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Anticipating “Insider Threats”
Can treason be predicted? A team of scientists from Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, and other institutions has launched a two-year, $9 million project to find out.
Principal investigator David A. Bader and his colleagues are looking to extrapolate meaningful patterns from very large (zetabyte) data sets--including the e-mails, text messages, and file transfers--of individuals in operational environments. The team will use machine learning, anomaly detection algorithms, and other tools in hope of revealing the likelihood of a soldier or government employee turning into an “insider threat.“
“Our goal is to develop a system that will provide analysts for the first time a very short, ranked list of unexplained events that should be further investigated,” said Bader.
The project is being supported by the Defense Advanced Project's Research Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research Office.
Source: Georgia Tech
Instant Information Helps Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices
U.S. food and beverage manufacturers are required to put standardized ingredients labels on their products. But this information may not be complete for consumers with specific concerns about the contents, such as additives like preservatives and food coloring. Enter Fooducate, a year-old start up that seeks to guide shoppers through the minefield that is the typical American grocery.
Fooducate’s app allows the consumer to scan bar codes on the food packages to get detailed analysis of the contents, along with recommendations for alternatives based on what other shoppers have chosen instead.
“Users have submitted more than 250,000 products and updates to the Fooducate database, which is the most comprehensive and current nutrition data source in the U.S. today, “ claims Fooducate.
Source: Fooducate.com.
Thank you to Tech Cocktail for the story tip!
Forecasting Asia's Growing Pains
Asia’s growth will strain the resources of the entire globe by mid-century, according to Charles Morrison, president of the East-West Center. Morrison told business leaders at an Asia-Pacific Business Symposium that, by 2050, Asia will own more than half the world’s automobiles and more than half of global GDP.
With all the development come vulnerabilities. Asia’s most rapidly growing cities will be more susceptible to natural and human-made disasters, Morrison warned. Also, large human and animal populations living close together raises the risks of new disease pandemics.
Meanwhile, by 2050, 40% of Japan’s population will be over 60 years old, and less than 9% will be younger than 15, creating a future demographic disaster as fewer young people will be able to support their elders. And environmentally, water scarcities already afflict parts of Asia due to increased farm and livestock production.
“There are uncertainties about how to handle the enormous challenges Asian countries face,“ said Morrison, who called for more dialogue among the region’s nations.
Source: The East West Center
Microinsuring the Future for Ethiopian Farmers
A relatively new area of aid similar to microlending schemes focuses on helping the world’s poor protect themselves against natural disasters.
One such microinsurance program, called HARITA (Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation), allows farmers in Ethiopia to protect their crops against losses due to changes in the weather. The program tracks weather indexes and issues payouts automatically, relieving the farmers of bureaucratic burdens.
HARITA is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and Swiss Re. Since it was launched in 2009, the program has grown to cover 13,000 households in 400 villages.
Source: Earth Institute, Columbia University
For more on microinsurance, see Microinsurance for Megadisasters, World Trends & Forecasts, THE FUTURIST, May-June 2007.
Inventors Wanted
Do you have an invention or startup that will change the world? The World Future Society has issued a call for inventions and innovations from breakthrough startups, who will compete in the second annual Futurists:BetaLaunch expo in Toronto next July.
Futurists:BetaLaunch (F:BL) serves as a technology expo where engineers, designers, and others can present their inventions to the 1,000 futurists expected to gather for the Society’s annual conference. Also in attendance will be venture capitalists such as Moon Express founder Naveen Jain and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
All inventors selected to present their inventions at F:BL will receive a complimentary registration to the WorldFuture 2012 conference ($750 value). The deadline for entry is March 15, 2012.
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