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A Dutch tech startup and a construction company on Thursday unveiled a Hyperloop test facility, a steel tube that will be used to help develop the futuristic high-speed transportation system.

It is a first step toward developing the system in the Netherlands, a key European transportation transport hub, and beyond.

“It’s our goal to let it be available for the daily commuter,” said Tim Houter, CEO of Hardt Global Mobility, which is working on the project with construction company BAM. He described the concept as “a sort of on-demand, high-speed transportation system for everyone.”

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Therapist and author Esther Perel explores our ‘existential aloneness’ in this film. Much as technology continues to open new doors for connection, the rapid cultural changes of the past 100 years allow us to choose the sort of life we wish to live. We make our most important connections by choice instead of having them mandated to us by tradition. But as is the case with technology, sometimes it isn’t clear if we are primed to use these new opportunities to build more fulfilling lives or simply to frustrate ourselves, building a world where more people feel alone.

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Implants, transhumanism, & the US Navy in this new article: http://akashictimes.co.uk/brits-line-up-to-be-microchipped/ #transhumanism #implants


Is this the mark of the beast?

A growing number of people in the UK are getting microchipped, according to new findings.

The BBC recently featured video stories from a number of people – some of them from Leeds – who call themselves “bio-hackers”.

One lady known only as ‘Holly’ said she had a microchip implanted in her hand, which goes into her Facebook Art Page to use as a “digital business card”.

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UK billionaire investor believes rejuvenation biotechnology will be the next mega-industry.


Many of you may already know about billionaire entrepreneur Jim Mellon and his interest in rejuvenation biotechnology. But for those of you who do not, we would like to introduce you to him and his exciting work.

About Jim Mellon

Jim Mellon is an entrepreneur and investor with interests in several sectors. He also holds a Master’s degree from Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. From the mid 1980s he worked as a fund manager in Asia and later in the United States until founding his own company in 1991. Jim is the Co-Chairman of Regent Pacific Group Limited, Chairman of Manx Financial Group plc, Chairman of Plethora Solutions Holdings plc, and Chairman of Port Erin Biopharma Investments Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Charlemagne Capital Limited, Condor Gold plc; West African Minerals Corporation; Kuala Innovations Limited and 3Legs Resources plc; and is also a director of Portage Biotech Inc. Jim has been in the top 10% in the Sunday Times Rich List for several years.

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