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Sep 9, 2019

Warning to tourists as toxic slime that can ‘kill you in seconds’ swamps French beaches

Posted by in category: biological

FRANCE’S tourist beaches are being overrun with toxic slime which experts say can kill sunbathers and swimmers within seconds.

The green algae releases poisonous gases when trodden on causing those nearby to faint and suffer cardiac arrest, say reports.

At least three people and dozens of animals have already died, but some fear other deaths may have been mistakenly passed off as drownings.

Sep 9, 2019

Organ donation awareness takes flight at Great Reno Balloon Race

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A father and daughter duo took organ donor awareness to new heights this weekend at the Great Reno Balloon Race. Koh Murai and Laura Ingram said they have been flying together as a family for decades. The two have teamed up to promote organ donation during the race by flying The Donor Network West Hot Air Balloon. In 2006, Murai was grounded by kidney failure.

Sep 9, 2019

Dogs are dying from blue green algae: What pet owners need to know

Posted by in category: life extension

Exposure to blue-green algae can be deadly, as some types of algae can kill dogs as soon as 15 minutes to an hour after drinking contaminated water.

Sep 9, 2019

An Interview with Dr. Kevin Strange

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Dr. Kevin Strange is the CEO and co-founder of Novo Biosciences, a biotechnology company focused on regenerating the heart and other organs. We recently had the opportunity to interview him about MSI-1436 (trodusquemine), a compound that promotes regeneration in multiple animal models.

What, if anything, happens to existing scar tissue in the presence of MSI-1436?

More detailed studies need to be conducted to fully understand how MSI-1436 impacts existing scar tissue. However, our published work is very encouraging. We induced ischemic injury in the adult mouse heart by permanently ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery. This is a standard heart attack model. Twenty-four hours after ligation of the artery, we began treating with MSI-1436 or vehicle (placebo). Hearts were isolated from mice for histological analysis 3 days and 28 days after injury and collagen deposition (i.e., scarring) was quantified. In hearts isolated after 3 days, the scarring index measured as area was the same, ~40%, in both MSI-1436- and vehicle-treated mice. In other words, there was no difference in the extent of initial scarring in the two groups of animals.

Sep 9, 2019

Russian x-risks newsletter, summer 2019

Posted by in categories: existential risks, military, policy

This is the first Russian x-risks newsletter, which will present news about Russia and global catastrophic risks from the last 3 months.

Given the combination of high technological capabilities, poor management, high risk tolerance and attempts to catch up with West and China in the military sphere, Russia is prone to technological catastrophes. It has a 10 times higher level of aviation catastrophes and car accidents than developed countries.

Thus it seems possible that a future global catastrophe may be somehow connected with Russia. However, most of the work in global catastrophic and existential risk (x-risks) prevention and policy efforts are happening in the West, especially in US, UK and Sweden. Even the best policies adopted by the governments of these countries may not help if a catastrophe occurs in another country or countries.

Sep 9, 2019

Israeli scientists print world’s first 3D heart

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

Is this for real? The future is here, and it’s alive and beating. Scientists at Tel Aviv University have printed the world’s first 3D heart complete with blood vessels using personalized “ink” made of collagen, a protein that supports the cell structures, and other biological molecules.

Sep 9, 2019

Robots, drones and the future of farming

Posted by in categories: drones, food, robotics/AI

On this week’s episode of Futuris, Euronews visits a hazelnut orchard in Italy to see how the new generation of robots can help farmers and agronomists make agriculture cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

Sep 9, 2019

Defining Dysbiosis for a Cluster of Chronic Diseases

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Sep 9, 2019

Microsoft Vision AI Developer Kit Simplifies Building Vision-Based Deep Learning Projects

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI, security, transportation

Computer vision is one of the most popular applications of artificial intelligence. Image classification, object detection and object segmentation are some of the use cases of computer vision-based AI. These techniques are used in a variety of consumer and industrial scenarios. From face recognition-based user authentication to inventory tracking in warehouses to vehicle detection on roads, computer vision is becoming an integral part of next-generation applications.

Computer vision uses advanced neural networks and deep learning algorithms such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Single Shot Multibox Detector (SSD) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN). Applying these algorithms requires a thorough understanding of neural network architecture, advanced mathematics and image processing techniques. For an average ML developer, CNN remains to be a complex branch of AI.

Apart from the knowledge and understanding of algorithms, CNNs demand high end, expensive infrastructure for training the models, which is out of reach for most of the developers.

Sep 9, 2019

And then there was light: looking for the first stars in the Universe

Posted by in category: alien life

Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life and death of the very earliest stars.