View of the Week (Special W-End Edition): On The Possiblities

On the eve of a new week, we wanted to be a bit different as we hope all enjoy this from @Futurism that we normally feature in our "Visions" property:

Hard Science Scientists Claim They Have “Solved the Mystery of How the First Animals Appeared on Earth” Renewable Energy Isn’t Just Cutting Costs, It’s Saving Lives Earth & Energy A 40-Year Old Voyager Spacecraft Can Guide Aliens to Earth Off World New Tech Is Giving Humanity Many Potential Paths to Immortality Enhanced Humans The “Quantum Internet” Is Just a Decade Away. Here’s What You Need to Know. Robots & Machines Everything at This Store is 3D Printed. Even The Food.

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Sci-Fi Visions The Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Of the Year (So Far)

Last Month Tied as the Hottest on Record, According to NASA Earth & Energy NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars” Off World CRISPR Co-Discoverer: “I’ve Never Seen Science Move at the Pace It’s Moving Now” Hard Science The Wireless Charging of Moving Electric Vehicles Just Overcame A Major Hurdle Advanced Transport

A Highly Flexible Robot Can Reach the Unreachable

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Notations On Our World (W-End Edition): On Infrastructure

The World was witness to another one of President Trump's Extra Ordinary News Conferences earlier this week.    This is as he had called a news conference to announce a "streamlined" process to launch the infrastructure initiative.    Our team found it quite timely that the team at Route Fifty published this E-Book that addressed this question which we are pleased to report on :

Infrastructure eBook: Maintaining, Upgrading and Financing Infrastructure Systems Across the Country

Infrastructure at a Crossroads: Where Do We Go From Here?

Infrastructure is much more than roads and bridges. It’s about railways, water pipes, electrical grids, waterways, seaports, airports and plenty of other facilities and systems that we rely on. It’s about digital infrastructure, too—the type of infrastructure that’s necessary to support the maturing and emerging technologies needed to manage smart cities and resilient communities.

This eBook provides a snapshot of the challenges and questions federal, state and local government decision makers are facing when it comes maintaining and upgrading infrastructure, plus figuring out ways to finance it.

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Notations On Our World (Special Friday Edition): Quite A Day......

It has been quite a week for President Trump.   The majority of the Presidents' Council on the Arts resigned en masse today--This is as the President was at Camp David chairing a meeting on Afghanistan after having dismissed Steve Bannon, his Chief Strategist, earlier in the Day.   This tweet from Marc Benioff was telling:

May all the hate in our nation be transformed into love. pic.twitter.com/5IiJM7G33y

— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) August 18, 2017

This is as Mr Bannon has said that as he leaves the White House, he is going to war for Trump against Trump opponents.

Never a Dull moment....as we pay tribute to Barcelona Tonight with this that Daily Mail Captured so beautifully: