Lifeboat News: The Blog – Safeguarding Humanity

The supercomputer that could map the human brain

Posted by Marcos Than Esponda in neuroscience, supercomputing

Jun 14
2018

The planned Aurora 21 “exascale” supercomputer may be the first that’s powerful enough to map the human brain.

Why a 19-year-old Bitcoin millionaire built a working Dr. Octopus suit

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical, bitcoin, cyborgs, education

Jun 14
2018

What would you do if you were a 19-year-old kid with $3.3 million? There are few people more equipped to answer that than teenaged bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman. His answer? You use some of that cash to build a Doctor Octopus-style exosuit and try and shake up the education system.

This conveyor belt can move in any direction

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism

Jun 14
2018

The power of prosthetics

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical, cyborgs

Jun 14
2018

Artificial fingers for doing everything naturally.

A Dutch City Is 3D Printing The First Habitable Houses

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in 3D printing, habitats

Jun 14
2018

A Dutch construction company is about to 3D print five actually habitable homes near the city of Eindhoven. But can the technique replace brick and mortar?