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David Sinclair — ONE PILL

A VERY interesting 6 minutes. People tests? One pill? Next Gen? Hurry, I’m 52! There is an ongoing idea that it will take several kinds of treatments, but many years ago I recall Cynthia Kenyan talking about how some research shows it might come down to a pill.

David Sinclair shares the latest incredible research they are doing.

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This interview is conducted by Wisdom 2.0 Founder, Soren Gordhamer and Dr. Elissa Epel.

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Robots & Warfare

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Robots play an ever greater role in every aspect of our lives, including the battlefield, but what will their role be in the wars of the future?

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Episode 403a, July 16, 2023
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Washington University surgeons perform first-ever robotic liver transplant in the US

“The transplant was a success: The operation went smoothly, the new liver started working right away, and the patient recovered without any surgical complications.”

Doctors in the United States have successfully performed a robotic liver transplant procedure, marking a significant advancement in the field of medical surgery.

In May 2023, the inaugural transplantation of this kind was carried out by a surgical team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The significant procedure occurred at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

This autonomous robot rolls to its destination and flies over obstacles

It can go into extremely tricky spaces and stop humans from putting their lives in danger.

A student-founded startup, Revolute Robotics, from Arizona has built the Hybrid Mobility Robot (HMR) – a fully autonomous bot that can roll to its destination and even fly over obstacles in its path. If the concept sounds interesting, just wait till you see it in action. It’s mesmerizing.

Autonomous bots come in all shapes and sizes. Some can fly, some use wheels, and some even walk on two legs. They are usually designed with a specific application in mind and equipped with tools to get it done. However, mixing modes of movement is a complex game and the startup seems to have cracked the puzzle quite well.

Will AI make MC the MVP of particle physics?

Originally developed nearly a century ago by physicists studying neutron diffusion, Monte Carlo simulations are mathematical models that use random numbers to simulate different kinds of events. As a simple example of how they work, imagine you have a pair of six-sided dice, and you’d like to determine the probability of the dice landing on any given number.

“You take your dice, and you repeat the same exercise of throwing them on the table, and you look at the outcome,” says Susanna Guatelli, associate professor of physics at the University of Wollongong in Australia.

By repeating the dice-throwing experiment and recording the number of times your dice land on each number, you can build a “probability distribution”—a list giving you the likelihood your dice will land on each possible outcome.

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