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Can we engineer the end of ageing?

Posted by Steve Hill in bioengineering, biotech/medical, life extension

Dec 17
2016

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.

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Headphones that Listen

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in media & arts, mobile phones

Dec 17
2016

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.

Only 1 300 out of about 6 000 satellites launched since the beginning of the space age are operational

Posted by Roman Mednitzer in satellites

Dec 17
2016

The D3 project, funded by the EU, is developing a decommissioning device, to be installed on the satellite prior to launch, that removes old satellites when they reach the end of their missions or their lives or when a major failure occurs.

#investEU #SMEs #SMEinstrument #space

Aging Is Reversible–at Least in Human Cells and Live Mice

Posted by Karen Hurst in biotech/medical, life extension

Dec 17
2016

Changes to gene activity that occur with age can be turned back, a new study shows.

By Karen Weintraub on December 15, 2016

New BMW motorcycle

Posted by Bryan Gatton in robotics/AI, transportation

Dec 17
2016

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BMW revealed a motorcycle so artificially intelligent that you can ride it without a helmet.

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Will Be Our Martian Architects

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in genetics, space

Dec 17
2016

And it will change how we think about construction here on Earth.

Nano Dimension’s DragonFly 2020 3D Printer Takes Flight at CES 2017

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in 3D printing, electronics

Dec 17
2016

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.

Making longevity politically mainstream

Posted by Steve Hill in economics, life extension

Dec 17
2016

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.

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Patients left blind after brain injuries can have vision restored through surgery

Posted by Dan Kummer in biotech/medical, neuroscience

Dec 17
2016

The procedure works by removing the vitreous gel that sits between the eye’s lens and retina, and replacing it with saline solution, researchers from the University of Washington, found.

Why the United Nations Must Move Forward With a Killer Robots Ban

Posted by Gerard Bain in robotics/AI, terrorism | 1 Comment on Why the United Nations Must Move Forward With a Killer Robots Ban

Dec 16
2016

The reason I have been motivated to do this is simple. If we don’t get a ban in place, there will be an arms race. And the end point of this race will look much like the dystopian future painted by Hollywood movies like The Terminator.

Even before this end point, such weapons will likely fall into the hands of terrorists and rogue nations. These people will have no qualms about removing any safeguards. Or using them against us.

And it won’t simply be robots fighting robots. Conflicts today are asymmetric. It will mostly be robots against humans. So unlike what some robot experts might claim, many of those humans will be innocent civilians.