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Jun 27, 2015

Transhumanist and Life Extension Rally in San Francisco

Posted by in categories: life extension, transhumanism

I’m helping to announce a public transhumanist and life extension rally and gathering this Saturday, June 27th at Sue Bierman Park in San Francisco (we’ll be meeting at Justin Herman Plaza in the Sue Bierman park). It’ll start at 2PM sharp and go for a few hours. Maria Konovalenko, myself, and others will be giving short speeches and talking to the public about transhumanism and the importance of longevity research. There is a notable TV channel with a large film crew that is… scheduled to film the event (I just met with them all this evening). Please wear orange or black (Transhumanist Party colors), and there will be a limited amount of free t-shirts and bumper stickers available. Check out the event page and please join us! This is an excellent opportunity to put transhumanism on TV. Thanks!

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Jun 26, 2015

Paper-thin printed solar cells could provide power for 1.3 billion people

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Thanks to inexpensive printed solar cells, 1.3 billion people currently without electricity may be able to plug in for the first time.

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Jun 26, 2015

The best sci-fi movie of the year is here — and it’s not Mad Max

Posted by in category: futurism

A mother and a daughter in an apartment, listening to the women crying on the floors above and…

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Jun 26, 2015

Does AI Keep You Up at Night? Ask a Tech Visionary Anything

Posted by in categories: futurism, neuroscience, robotics/AI

Are you the kind of person who spends a lot of time pondering when machine learning will finally give us humans a run for our money? Or exactly how the technology behind a pulse simulator works? We had a feeling you might be. So what other questions or ideas about the future of technology keep you up at night? This is your chance to have them answered/discussed by two leaders in the field of future tech: Brain Games host and futurist Jason Silva and Matt Grob, CTO of Qualcomm and holder of more than 70 patents relating to wireless communication and cell technology.

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Jun 26, 2015

Allegra Fuller Synder Talk at the 2015 IX Symposium

Posted by in categories: architecture, chemistry, education, engineering, nanotechnology, science, sustainability

Jun 26, 2015

Let’s Shape AI Before AI Shapes Us — G. Pascal Zachary | IEEE Spectrum

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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“Dark fantasies, however, distract attention from more urgent questions. How will AI affect employment, especially higher-paying work? When will robot writers and artists alter the way humans consume creative content? Who will be held accountable for accidents when humans are no longer in the decision or action loop? Instead of ‘wolf’ criers of the Musk sort, humans need a serious discussion about new norms and practices that will shape and govern AI.” Read more

Jun 25, 2015

The Future of the LGBT Movement May Involve Transhumanism

Posted by in categories: futurism, transhumanism

This is a rewritten story I’m publishing for the first time on The Huffington Post. It’s part of my goal to get other communities involved with supporting transhumanism:

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Jun 25, 2015

DARPA: We Are Engineering the Organisms That Will Terraform Mars

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, environmental, futurism, military, space

The Pentagon is working on technology that will allow it to engineer a new organism within a day of it being found in the wild.

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Jun 25, 2015

Google wants to bring free wifi to the world.… and it’s starting NOW

Posted by in category: internet

*fist pumps*

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Jun 25, 2015

The Living, Breathing ‘Human on a Chip’ Is Coming

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Researchers are combining human cells and polymers to make a very trippy contraption for medical testing.

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