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The new observations using ALMA’s Band 6 (1.3mm wavelength) receiver— developed by the U.S. National Science Foundation‘s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)— allowed scientists to zoom into three key regions in extreme detail, and for the first time, build a clear picture of how the hydrogen gas is moving and being shaped on a continuous basis.

“The power of ALMA is obvious in these observations, providing astronomers new insights and better understanding of these previously unknown processes,” said Joe Pesce, Program Officer for ALMA at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

In the Rejuvenate Bio effort—the company published a paper that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed and was noted for a lack of documentation on which cells were changed—the mice given the treatment were equivalent to a 77-year-old human (about 124 weeks old in mice years). The treated mice lived an extra 9 weeks, on average, beyond the control mice—good for a 7 percent increase in life. The experiment also produced a near-immediate effect.

“This is a powerful technology, and here is the proof of concept,” Noah Davidohn, chief scientific officer of Rejuvenate, told MIT Technology Review. “I wanted to show that it’s actually something we can do in our elderly population.”

Gene reprogramming is still a nascent—and divisive—field. Early research was, of course, limited to single cells. And mice have far fewer cells than a human. Expanding the concept to a human—with the upside of a 7 percent increase in life expectancy as our initial benchmark, no less—brings with it scale that increases risk.

The dual-facing Ring Car Cam sits on the vehicle’s dashboard and is designed to record when your car is in motion and when it’s turned off. (Credit: Ring)

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Ring launched its first video doorbell 10 years ago — and now, its parent company Amazon is launching another security device: a camera for your car.

Josh Roth, Ring’s Chief Technology Officer, said last week that one of the products that Ring’s founder (Jamie Siminoff) has asked most about is one to protect the car.

Broadcom will lose an order for millions of chips if Apple manages to have its own wireless chip ready in time for the iPhone 17.

NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously thought.

If approved, the expansion would add 1.4 million square feet of space to the already huge factory.

This week our guest is Meghan O’Gieblyn, who has written regularly for entities such as Wired, The New York Times, and The Guardian, in addition to authoring books such as Interior States and her latest book: God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning.

Interestingly, much of Meghan’s work pulls on her experience losing her faith in religion while simultaneously being drawn into transhumanism from reading the Age of Spiritual Machines by Singularity’s very own Ray Kurzweil. This exploration of Meghan’s background and her latest book takes us on a journey through the ways in which technology and spirituality have historically woven together, the current ways in which they are conflicting, and the future philosophical questions we’re going to be forced to reconcile. For those of you interested in this subject, I highly recommend going and listening to episode 52 with Micah Redding, which lays a lot of the foundation that we build on her in this episode.

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00:00 Trailer.
05:54 Tertiary brain layer.
19:49 Curing paralysis.
23:09 How Neuralink works.
33:34 Showing probes.
44:15 Neuralink will be wayyy better than prior devices.
1:01:20 Communication is lossy.
1:14:27 Hearing Bluetooth, WiFi, Starlink.
1:22:50 Animal testing & brain proxies.
1:29:57 Controlling muscle units w/ Neuralink.

I had the privilege of speaking with James Douma-a self-described deep learning dork. James’ experience and technical understanding are not easily found. I think you’ll find his words to be intriguing and insightful. This is one of several conversations James and I plan to have.

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Samsung Electronics has had an eye on the consumer-grade robotics niche for a while now, and during CES 2023, the company said it views robots as “a new growth engine.” But beyond releasing smart vacuum cleaners, Samsung’s more ambitious AI-powered prototype robots haven’t truly materialized. The tech giant plans to change this before the end of the year.

“We plan to release a human assistant robot called EX1 within this year,” vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, Han Jong-hee, said at a press conference in Las Vegas. (via Pulse)

The company already has a device under its belt called “EX1,” which is a decade-old digital camera. Evidently, the new EX1 coming this year would be a completely different kind of product, i.e., a “human assistant robot,” albeit its capabilities remain unknown. However, past concept robots presented by Samsung at CES may hold some clues.