https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5zQpZ1BqXs&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
An interesting little Bioviva clip about their upcoming gene therapy work.
CEO Liz Parrish discusses BioViva and gene therapy…. Diseases of aging beware.
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Aug 17, 2015
The UK is testing out roads that charge electric cars as they go
Posted by Bryan Gatton in category: transportation
Highways England are embarking on a trial to see if electric charging technology can be installed underneath roads across the country.
Aug 17, 2015
Antioxidants: Separating Myth From Reality
Posted by Roy in categories: health, life extension
Ever since the free radical theory of aging was conceived in the 1950s, antioxidants have been a buzzword in health — saturating the cosmetic industry and contributing to a smoothie blending, supplement popping boom.
Ever since the free radical theory of aging was conceived in the 1950s, antioxidants have been a buzz word in health — saturating the cosmetic industry and contributing to a smoothie blending, supplement popping boom. While antioxidants can certainly play an essential role in health, there is growing evidence that additional supplementation has limited benefit and can actually be harmful in some cases.
Aging has yet to be ascribed to one, singular cause and the free radical theory has struggled to prove itself. While in some organisms reducing oxidative stress can prove beneficial and increasing mitochondria targeted catalase (an important antioxidant enzyme) production in mice showed a modest increase in lifespan, when important enzymes were knocked out in C. elegans (a model organism) there was curiously no reduction and reducing expression of various antioxidant mechanisms in mice also failed to reduce lifespan. While a certain amount of vitamins and antioxidant intake is necessary, as many are co-factors in essential reactions, it seems that aside from nutritional value there is little consensus regarding additional benefits.
Aug 17, 2015
Let the egames begin — By Barney Thompson | Financial Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, computing, entertainment, media & arts
“Electronic sports (esports), or competitive computer gaming, is an industry on the move. Depending on who you ask, there are somewhere between 90 million to 135 million esports enthusiasts — defined as those who watch gaming regularly, online or off — and more than double that number of occasional viewers. According to a recent SuperData report, the esports sector will this year generate an estimated revenue of $621m worldwide.”
Aug 17, 2015
Registered clinical trials make positive findings vanish
Posted by Roy in category: biotech/medical
Registered Clinical Trials Make Positive Findings Vanish
By having to state their methods and measurements before starting their trial, researchers cannot then cherry-pick data to find an effect once the study is over. This maybe one of the biggest causes for the decline in positive effects from treatments
A study showing a fall in positive trial results after the roll-out of clinicaltrials.gov attracted much attention on social media.
Aug 16, 2015
There Is Now a Brain Implant that Can Control Emotions Wirelessly
Posted by Albert Sanchez in category: neuroscience
Aug 16, 2015
14 Most Famous Humanoid Robots
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQTF6Ue-tw
Most Advanced humaniod Robots (robotic technology ) we take a look at technological futuristic products that exist now.
Future emerging Technology 2015.
Aug 16, 2015
Does Technology Control Your Life? • It’s Personal
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, transhumanism
A video on transhumanism, the Transhumanist Party, and my presidential campaign is out on BuzzFeed. It starts right before the 8-min mark and goes for 5 minutes. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOPSDcN0t8w and BuzzFeed site: http://www.buzzfeed.com/brandensueper/does-technology-contro.…jfGPZ2bka
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Aug 16, 2015
Glass paint could keep metal roofs and other structures cool even on sunny days
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: habitats, transportation
Sunlight can be brutal. It wears down even the strongest structures, including rooftops and naval ships, and it heats up metal slides and bleachers until they’re too hot to use. To fend off damage and heat from the sun’s harsh rays, scientists have developed a new, environmentally friendly paint out of glass that bounces sunlight off metal surfaces—keeping them cool and durable.
The researchers present their work today at the 250th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
“Most paints you use on your car or house are based on polymers, which degrade in the ultraviolet light rays of the sun,” says Jason J. Benkoski, Ph.D. “So over time you’ll have chalking and yellowing. Polymers also tend to give off volatile organic compounds, which can harm the environment. That’s why I wanted to move away from traditional polymer coatings to inorganic glass ones.”
https://vimeo.com/95945365?outro=1&utm_content=buffer9e10e&u…ign=buffer
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