I’ve waited YEARS for someone to finally bring this to the big or little) screen, and from everything I’ve seen so far, it looks to be one hell of an awesome miniseries. Fantastic cast, too. If you’ve never read the (quite short) novel it’s based in, by Arthur C. Clarke, do so immediately. It premiers on the SyFy channel this December.
You won’t be disappointed.
The Japanese humanoid robot Pepper, which sold out of its first 1,000 units in one minute in Japan this June, will get a personality makeover for the US market: it’ll go from cute and bubbly to snarky and sarcastic, MIT Technology Review reports.
Editor Will Knight met a Pepper unit in Boston this week, and reported back some very distinct changes in the robot’s personality designed to make it more appealing to Americans: High fives instead of bows; smartass swipes instead of songs. In the MIT report, Knight said he asked an Americanized Pepper if it’s like Terminator, to which it responded: “Do I really have to answer that?”
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Another excellent blog by Dr Michael fossel PhD, md. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other related diseases could be treated potentially using telomerase.
Date posted: 25.08.2015.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/science/your-body-is-young…think.html
Edit: some have commented asking about neurons. Please see the article linked above and the following articles for more information. We probably should have tried to clarify the unknowns more in the image itself. Apologies.
Jolene
Scientific discoveries that remain unexplained… (HD — 03/2015)
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Time for Humanity to discover what’s outside the backyard… (HD — 12/2014)
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Scientists have successfully synthesized diamond-like nanomaterials in the hollow of a carbon nanotube.
Asian Scientist Newsroom | September 16, 2015 | In the Lab.
