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May 27, 2017

Scientists Surprised to Find No Two Neurons Are Genetically Alike

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience

The genetic makeup of any given brain cell differs from all others. That realization may provide clues to a range of psychiatric diseases.

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May 27, 2017

The Kardashev Scale — Type I, II, III, IV & V Civilization

Posted by in category: alien life

We have reached a turning point in society. According to renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, the next 100 years of science will determine whether we perish or thrive. Will we remain a Type 0 civilization, or will we advance and make our way into the stars?

Experts assert that, as a civilization grows larger and becomes more advanced, its energy demands will increase rapidly due to its population growth and the energy requirements of its various machines. With this in mind, the Kardashev scale was developed as a way of measuring a civilization’s technological advancement based upon how much usable energy it has at its disposal (this was originally just tied to energy available for communications, but has since been expanded).

The scale was originally designed in 1964 by the Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev (who was looking for signs of extraterrestrial life within cosmic signals). It has 3 base classes, each with an energy disposal level: Type I (10¹⁶W), Type II (10²⁶W), and Type III (10³⁶W). Other astronomers have extended the scale to Type IV (10⁴⁶W) and Type V (the energy available to this kind of civilization would equal that of all energy available in not just our universe, but in all universes and in all time-lines). These additions consider both energy access as well as the amount of knowledge the civilizations have access to.

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May 27, 2017

Automation Could Lead to the World’s Smartest Society

Posted by in categories: economics, education, employment, robotics/AI

The Opportunity of Automation

“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: ‘You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself — educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.” – Dori Lessing in The Golden Notebook.

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May 27, 2017

The Exercise Pill?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Scientists are working on a pill that could replace exercise.

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May 27, 2017

Acer Predator 21 X review

Posted by in category: computing

This 21-inch gaming laptop weighs as much as six Macbook Airs.

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May 27, 2017

Microsoft reveals prototype augmented reality glasses that don’t look wacky

Posted by in category: augmented reality

Microsoft on Friday unceremoniously revealed new prototype augmented-reality (AR) glasses that look like a normal pair of thick-framed glasses. The emergence of the technology indicates Microsoft has been thinking ways to go beyond the bulky and costly HoloLens headset it unveiled two years ago.

“There’s still a lot of work to be done,” Microsoft researchers Andrew Maimone, Andreas Georgiou, and Joel Kollin wrote in a paper describing the glasses containing holographic display prototypes, which employ a technique called digital holography. The researchers will talk about their work at the Siggraph conference in Los Angeles in August.

The paper comes a few weeks after Facebook talked about building AR glasses. Snap, which sells camera sunglasses for its Snapchat messaging app, has introduced AR software features, although it has not yet indicated it’s working on proper AR glasses. Apple is also thought to be developing AR technology.

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May 27, 2017

Check what’s behind your wall before drilling

Posted by in category: electronics

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May 27, 2017

We’re So Close To Immortality

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

We’re shockingly close to reversing many causes of aging.

David Agus explains how this could help us cure cancer — it’s about quality of life, not quantity.

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May 27, 2017

Human blood stem cells grown in the lab for the first time

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Two labs have found a way to create cells that can form new blood – paving the way for donor-free blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants.

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May 27, 2017

You can order food straight from Facebook now

Posted by in category: food

What a world we live in.

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