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Aug 29, 2017
Don’t lift a finger — this headset lets you control your TV using only your mind!
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: electronics
Aug 29, 2017
Experimental Treatment Causes HIV Infected Cells To “Vanish” From Patient’s Blood
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, health
HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far, and the “cured” man is one of just 50 people currently undergoing this experimental therapy, a small percentage of the estimated 36.7 million people currently living with HIV, only 54 percent of whom know their status.
While the results of the treatment out of the UK are promising, those dormant T cells could still be lurking in the patient, so this new treatment can’t yet be considered a “cure.” However, it is another encouraging step forward on the path to one.
“We will continue with medical tests for the next five years and at the moment we are not recommending stopping Art but in the future, depending on the test results we may explore this,” said Fidlar.
Aug 29, 2017
Intelligence and the DNA Revolution
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Scientists identify 22 genes associated with intelligence.
- By Alexander P. Burgoyne, David Z. Hambrick on August 22, 2017
Aug 29, 2017
Look for Military Drones to Begin Replacing Police Helicopters by 2025
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: drones, law enforcement, military, terrorism
General Atomics is working hard to put a close cousin of its Reaper anti-terrorism drone in the hands of local law enforcement.
Aug 29, 2017
The National Space Council for American leadership in space industries
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: economics, satellites
Dear vice president mike pence, chairman of the national space council:
Thank you for your leadership of the National Space Council that has been recreated under the authority of President Trump. In 1962, when the Council was first formed under the leadership of Vice President Johnson, its executive director, Edward Welsh, played a decisive role in the drafting and passage of the Communications Satellite Act, which led to the creation of COMSAT and the subsequent formation of INTELSAT, an intergovernmental communications satellite organization initially with 14-member governments in 1964 that was privatized in 2001. COMSAT was the first major step towards the commercial use of outer space. In 1967, after Johnson had been elected president, he reported that “the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 [has] brought mankind to the threshold of a full-time global communications service to which all nations of the world may have equal access.”
The world is at a watershed moment regarding outer space. Governments have dominated in outer space. Increasingly, though, private investment will shape the future in space. The US does not have a strategy nor is it organized to effective ly advance private space development and the emergence of a self-sustaining space economy. This is the principal challenge to be addressed by the Space Council.
Aug 29, 2017
Fearless Parent Radio
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: internet, neuroscience, transhumanism
I recently did a 50-min interview with Pratik Chougule on transhumanism:
#105 — What is Transhumanism? ** August 23, 2017 Guest // Zoltan Istvan ** Host // Pratik Chougule, JD
Aug 29, 2017
Could 3D Printing Disrupt the Electronics Industry?
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, electronics
Moving PCB production in-house can save over 60% in prototyping time, produce better products, and greatly reduce the supply chain.
Aug 29, 2017
Today we are proud to announce the launch of MouseAGE, aiming to create an artificial intelligence-powered research tool to help scientists accurately determine the biological age of mice
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biological, life extension, robotics/AI
This will be the first visual biomarker for aging in mice, and will help validate potential anti-aging interventions. For more info please visit:
https://www.lifespan.io/campaigns/mouseage-photographic-aging-clock-in-mice/
Aug 29, 2017
What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: economics, robotics/AI
Meet the “ems” — machines that emulate human brains and can think, feel and work just like the brains they’re copied from. Futurist and social scientist Robin Hanson describes a possible future when ems take over the global economy, running on superfast computers and copying themselves to multitask, leaving humans with only one choice: to retire, forever. Glimpse a strange future as Hanson describes what could happen if robots ruled the earth.
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