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May 6, 2016
Bitcoin Pundicy: A Lifeboat Perspective
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics, encryption, government, internet
Here in the Lifeboat Blog, I have the luxury of pontificating on existential, scientific and technical topics that beg for an audience—and sometimes—a pithy opinion. Regular Lifeboat readers know that I was recently named most viewed Bitcoin writer at Quora under a Nom de Plume.
Quora is not a typical Blog. It is an educational site. Questions and numerous answers form the basis of a crowd-sourced popularity contest. Readers can direct questions to specific experts or armchair analysts. A voting algorithm leads to the emergence of some very knowledgeable answers, even among laypersons and ‘armchair’ experts.
During the past few weeks, Quora readers asked me a litany of queries about Bitcoin and the blockchain, and so I am sharing selected Q&A here at Lifeboat. This is my professional field—and so, just as with Mr. Trump, I must resist an urge to be verbose or bombastic. My answers are not the shortest, but they are compact. Some employ metaphors, but they explain complex ideas across a broad audience.
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May 6, 2016
The transhumanist presidential candidate wants you to live forever
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism
New story and video on transhumanism from Vocativ:
His name is Zoltan Istvan, and he’s running on the Transhumanist ticket.
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May 6, 2016
Luxembourg reaches for the stars with asteroid mining deal
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: government, space travel
Still trying to figure out how Luxembourg got a space program.
(AFP) Luxembourg has staked its claim to the final frontier with an ambitious plan to profit from the mining of asteroids, the government said Thursday.
The Grand Duchy has joined forces with American company Deep Space Industries (DSI) to cash in on the wealth of natural resources thought to exist on asteroids.
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May 6, 2016
Facebook Loses Virtual-Reality Innovator — By Deepa Seetharaman | Wall Street Journal
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, virtual reality
May 6, 2016
A New Device Stimulates The Brain To Boost Athletic Performance — By Christina Farr | Fast Company
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: biological, neuroscience
“Daniel Chao, a Stanford-trained neuroscientist, and Brett Wingeier, a biomedical engineer, founded Halo Neuroscience in 2013. … Halo Sport uses electrodes to stimulate the brain’s motor cortex, which controls planning and voluntary movements. Energized motor neurons send stronger signals to athletes’ muscles, which Chao says allows them to reap greater rewards from every rep.”
May 6, 2016
On the Design of Escaped Realities — By Venkatesh Rao | Ribbonfarm
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: virtual reality
“A question of particular philosophical urgency today is this: are virtual realities currently being designed in 3d game studios going to be more or less of a retreat from reality than the consensual fictions of the past, such as 2d games, novels, sporting events and religious mythologies?”
May 6, 2016
Original Patent details on DNA Origami Molecular buckets which enables nanomedicine
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Their DNA origami device comprises a scaffold strand and a plurality of staple strands, wherein:
May 6, 2016
EpiBone: We obtain precise 3D model of the anatomical defect from the patient’s CT scan
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: biotech/medical
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NKeeHahhNL4
At the same time we extract adult stem cells from the patient.
Want to be IronMan, Captain America, Super Woman, X-Men Mutant, etc. Well, you maybe able to.
If watching “Captain America: Civil War” this weekend revives your childhood dreams of becoming a superhero, technology may be on your side to make it happen — but science is a little more discouraging.
