Remember the Automotive X Prize? There’s one for tricorders, too, and finalists have just started consumer testing. Coming soon to a sick bay near you.
Read more
Scientists are able to use brain tests on three-year-olds to determine which children are more likely to grow up to become criminals. It sounds like Minority Report come to life: An uncomfortable idea presenting myriad ethical concerns. But, though unnerving, the research is nuanced and could potentially be put to good use.
In the study, published in Nature Human Behavior this week, researchers led by neuroscientists at Duke University showed that those with the lowest 20% brain health results aged three went on to commit more than 80% of crimes as adults. The research used data from a New Zealand longitudinal study of more than 1,000 people from birth in the early 1970s until they reached 38 years old. This distribution, of 20% of a population accounting for 80% of an effect, is strong but not unusual. In fact, it follows the “Pareto principle.” The authors write in their paper:
In Pareto’s day, the problem definition was that 20% of families owned 80% of land in Italy. The so-called Pareto principle is alive and useful today: for example, in software engineering, 20% of the code is said to contain 80% of the errors.
Read more
Biologist Daisy Robinton talks about engineering aging and the possibilities new technology offers.
Harvard University biologist Daisy Robinton reveals how science is helping us understand how and why we age.
Daisy Robinton is a scientist at Harvard University researching mechanisms of stem cell identity at the intersection of cancer and developmental biology. Daisy’s passion for the effective translation of science has fuelled her years of teaching and speaking, and in 2011 Daisy founded the Science in the News Spring Public Lecture Series at Harvard. Daisy consults to numerous biotech startups in the US and UK and for projects ranging from feature film screenplays on the future of medicine and longevity to the “Future of Making” via bioengineering with IDEO.
Headphones that Listen
Posted in media & arts, mobile phones
Tune In, Take Control.
With OV, your day becomes more productive, enjoyable, and just a whole lot easier. Use your voice to play a song, order groceries and check the news. Switch seamlessly between the best music and calls, voice commands and real world conversations, without missing a beat and without touching your phone.
Read more
Changes to gene activity that occur with age can be turned back, a new study shows.
- By Karen Weintraub on December 15, 2016
Read more
New BMW motorcycle
Posted in robotics/AI, transportation
Click on photo to start video.
BMW revealed a motorcycle so artificially intelligent that you can ride it without a helmet.
Read more
NESS ZIONA, Israel, December 12, 2016 – Nano Dimension Ltd., a leader in the field of 3D Printed Electronics (NASDAQ, TASE: NNDM), will showcase its 3D printer for professional printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electric circuits in Eureka Park during CES 2017. The technology sits firmly at the intersection of 3D printing and printed electronics, and sets new standards for accuracy, complexity and multi-materiality in the fields of 3D printing and electronics prototyping.
Read more
A talk about how to make life extension mainstream.
Presentation by Didier Coeurnelle at Transpolitica 2016.
Treatments that enable radical healthy longevity should increasingly be seen as an ethical and economic necessity, and debated within the political mainstream.