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Jul 17, 2015

The Future of Synthetic Biology: Reading and Writing DNA Using Nanopores

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

By using nanopores to read and write DNA, we’re beginning to unlock the mysteries of our own biology! — B.J. Murphy for Serious Wonder.

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Jul 17, 2015

High-res image of Pluto’s moon Charon shows strange depressed mountain

Posted by in category: space

We’re getting even crisper images of Pluto’s largest moon Charon. NASA just released the first high-resolution photograph of a section of Charon’s surface, zeroing in on a feature that looks like a…

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Jul 17, 2015

A Researcher Made an Organic Computer Using Four Wired-Together Rat Brains

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

The internet of brains is here.

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Jul 16, 2015

NASA seeking to unlock secrets of longevity

Posted by in categories: life extension, space

SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket with NASA CRS 7 Dragon launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida photo credit Carleton Bailie SpaceFlight Insider.

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Jul 16, 2015

EnChroma: An Accidental Discovery Cures Color Blindness

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

California firm EnChroma has accidentally stumbled upon a cure for color-blindness. Here’s the story behind a life-changing pair of smart glasses.

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Jul 16, 2015

Harvard-Singapore team unveil potential Parkinson’s cure

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Existing anti-malaria drugs have the ability to treat Parkinson’s disease, a team of international scientists announced on Thursday.

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Jul 16, 2015

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Official — E3 2015 — Gameplay Trailer

Posted by in categories: futurism, transhumanism

I was already looking forward to playing this game when it’s released, but after seeing his latest trailer I am positively IMPATIENT to get my hands on it!

No other game (or almost ANY form of media, for that matter!) has ever explored our rapidly approaching, post-human transhumanist future in such a staggeringly detailed, informed, and passionate way!

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Jul 16, 2015

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Shows Technology at Its Peak, Humanity at its Worst

Posted by in category: futurism

Deus Ex executive art director Jonathan Jacques-Belletete divulges on Mankind Divided’s visual look, themes and Jensen’s role as a not-quite hero.

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Jul 16, 2015

Electric Vehicles Go the Distance with Fast Charging — By Reed McManus | Sierra Magazine

Posted by in categories: energy, environmental, transportation

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I’M driving 550 miles in three days, all by myself, mainly for the fun of it—and I’m not an environmental villain. Behind the wheel of a borrowed bright-red electric Tesla Model S, I click off the miles as I head south from the San Francisco Bay Area on Interstate 5 through California’s San Joaquin Valley, feeling virtuous because my tailpipe spews no pollution.

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Jul 16, 2015

Hotel ‘staffed’ entirely by robots unveiled in Japan

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Businessman insists hotel, with no human workers, is not a gimmick and will cut operating costs.

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