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Aug 25, 2023

What If We Became Cyborgs?

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, evolution, life extension

How would it feel to control objects with your mind? Or hear colors? Or maybe even live forever? Well, if you want to find out, all you have to do is become a cyborg. How would being part machine affect us? Would it cause a greater divide between the rich and the poor? And is this the next step in human evolution?

Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-we-become-cyborgs/

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Aug 25, 2023

Transhumanism: Will Humans Become Cyborgs?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, life extension, transhumanism

Transhumanism — advocates strongly for humans to develop and make widely available sophisticated technologies that enhance human physiology and intellect greatly. In layman’s terms, transhumanists would like for human beings to become cyborgs; cybernetic organisms.

As such, transhumanist concepts feature greatly in science fiction. Cyborgs are commonly seen in all forms of science fiction media…

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Aug 25, 2023

The Human Longevity Film

Posted by in categories: innovation, life extension

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Aug 25, 2023

Researchers make breakthrough in functional human tissue 3D printing

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, bioengineering, biotech/medical

Nominations are now open for the 3D Printing Industry Awards 2023. Who are the leaders in 3D printing? Find out on November 30th when the winners across twenty categories will be announced during a London-based live awards ceremony.

A team of scientists from the University of Sydney and the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at Westmead have leveraged 3D photolithographic printing to fabricate functional human tissues that accurately mimic an organ’s architecture.

The researchers utilized bioengineering and cell culture techniques to instruct stem cells derived from blood cells and skin cells to become specialized. These specialized cells can then form organ-like structures.

Aug 25, 2023

Like Super Enzymes — Chemists Develop Synthetic Catalysts To Break Down Biomass

Posted by in category: futurism

On a drizzly afternoon, Yan Zhao pointed to the trees visible from his campus window.

As a chemistry professor at Iowa State University, he is pioneering the creation of novel synthetic catalysts that break down cellulose, the plant fibers responsible for the trees’ height and strength.

“Cellulose is built to last – a tree doesn’t just disappear after rain,” Zhao said. “Cellulose is a huge challenge to break down.”

Aug 25, 2023

Doctors, Researchers Work Hard to Improve Crohn’s Disease Treatments

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Learn how Crohn’s disease treatment and long-term outlook have improved over the past few decades.

Aug 25, 2023

A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Stimulating the brain with electricity has been used for 30 years to treat Parkinson’s disease. Now, researchers are testing whether it could help restore hand and arm motion.

Aug 25, 2023

Quantum And The Ultimate Weapon Inside The SBOM

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, encryption, government, internet, law enforcement, quantum physics

• Encryption and segmentation: These operate on the assumption some fraction of the network is already compromised. Restricting the reach and utility of any captured data and accessible networks will mitigate the damage even on breached systems.

• SBOM documentation: Regulatory compliance can be driven by industry organizations and the government, but it will take time to establish standards. SBOM documentation is an essential foundation for best practices.

If “democracy dies in darkness,” and that includes lies of omission in reporting, then cybersecurity suffers the same fate with backdoors. The corollary is “don’t roll your own crypto” even if well-intentioned. The arguments for weakening encryption to make law enforcement easier falls demonstrably flat, with TETRA just the latest example. Secrets rarely stay that way forever, and sensitive data is more remotely accessible than at any time in history. Privacy and global security affect us all, and the existence of these single points of failure in our cybersecurity efforts are unsustainable and will have unforeseeable consequences. We need to innovate and evolve the internet away from this model to have durable security assurances.

Aug 25, 2023

History of transplant breakthroughs: from hearts to hands … and heads?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

After surgeons perform first womb transplant in UK, we look at other major advances through the years.

Aug 25, 2023

Novel approach uses machine learning for quick and easy rheumatic disease diagnosis

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

In a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, researchers evaluated fluorescence optical imaging (FOI) as a method to accurately and rapidly diagnose rheumatic diseases of the hands.

They used machine learning algorithms to identify the minimum number of FOI features to differentiate between osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and connective tissue disease (CTD). Of the 20 features identified as associated with the conditions, results indicate that reduced sets of features between five and 15 in number were sufficient to diagnose each of the diseases under study accurately.