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Sep 6, 2023

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy — a patient’s perspective

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

Recently, we spoke to Shai Efrati MD, Chair of Aviv Clinics’ Medical Advisory Board and Founder and Director of the world-leading Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research, about the longevity and healthspan benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The Aviv Medical Program is designed for individuals experiencing cognitive and physical decline because of a variety of conditions, including stroke, post-COVID and age-related cognitive decline, Aviv also has an increasing number of clients who wish to improve their cognitive and physical performance and increase their healthspan.

One of Aviv’s patients is Patti Finnegan, a senior living in The Villages in Florida, and we sat down with her to find out what HBOT entails for the patient.

Longevity. Technology: At Longevity. Technology, we often cover therapies and treatments that have been developed or launched, discussing the science behind them and the possible results for the patient. What is less common, however, is to hear from the patients themselves – how did they find the experience and has it made a difference? What starts in a test tube or a white board ends up in a person, so it is important to retain a focus on the end user; after all, while patient population data is important, improving outcomes for actual people is the key goal behind longevity science – real people living longer, healthier lives.

Sep 6, 2023

I’ve Got A Big Problem In My Oral Microbiome (Serratia marcescens), But Also A Plan To Reduce It

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health

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Sep 6, 2023

Every One of Bowlus’s Luxe Travel Trailers Now Comes All-Electric

Posted by in category: futurism

You can order an electric version of all the company’s models starting Tuesday.

Sep 6, 2023

The AI market will be worth $600 billion, Nvidia exec says

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

At the Goldman Sachs Communacopia and Tech Conference, tech execs pointed to why AI has rightfully gained so much attention on Wall Street.

Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia and Tech Conference.

According to Das, the total addressable market for AI will consist of $300 billion in chips and systems, $150 billion in generative AI software, and $150 billion in omniverse enterprise software. These figures represent growth over the “long term,” Das said, though he did not specify a target date.

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Sep 6, 2023

Experts alone can’t handle AI — social scientists explain why the public needs a seat at the table

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk, information science, military, robotics/AI

Are democratic societies ready for a future in which AI algorithmically assigns limited supplies of respirators or hospital beds during pandemics? Or one in which AI fuels an arms race between disinformation creation and detection? Or sways court decisions with amicus briefs written to mimic the rhetorical and argumentative styles of Supreme Court justices?

Decades of research show that most democratic societies struggle to hold nuanced debates about new technologies. These discussions need to be informed not only by the best available science but also the numerous ethical, regulatory and social considerations of their use. Difficult dilemmas posed by artificial intelligence are already… More.


Even AI experts are uneasy about how unprepared societies are for moving forward with the technology in a responsible fashion. We study the public and political aspects of emerging science. In 2022, our research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison interviewed almost 2,200 researchers who had published on the topic of AI. Nine in 10 (90.3%) predicted that there will be unintended consequences of AI applications, and three in four (75.9%) did not think that society is prepared for the potential effects of AI applications.

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Sep 6, 2023

Ex-Google executive fears AI will be used to create ‘more lethal pandemics’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

A former Google executive who helped pioneer the company’s foray into artificial intelligence fears the technology will be used to create “more lethal pandemics.”

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and former head of applied AI at Google’s DeepMind, said the use of artificial intelligence will enable humans to access information with potentially deadly consequences.

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Sep 6, 2023

Apple says iPhone and iPad apps will show up on the visionOS App Store from the get-go

Posted by in category: mobile phones

While Apple’s famed Vision Pro headset is not available for purchase, the company is making sure that users get plenty of apps to use when they finally get it. The company said today that iPhone and iPad apps will show up on the visionOS’ App Store on the launch day.

This means developers won’t have to do extra work to port their existing apps. Apple said that this fall, it will release a developer beta version of the visionOS including the App Store.

“By default, your iPad and/or iPhone apps will be published automatically on the App Store on Apple Vision Pro. Most frameworks available in iPadOS and iOS are also included in visionOS, which means nearly all iPad and iPhone apps can run on visionOS, unmodified. Customers will be able to use your apps on visionOS early next year when Apple Vision Pro becomes available,” the company said in a post.

Sep 6, 2023

Universe relic: Huge bubble within a web of galaxies found

Posted by in category: space

University of Hawaiʻi.

To understand this discovery, let’s first lay some groundwork.

Sep 6, 2023

PeLEDs offer to make encryption cheaper and more sustainable

Posted by in categories: computing, encryption, quantum physics, sustainability

Perovskite light-emitting diode is used as the light source for a quantum random number generator used in encryption.

Encryption plays an important role in protecting information in this digital era, and a random number generator plays a vital part in this by providing keys that are used to both encrypt and unlock the information at the receiving end.

Now, a team of researchers has made use of light-emitting diodes made from the crystal-like material perovskite to devise a new type of Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) that can be used for encryption but also for betting and computer simulations.

Sep 6, 2023

US lab sets up new supercomputer to test nuclear stockpile

Posted by in category: supercomputing

It is expected to deliver performance up to eight times faster than its predecessor.

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is in the final stages of setting up a new supercomputer dubbed Crossroads that will allow it to test the US nuclear stockpile without major tests, a press release said. The system has been supplied by Hewlett Packard and installation began in June of this year.

The Department of Energy (DoE) has been tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the US nuclear stockpile can be relied upon if and when it needs to be used. For this purpose, the federal agency does not actually test the warheads but carries out simulations to determine the storage, maintenance, and efficacy of the weapons.