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May 27, 2018

Asteroid defense using homopolar motors (inverse rail-guns)

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May 27, 2018

Hello World Canada: The Rise of AI

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

Bloomberg Businessweek presents an exclusive premiere of the latest episode of “Hello World,” the tech-travel show hosted by journalist and best-selling author Ashlee Vance and watched by millions of people around the globe. There’s an AI revolution sweeping across the world. Yet few people know the real story about where this technology came from and why it suddenly took off. In this ground-breaking episode of “Hello World,” the story of AI’s rise is told in detail for the first time, as journalist Ashlee Vance heads to the unexpected birthplace of the technology, Canada. (Source: Bloomberg)

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May 26, 2018

VW’s iconic microbus is making a comeback in 2022 — and it’s getting a big update

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Volkswagen’s I.D. Buzz will feature a customizable interior and features that will eventually move the car toward autonomous driving.

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May 26, 2018

How to Overhaul Your Business to Take Advantage of the Internet of Things

Posted by in categories: business, internet, robotics/AI

If you’re not learning, you’re missing out on earnings.

It’s easy to write off the Internet of Things (IoT) as a great technology solution looking for a problem; yet another acronym clogging up the hype cycle.

High-performance organizations, however, see IoT very differently. For them, IoT is already on the front line, where data and machine learning combine to power them exponentially ahead. When these organizations look at IoT, they don’t see a new technology to connect things. Instead, they see a business decision—and a better way to inform it.

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May 26, 2018

SpaceX’s prototype internet satellites are good enough for gaming, Elon Musk says

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites

In a tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says two prototype broadband data-transmitting satellites are working well enough to be used for playing video games.

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May 26, 2018

We want to declare ageing a disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism

This in depth story has recently been translated to English: https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/…/we-want-to-declare-ageing-a…?


Zoltan Istvan is currently a Libertarian candidate for Governor in California, also former 2016’s US presidential candidate for the Transhumanist Party and he is known around the world as someone that advocates for Transhumanism, a public figure in science and technology.

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May 26, 2018

Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors

Posted by in categories: education, genetics, life extension

Aging (Albany NY). 2017 Feb 14;9:419–446. doi: 10.18632/aging.101168.

Quach A, Levine ME, Tanaka T, Lu AT, Chen BH, Ferrucci L, Ritz B3 Bandinelli S, Neuhouser ML, Beasley JM, Snetselaar L, Wallace RB, Tsao PS9,10, Absher D11, Assimes TL, Stewart JD12, Li Y13,14, Hou L15,16, Baccarelli AA17, Whitsel EA12,18, Horvath S1,19.

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May 26, 2018

World’s first electrified road charges cars

Posted by in category: transportation

This road can charge your car while you drive on it 🚘.

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May 26, 2018

These Drops Can Replace Contacts And Glasses

Posted by in category: futurism

Oculus reparo… in a drop! 😵.

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May 26, 2018

Why living near forests can benefit your mental health

Posted by in categories: health, neuroscience

It is rush hour and you are crammed inside a train carriage with a stranger’s armpit pressing against your face. Are you feeling relaxed?

Studies have shown that repeated infringement of personal space in cities can trigger the brain’s threat system, which makes us feel stressed.

Other factors such as constant contact with strangers and traffic noise all contribute to city dwellers being most likely to suffer from chronic stress.

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