license plate number, and the date, time, and location of every scan – is being collected and sometimes pooled into regional sharing systems. As a result, enormous databases of innocent motorists’ location information are growing rapidly. This information is often retained for years or even indefinitely, with few or no restrictions to protect privacy rights. In our society, it is a core principle that the government does not invade people’s privacy and collect information about citizens’ innocent activities just in case they do something wrong. Should clear regulations be put in place to keep the government from tracking our movements on such a massive scale? Perhaps your license to

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Vampire' Graves Uncovered in Poland" Archaeologists in Poland believe they've made a startling discovery: a group of vampire graves. The graves contained skeletons whose heads had been severed and placed on their legs. This indicated to the archaeologists that the bodies had been subject to a ritualized execution designed to ensure the dead stayed dead. There's no consensus yet on when the bodies found in Poland were buried. One of the archaeologists on the site, said the skeletons were found with no jewelry, belt buckles, buttons or any other artifacts that might assist in providing a burial date. Find out more by listening to this episode! News Story and Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Iris Scans are the New School ID's" Iris scanners are becoming commonplace. Learning institutions, ranging from universities right down to elementary schools, are adopting the ID technology for use by faculty and students alike. Schools won't be the only place iris scanners are going to start popping up in the near future. Airports and banks are hot on the heels of learning institutions, so we'll all be able to play the iris scan game very soon. And if that's got you a little more worried than excited, you're not alone. Parent groups connected to some of the schools implementing iris scan technology have voiced concerns about not only the scanners themselves, but about where their child's iris data might end up down the line. Whether the fears of iris scanning are founded or not is something best left for the future to tell — but either way, iris scanning is stepping out of the world of sci-fi and into the present and the possibilities are eye opening, ju

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Mind Uploading & Digital Immortality by 2045" In just over 30 years, humans will be able to upload their entire minds to computers and become digitally immortal – an event called singularity – according to a futurist from Google. Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, also claims that the biological parts of our body will be replaced with mechanical parts and this could happen as early as 2100. Kurzweil made the claims during his conference speech at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress in New York recently. The conference talks about how the world will look by 2045. Kurzweil was invited to the conference because he has previously written books around the idea of singularity. Technological singularity is the development of 'superintelligence' brought about through the use of technology. Find out more by listening to this episode! News Story Link Immortality by 2045 Clip link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Whispering Windows" Being in a consumer driven society everyday we are bombarded with advertising. Surely this is nothing new, however what is changing is how those ads are communicated and delivered to us. One example we are highlighting in this episode is from Sky Deutschland and they have developed technology to transfer adverts from train windows directly and silently into commuters' heads. Tired commuters often rest their heads against windows. Suddenly a voice inside their head is talking to them. No one else can hear this message. This is the idea behind a a marketing campaign launched by Sky Deutschland in association with ad agency BBDO Germany. The proposal involves using bone conduction technology, which is used in hearing aids, headphones and Google’s Glass headset, to pass sound to the inner ear via vibrations through the skull. The sound is broadcast from a transmitter which is attached to the train window. Do you consider this an invasion

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Human Head Transplants Now a Reality?" Human head transplants? A Neurosurgeon says ‘we have the technology. An Italian neuroscientist says that human head transplants are possible using currently available medical techniques. And he's setting up a project to prove it. Dr. Sergio Canavero, who works for the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, published his proposal in the medical journal Surgical Neurology International —and he's calling it the "first human head transplantation with spinal linkage. "The greatest technical hurdle to such an endeavor, he says, is the reconnection of the donor's and recipient's spinal cords. He claims advances in cell and nerve engineering mean surgeons can now theoretically fuse a human spinal cord. We've become accustomed to science fiction predicting our future in the way of gadgets, but it now looks like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein may have been just as much of an early look into future of medical science as fictional t

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Wi-Fi Tech Sees Through Walls" The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and other objects. Now we could all have X-ray vision, thanks to researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. They want to create a device that is low-power, portable and simple enough for anyone to use, to give people the ability to see through walls and closed doors. The system, called “Wi-Vi,” is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging. But in contrast to radar and sonar, it transmits a low-power Wi-Fi signal and uses its reflections to track moving humans. It can do so even if the humans are in closed rooms or hiding behind a wall. Find out more by listening to this episode! News Story Link News Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate

Topics covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Doctors baffled by woman who cries BLOOD" Yaritza Oliva was terrified when the strange condition appeared earlier this month.  Ever since, with no warning, the 20-year-old bleeds from her eyes several times a day.  Yaritza visited her doctor but when no evidence of an infection could be found she was sent home with eye drops to help her cope with the pain, which she says is "indescribable". "Goodbye, Miami" You would never know it from looking at Miami today. Rivers of money are flowing in from Latin America, Europe and beyond, new upscale shopping malls are opening, and the skyline is crowded with construction cranes. But the unavoidable truth is that sea levels are rising and Miami is on its way to becoming an American Atlantis. "Surge in 'digital dementia'" Doctors in South Korea are reporting a surge in "digital dementia" among young people who have become so reliant on electronic devices that they can no longer remember everyday details like their p

Topics covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "ASSANGE: We Know Where Edward Snowden Is, But We’re Not Saying Yet" Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, said Monday that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is “healthy and safe.” But Assange would not reveal Snowden’s whereabouts, amid confusion and questions Monday morning about his plans to seek asylum. "Edward Snowden Didn't Show For Flight From Moscow" This weekend NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden left a government safe house in Hong Kong and flew to Moscow, where he then booked a flight to Cuba. "Congress Insisted They NOT be Briefed on NSA Surveillance" Here’s somebody the Obama administration would probably rather have refrain from mounting a vocal public defense of the government surveillance programs. But former vice president Dick Cheney wants Americans to know that the programs were his pet project, the AP reports: Cheney said he was directly involved in setting up the program, run by the Nat