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Aug 30, 2019

What happens to your digital life after you die?

Posted by in category: futurism

Death in the modern age brings new challenges — namely, our digital lives are poised to outlive us. In this video, University of California professor BJ Miller describes the best practices to have in place for the accounts that you leave behind.

Aug 30, 2019

At the Midpoint: 08/30/2019

Posted by in category: space travel

There’s been a lot of traffic coming and going around the International Space Station. 🚀 This week, an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft successfully docked to our orbiting laboratory on its second attempt and a SpaceX cargo craft departed with approximately 3,300 pounds of science. Watch the latest episode of #SpaceToGround for more:

Aug 30, 2019

Experimental drug may ease opioid withdrawal symptoms

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Opioid withdrawal is a challenging experience, and although there are medications already on the market that can help curb the symptoms of withdrawal, these drugs cause negative side effects.

Current withdrawal medications also often require people to take them for a prolonged period, which is not ideal and could lead to a relapse.

There may be encouraging news on the horizon, however. New research highlights the possible benefits of an experimental drug called rapastinel, which scientists initially created to help those with major depressive disorder.

Aug 30, 2019

A predicted superconductor might work at a record-breaking 200° Celsius

Posted by in category: materials

Y. Sun et al. Route to a superconducting phase above room temperature in electron-doped hydride compounds under high pressure. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 123, August 30, 2019. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.097001.

Aug 30, 2019

WATCH: This two-minute synthetic biology video is a far-out vision of the future

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Most of my professional life is centered on synthetic biology, an industry and movement to make biology easier to engineer. So far, this emerging discipline has yielded everything from living medicines and spider silk jackets to impossible hamburgers. But what will humankind be growing in the next century?

Aug 30, 2019

MIT Engineers Build 15,000-Transistor Carbon Nanotube RISC-V Chip

Posted by in categories: computing, nanotechnology

Credit: MIT
Credit: MIT Engineers from the MIT and Analog Devices have created the most complex chip design yet that uses transistors made of carbon nanotubes instead of silicon. The chip was manufactured using new technologies proven to work in a commercial chip-manufacturing facility.

The researchers seem to have chosen the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for the design of the chip, presumably due to the open source nature that didn’t require hassling with licensing restrictions and costs. The RISC-V processor handles 32-bit instructions and does 16-bit memory addressing. The chip is not meant to be used in mainstream devices quite yet, but it’s a strong proof of concept that can already run “hello world”-type applications.

One advantage transistors made out of carbon nanotubes have over silicon transistors is that they can be manufactured in multiple layers, allowing for very dense 3D chip designs. DARPA also believes that carbon nanotubes may allow for the manufacturing of future 3D chips that have performance similar or better than silicon chips, but they can also be manufactured for much lower costs.

Aug 30, 2019

Human Headphones Just Changed The Game

Posted by in category: entertainment

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Aug 30, 2019

The Regenerage Show — Episode 2 — “What Causes Biological Aging?” — Ira Pastor — Host

Posted by in categories: biological, life extension

Ira Pastor, CEO, Bioquark Inc., Hosting The Regenerage Show — Episode 2 — “What Causes Biological Aging?”

Aug 30, 2019

Rejuvenation biotechnology: Will “age” soon cease to mean “aging”?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Around the world, people are living longer — not just because child mortality is dropping, but also because we’re staying healthy for more years as we age. In the future, regenerative medicine and other new developments may help most people remain youthful much longer than they do today. In this talk, Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer at the SENS Research Foundation, discusses the biology and sociology of what could be a massive shift in the way we live.

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Aug 30, 2019

The Teen With The Bionic Arms | SHAKE MY BEAUTY

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, cyborgs, transhumanism, transportation

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A DETERMINED TEENAGER with bionic arms champions diversity by showing the world it’s ‘cool to be different.’ Tilly Lockey, from County Durham, UK had both her arms amputated at 15 months old after contracting Group B meningococcal septicaemia. The 13-year-old was the first teenager in Britain to receive a pair of the 3D-printed bionic arms in 2016. Constantly in demand for her modelling work, Tilly extensively travels the world raising awareness for meningitis — the condition which almost took her life as a baby. Follow her story here:
https://www.instagram.com/tilly.lockey/
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