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Aug 4, 2019

The Futuresist Cure: Notes from the Front Lines of Transhumanism

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, mobile phones, transhumanism

On the heels of my latest New York Times OpEd, which is in print today on page 4 of the NYT Sunday Review, I’m excited to share my brand new book: The Futuresist Cure: Notes From the Front Lines of #Transhumanism. It’s a collection of my best essays on the future, many re-adapted, and many which have helped shape our movement. It’s #FREE today on Amazon in #Kindle. Or get the paperback version. There’s a foreword by the late Jacque Fresco. Download the book for FREE today!


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Aug 4, 2019

Franky Zapata successfully crosses the English Channel on a hoverboard

Posted by in category: transportation

French inventor becomes the first person to successfully cross the English Channel on a hoverboard 👏 👏.

Aug 4, 2019

Nikolai Kardashev, 1932–2019

Posted by in category: alien life

Russian astrophysicist and SETI pioneer Nikolai Kardashev passed away on August 3, 2019. Known for the Kardashev scale of extraterrestrial civilizations, in 1963 he conducted the first Soviet search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) by examining the quasar CTA-102 for signs of a technological civilization. In the following year, Kardashev organized the first Soviet conference on communication with extraterrestrial intelligence (CETI) at Byurakan Observatory in Armenia. Also in 1964, Kardashev proposed a scale that now bears his name, which is used for classifying extraterrestrial civilizations in terms of their energy use. Civilizations ranked on the Kardashev Scale range from Type I civilizations capable of using the energy resources of a single planet, to Type II civilizations that use the full energy of a star, to Type III civilizations that have access to the energy of an entire galaxy.

In 1971, along with other Soviet astronomers and American Carl Sagan, Kardashev organized a Soviet-American conference on CETI, also held at Byurakan Observatory. Kardashev became a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1976, and in 1994 he became a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A decade later, he was awarded the Demidov Prize for his work in astrophysics.

Aug 4, 2019

‘We could have lost the Apollo 11 crew:’ A once-classified anomaly nearly killed NASA’s first moon astronauts, a new book reveals

Posted by in category: space travel

A new book about the Apollo program, “Eight Years to the Moon,” suggests that a rogue space module nearly crashed into an astronaut space capsule.

Aug 4, 2019

SpaceX tried to launch a Mars spaceship prototype on its first big flight, but the test abruptly ended after ignition

Posted by in category: space travel

Wednesday’s experimental launch was supposed to show the first true flight of the Starhopper, but a spout of flame started coming out of its top.

Aug 4, 2019

The American flags astronauts planted on the moon are disintegrating

Posted by in category: space

The photos have stood the test of time: A spacesuit-clad Apollo astronaut stands proudly next to a red-white-and-blue American flag on the moon, his national trophy saying: “The United States was here.”

Unfortunately, the six flags planted on the lunar surface from 1969 through 1972 haven’t fared so well.

Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2012 showed that at least five out six flags were still standing. However, scientists think decades’ worth of brilliant sunlight have bleached away their emblematic colors.

Aug 4, 2019

Daimler and Bosch have created an automated parking garage

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

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Automated valet parking is coming sooner than you think.

Aug 4, 2019

George Church Told Us Why He’s Listing Superhuman Gene Hacks

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

On Wednesday, we wrote about a database of mutations that could give people superhuman characteristics or medical benefits.

The database, which reads like a real-life skill tree from a video game, is housed on the website of famed Harvard geneticist George Church. Now Church has opened up, telling Futurism why he assembled the list and how he hopes others will use it as gene-hacking technology develops.

Aug 4, 2019

How One Company Turns Plastic Waste Into Reusable Packaging

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Aug 4, 2019

Founders: A wonderful news on the creation of an organisation, Academy for Health and Lifespan Research, founded by the giants in aging and healthy life extension research: …

Posted by in categories: innovation, life extension

Inaugural Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLR) …towards achieving the goal of not just accelerating longevity research, but making sure that its implications are accessible to all…”


The Academy is comprised of an elite group of world-renowned researchers, scientists and clinicians, all united toward making breakthroughs in longevity both accelerated & accessible.