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Dec 2, 2015

Can Zoltan Istvan beat Hillary, Trump, and Death itself?

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, life extension, military, robotics/AI, transhumanism

Here’s a very in depth, approximately 6,000 word story (broken into 5 articles) with many pictures on transhumanism–from one of the world’s leading tech sites: The Verge.


Zoltan Istvan is very worried about the superintelligent machines.

He says the war over artificial intelligence will be worse than the Cold War nuclear arms race — much worse. It will be far more deadly, and whoever wins will control the world, eternally. This artificial intelligence might be being developed right now, he says, for all we know. At a government facility in the middle of the Arizona desert, perhaps.

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Dec 2, 2015

The Quest to Make CRISPR Even More Precise

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The new sexy beast on the block.


To fulfill its revolutionary promise, the gene-editing technique will need to be edited.

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Dec 2, 2015

A Harvard professor says he can cure aging, but is that a good idea?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Is the fountain of youth lurking somewhere in the code of life?

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Dec 2, 2015

Using Light To Simulate Time Travel

Posted by in category: time travel

While we can’t build a time machine, we can simulate one with beams of light.

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Dec 2, 2015

Why the history of maths is also the history of art — By Lynn Gamwell | The Guardian

Posted by in categories: mathematics, media & arts

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“In her new book Mathematics and Art, historian Lyn Gamwell explores how artists have for thousands of years used mathematical concepts — such as infinity, number and form — in their work. Here she choses ten stunning images from her book that reveal connections between maths and art.”

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Dec 2, 2015

A Big Win for Cheap, Clean Energy — By Bill Gates | The Gates Notes

Posted by in categories: business, energy, environmental, innovation, science

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Dec 2, 2015

Telomeres length testing, longevity genotyping

Posted by in category: life extension

Non-invasive telomeres length testing by-mail and longevity genotyping. Custom longevity R&D and telomere protocols, bulk orders.

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Dec 2, 2015

Coming to a monitor near you: a defect-free, molecule-thick film

Posted by in categories: computing, materials, nanotechnology, solar power, sustainability

An emerging class of atomically thin materials known as monolayer semiconductors has generated a great deal of buzz in the world of materials science. Monolayers hold promise in the development of transparent LED displays, ultra-high efficiency solar cells, photo detectors and nanoscale transistors. Their downside? The films are notoriously riddled with defects, killing their performance.

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Dec 2, 2015

This Gadget Translates Sign Language On The Fly

Posted by in category: futurism

Another big break in the communication barrier: Researchers created a wearable device that translates sign language on the fly. http://voc.tv/1P6L9zh

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Dec 2, 2015

Samsung gives you a new way to browse the web — virtual reality

Posted by in categories: internet, mobile phones, virtual reality

Samsung Mobile is building a virtual reality browser.


Maybe it’s my game industry roots talking, but when I think of virtual reality, the last thing I imagine is checking updates on Facebook or poking through a Reddit thread.

Yet come tomorrow, December 2, Samsung is going to provide proof of this concept with a virtual reality web browser called the Samsung Internet for Gear VR. Users of the Samsung S6 family of mobile phones and the Samsung Note 4 or 5 — coupled with the Samsung Gear VR unit — will be able to shake their head in disgust watching Black Friday fight videos and scan for offensive tweets on Twitter from the glorious world of virtual reality. The app will support HTML5 based videos, as well as 3D streaming and 360-degree content.

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