Archive for the ‘transhumanism’ category: Page 52
Apr 9, 2019
Nanobionic plants could detect chemicals or grow on Mars
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cyborgs, nanotechnology, space, transhumanism
Plants are naturally amazing little machines – so giving them a bionic leg-up could unlock a whole new range of abilities. Now a team of researchers from the University of Melbourne has developed a new way to turn plants into nanomaterial factories, which could allow them to act as chemical sensors or even allow them to survive in harsh environments, such as in space or on Mars.
Apr 5, 2019
Can human mortality be hacked?
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, life extension, nanotechnology, robotics/AI, transhumanism
A fringe group of scientists and tech moguls think they’re closing in on the fountain of youth. Here’s everything you need to know:
What is biohacking? Silicon Valley is built on the idea that technology can optimize, or “hack,” any aspect of our lives — so why not the human life span? Until recently, anyone hawking pills or treatments that promised to restore youthfulness was considered a quack, yet a growing number of “transhumanists” are convinced that, in time, human beings can be transformed through bioengineering, and that aging will be curable just like any other malady.
In light of rapid gains in gene editing, nanotechnology, and robotics, some futurists expect this generation’s biohackers to double their life spans. Aubrey de Grey, a regenerative medicine researcher backed by tech mogul Peter Thiel, insists that someone alive today will live to be 1,000. “It’s extraordinary to me that it’s such an incendiary claim,” de Grey says. Korean physician and financier Joon Yun has offered two $500,000 prizes to anyone who can restore a test animal’s youthful heart rate and extend its lifespan by 50 percent. For humans, the mortality rate at age 20 is 0.001 percent, Yun figures, “so if you could maintain the homeostatic capacity of that age throughout your life, your average life span would be 1,000.”
Mar 31, 2019
Alita: Battle Angel And Open Bionics Team Up For Tilly
Posted by Tracy R. Atkins in categories: cyborgs, transhumanism
Mar 29, 2019
Dr. Peter de Keizer — Cleara Biotech BV — Senolytics — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Tags: aging, bioquark, biotech, cancer, cleara, health, healthspan, ira pastor, lifespan, regenerage, regeneration, research, science, senolytics, wellness
Mar 28, 2019
Some of my thoughts on the Kavanaugh hearings, sexual assault, and technology: #transhumanism #MeToo
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: neuroscience, transhumanism
Some of my thoughts on the Kavanaugh hearings, sexual assault, and technology: https://mavenroundtable.io/…/brain-implants-would-end-most…/ #transhumanism #MeToo
A brain implant that registers trauma could help prevent rape and violent crime — so why don’t we have it yet?
Mar 28, 2019
US Presidential hopeful plans to ABOLISH DEATH using technology — ‘We can live to 10,000’
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, transhumanism
Here’s a new interview I did in one of England’s largest newspaper online sites: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1106371/US-President-ca…technology #transhumanism
A FORMER US presidential candidate who could run again in 2020 has outlined a radical plan to abolish natural death using technology.
Mar 28, 2019
SXSW: These two futurists want to freeze your body after death and replace your brain
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, cyborgs, life extension, neuroscience, transhumanism
You might think we’re not in Texas anymore but in some strange episode of Black Mirror, the Netflix series, says Nikos Acuna who is moderating this SXSW panel on transhumanism.
In fact you’d be forgiven if you did as there is talk about cryo-preserving the body after being declared dead, in the hopes you can be resurrected when the science is here to safely defrost your body and cure you of your ailments. There is also talk on mind uploading, and replacing parts of our brains with neural prosthetics. This all sounds like science-fiction but these days the stuff of science fiction has become fact.
Transhumanist technologies are about overcoming the limitations of human biology and Dr Max More and Dr Randal Koene are at the forefront of these technologies.
Mar 28, 2019
3 Reasons Why “Ending Suffering” Should Be the #1 Transhumanist Priority – Article
Posted by Mark Larkento in categories: existential risks, geopolitics, life extension, neuroscience, transhumanism
BY HANK PELLISSIER
Hank Pellissier
Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party features this proposal by our member Hank Pellissier for a new website called Paradise2040, which will focus on the abolition of involuntary suffering and incremental ways of getting there within the next 21 years. This is an endeavor supported by Article IV of the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0. It is also a current within transhumanist thinking that, as Mr. Pellissier points out, could bring additional support to the movement. Different transhumanists will have different views as to what the most important aims of transhumanism should be. As an organization that embraces pluralism and diversity of thought, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party would encourage any of our members who agree with the direction Mr. Pellissier proposes to collaborate with him on the creation of the Paradise2040 website.
~ Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party, March 25, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
Dr. John LaMattina — Former President Pfizer Global R&D; Partner PureTech Ventures — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Tags: aging, akilli, biopharma, bioquark, biotech, health, healthspan, ira pastor, John Lamattina, Life extension, lipitor, longevity, metformin, mTOR, Pfizer, pharma, PureTech, viagra, wellness