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Feb 24, 2019

Radical New Technologies will Make People “Super Human” and the Government More Efficient

Posted by in categories: computing, government, transhumanism

In my continuing work with the government of UAE / #Dubai, I have an article on #transhumanism that came out in a new portal launched with their recent World Government Summit 2019. Give it a read!


Everywhere around us a “super human” future is rapidly appearing. Sometimes called transhumanism, scientists, programmers, and engineers everywhere are working on radical technologies that not only become a part of our everyday reality, but also fit directly into our bodies.

Some examples are contact lenses that see in the dark. Others are endoskeletons attached to artificial limbs that can lift a half ton of weight. Still others are brain chip implants that read your thoughts and instantly communicate them with others. Sound like science fiction? Indeed, it does. Nevertheless, it’s coming very soon. In fact, much of the technology already exists. Some of it’s being sold commercially at your local superstore or being tested in laboratories right now around the world.

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Feb 24, 2019

Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Without humans to cause accidents, 90% of risk is removed. Insurers are scrambling to prepare.

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Feb 24, 2019

James Hughes’ Problems of Transhumanism: A Review (Part 3) – Article

Posted by in category: transhumanism

This is Part 3 of a 5-part series by Chogwu Abdul, founder of the Transhumanist Enlightenment Café (TEC), where he explores the thought-provoking intricacies of James Hughes’ “Problems of Transhumanism.”

In this Part, he explores “Liberal Democracy Versus Technocratic Absolutism.”

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Feb 24, 2019

My robotic team at CRC competition( −600 $ of budget)

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

128 votes and so far on Reddit.

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Feb 24, 2019

Thirty-million-page backup of humanity headed to moon aboard Israeli lander

Posted by in category: space

If the apocalypse hits, the Arch Mission Foundation wants to be sure the knowledge we’ve accrued sticks around.

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Feb 24, 2019

NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

NASA on Friday gave SpaceX the green light to test a new crew capsule by first sending an unmanned craft with a life-sized mannequin to the International Space Station.

“We’re go for launch, we’re go for docking,” said William Gerstenmaier, the associate administrator with NASA Human Exploration and Operations.

A Falcon 9 rocket from the private US-based SpaceX is scheduled to lift off, weather permitting, on March 2 to take the Crew Dragon test capsule to the ISS.

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Feb 24, 2019

A quantum magnet with a topological twist

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

Taking their name from an intricate Japanese basket pattern, kagome magnets are thought to have electronic properties that could be valuable for future quantum devices and applications. Theories predict that some electrons in these materials have exotic, so-called topological behaviors and others behave somewhat like graphene, another material prized for its potential for new types of electronics.

Now, an international team led by researchers at Princeton University has observed that some of the in these magnets behave collectively, like an almost infinitely massive electron that is strangely magnetic, rather than like individual particles. The study was published in the journal Nature Physics this week.

The team also showed that placing the kagome magnet in a causes the direction of magnetism to reverse. This “negative magnetism” is akin to having a compass that points south instead of north, or a refrigerator magnet that suddenly refuses to stick.

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Feb 24, 2019

Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold

Posted by in categories: internet, mobile phones, space

A foldable that folds without a gap.

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Feb 24, 2019

Anti-vaxx propaganda has gone viral on Facebook. Pinterest has a cure

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education

Since my previous post about Youtube and anti-vaccination was such a hit, here’s now Pinterest handles it. They broke their own search engine to keep these things from getting passed around. They also blocked the ability to pin links or images from any number of pseudoscience websites such as Mercola, Natural News, GreedMedInfo, and HealthNutNews.

They also did this to their hash-tag library to keep people from finding workarounds.


O n Wednesday morning, Adam Schiff, the powerful chair of the House intelligence committee, joined journalists around the world in a nascent Twitter meme: he searched “vaccine” on Facebook and posted a screenshot of the results.

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Feb 24, 2019

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Posted by in category: robotics/AI

How will AI finish the unfinished work of Schubert’s famous Symphony No. 8?

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