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Apr 14, 2016
Stem Cell Technique Could Regenerate Any Human Tissue Damaged
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Taking their cue from salamander regeneration, a team led by the University of New South Wales says that a stem cell therapy capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease, or aging could be available within a few years, thanks to an innovative new technique.
While stem cells have worked wonders in medicinal research, showing signs of curing everything from spinal cord injuries to blindness, they’ve always had their shortcomings. But one study is promising a new “game changing” technique for stem cells.
Taking their cue from salamander regeneration, new research led by the University of New South Wales says that a stem cell therapy capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease, or aging could be available within a few years, through an innovative new technique.
Apr 14, 2016
Clothes that Transmit Digital Data Are Coming
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, electronics, health, mobile phones, neuroscience, wearables
Imagine shirts that act as antennas for smartphones or tablets, workout clothes that monitor fitness level or even a flexible fabric cap that senses activity in the brain!
All this will soon be possible as the researchers working on wearable electronics have been able to embroider circuits into fabric with super precision — a key step toward the design of clothes that gather, store or transmit digital information.
“A revolution is happening in the textile industry. We believe that functional textiles are an enabling technology for communications and sensing and one day, even for medical applications like imaging and health monitoring,” said lead researcher John Volakis from Ohio State University.
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Apr 14, 2016
Ghost In The Shell Begins Production
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: entertainment
While she’s still in the thick of her publicity tour for Captain America: Winter Soldier, Scarlett Johansson’s next big genre project is getting underway.
Today, Paramount Pictures announced that The Ghost in the Shell has started filming, providing fans with their first look at the anticipated adaptation.
The film is based onShirowMasamune’s cyberpunkmanga of the same name.
Apr 14, 2016
Researchers at New York University are looking 25 years ahead to predict the role artificial intelligence will play in living, learning and research
Posted by Aleksandar Vukovic in category: robotics/AI
“Advanced cyber-learning environments that involve virtual reality and artificial intelligence innovations are becoming powerful tools that can facilitate the explorations and conversations needed to solve society’s challenges,” said NYU engineer Dr Winslow Burleson. “Cyber-learning is an essential tool for envisioning, refining, and creating a utopian world in which we are actively ‘elearning to be’ — deeply engaged in intrinsically motivating experiences that empower each of us to reach our full potential.”
Apr 14, 2016
The question of how exactly we experience the world through our perception of consciousness is one that’s long intrigued scientists and philosophers
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: entertainment, neuroscience
And at its core are two divergent hypotheses.
On the one hand, it could be that consciousness exists as a constant, uninterrupted stream of perception, like how it feels to watch a movie. You sit down with your popcorn and experience a film from beginning to end in one continuous flow, unaware of any segmentation or breakup as you go.
But another hypothesis of consciousness reflects what a film technically is: a series of individual frames of time stitched together into a reel that – when played back – appear seamless. So which is it? Is consciousness a seamless film, or is it a reel composed of discrete moments?
Apr 14, 2016
A quadriplegic man is now able to play Guitar Hero, swipe a credit card and pour liquid into a glass with his own hand
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: futurism
Apr 14, 2016
The stealth ship is so hard to see that it needs a way to turn it off
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: futurism
Apr 14, 2016
Now that drones have become a standard tool in our military arsenal, the next job is to make them more efficient and capable than ever before
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI
DARPA’s newest invention is the Gremlin: a drone that be deployed from a bomber while in flight, execute its mission, and then return to an extraction point where a cargo plane yanks it out of the sky and brings it safely home.
The drones are capable of flying unmanned, but being able to retrieve them makes them reusable, which is both cost-effective and convenient. But drone retrieval also protects U.S. military technology and secrets. Sending fleets of tiny Gremlins on intelligence-gathering missions is one thing, but being able to recapture them instead of leaving them in the hands of hostiles is a huge boon to the military. Gremlin drones have up to three hours to accomplish reconnaissance missions, at which time they automatically fly back to a retrieval area to be collected by a C-130 cargo plane.
Related: DARPA’s 130-foot submarine-hunting drone will take to the sea in April.