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Jan 13, 2018
Ash Eruption From Philippines Volcano Triggers Evacuation
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, business, education, health
Jan 13, 2018
Toyota has unveiled a crazy self-driving vehicle
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, robotics/AI, transportation
Toyota revealed a self-driving concept vehicle, the e-Palette, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Monday.
The electric, box-shaped vehicle will come in three sizes. The largest will be around the size of a bus and be able to haul freight and make large deliveries, while the smallest will be compact enough to travel on sidewalks. Toyota envisions the e-Palette will serve a variety of potential uses, allowing businesses to deliver goods, transport people, or use the vehicle as a mobile storefront or office.
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Jan 11, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Power of Attorney Show — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, business, chemistry, DNA, finance, genetics, health, life extension, science
Jan 11, 2018
Playboy — DNA To Find The One — Bioquark Commentary
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: biological, biotech/medical, business, DNA, finance, genetics, health, philosophy, science, sex
Jan 9, 2018
Want faster data and a cleaner planet? Start mining asteroids
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: business, economics, habitats, space
Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real. This should not be surprising: compared with the breathtaking bridges that engineers build on Earth, asteroid-mining is a simple, small-scale operation requiring only modest technological advances. If anything is lacking, it is the imagination to see how plausible it has become. I am afraid only that it might not arrive soon enough to address the urgent resource challenges that the world is facing right now.
As an academic researcher, I work with several asteroid -mining companies to address that urgency. I depend on their funding, so there are trade secrets I cannot share. However, I can reveal the core reasons why I am optimistic about the business case for asteroid-mining, and what it will mean for our future.
Many people are skeptical of asteroid-mining because they imagine that the goal is to bring platinum back for sale in Earth’s metals market. Reporters repeatedly cite an irresistible statistic that the platinum in an asteroid can be worth trillions of US dollars, but anyone with an understanding of economics realises that bringing home a huge stash of precious metal would crash the market, reducing the valuation of the asteroid.
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Jan 9, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Ira Pastor — Humans 2.0 Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, business, cryonics, DNA, health, life extension, singularity, transhumanism
Jan 8, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — At The End of the Day Show
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, cosmology, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, transhumanism
Jan 3, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Bringing Inspiration To Earth Show
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, life extension, posthumanism, transhumanism
Jan 2, 2018
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 2018 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Posted by Mark Larkento in categories: business, food, sex, sustainability
Has anyone used the app?
The Department of Labor has released an innovative, business-focused mobile app that supports private-sector efforts to eradicate forced labor from global supply chains.
During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we recommit ourselves to eradicating the evil of enslavement. Human trafficking is a modern form of the oldest and most barbaric type of exploitation. It has no place in our world. This month we do not simply reflect on this appalling reality. We also pledge to do all in our power to end the horrific practice of human trafficking that plagues innocent victims around the world.
