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Dec 20, 2013
Youth-drug can ‘reverse’ ageing in animal studies
Posted by Seb in categories: biological, biotech/medical, life extension
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News
US scientists have performed a dramatic reversal of the ageing process in animal studies.
They used a chemical to rejuvenate muscle in mice and said it was the equivalent of transforming a 60-year-old’s muscle to that of a 20-year-old — but muscle strength did not improve.
Their study, in the journal Cell, identified an entirely new mechanism of ageing and then reversed it.
Other researchers said it was an “exciting finding”.
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Dec 20, 2013
Surveillance blimp will help police border
Posted by Seb in categories: geopolitics, law enforcement, surveillance
By DAN SANTELLA The Monitor
PEÑITAS — It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … no, it’s a Border Patrol blimp. Mobile, unmanned, aerial security surveillance has arrived in the Rio Grande Valley.
A so-called aerostat surveillance blimp was unveiled to media Thursday afternoon in a field south of Interstate 2/Expressway 83. Standing behind a U.S. Department of Homeland Security dais, local and national officials introduced the big, white airship and fielded questions about its upcoming use.
Noting how border fencing ends near Peñitas, Rosendo Hinojosa, chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector, said that the aerostat will provide Valley authorities with means previously unavailable to them.
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Dec 20, 2013
Singularity: Reading our genes like computer code
Posted by Seb in categories: big data, biotech/medical, singularity
By Jane Wakefield
He knows this because when he had his genetic code read, he found out that he was likely to get age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The disease leaves the sufferer with a very narrow field of vision.
As head of bio-technology at the world’s most futuristic learning institution, Singularity University, he found the news “burdensome” at first.
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Dec 20, 2013
Bitcoin donations welcome, Newport Beach City Council candidate says
Posted by Seb in categories: bitcoin, government
When Newport Beach City Council candidate Michael Glenn thinks of freedom, that includes the freedom to choose how to donate — be it with dollar, peso or bitcoin.
Glenn claims to be the first local politician to accept campaign donations in the esoteric digital currency. He is running against businesswoman Diane Dixon and Harbor Commissioner Joe Stapleton for the Balboa Peninsula’s 1st District council seat.
Glenn’s announcement comes just weeks after customers used bitcoins to pay for a Tesla, and then a Lamborghini, from a Costa Mesa dealership.
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Dec 19, 2013
First Tricorders, Next Artificial Intelligence — A Moonshot Project
Posted by Seb in category: scientific freedom
Peter Jansen wants us, especially kids, to make little discoveries everywhere and at any time. He developed the tricorder to give people a tool for scientific learning and visualization.
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Dec 19, 2013
Overstock.com Will Start Taking Bitcoin Next Year
Posted by Seb in categories: bitcoin, business
Online retail outlet Overstock.com will start accepting Bitcoins as early as the end of Q2 2014, according to CEO Patrick Byrne.
They will be the first major online retailer to do so. The news was first reported on newsBTC.
Byrne told us by phone this afternoon that he considers himself a believer in the Austrian economics school, which says fiat currency, like the U.S. dollar, is fundamentally flawed since it is prone to inflation and manipulation. Bitcoin, like gold, is immune to this, since there is a fixed supply.
“Philosophically, we support Bitcion,” he said.
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Dec 19, 2013
Transcendence
Posted by Seb in categories: entertainment, futurism, human trajectories, singularity
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
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Dec 19, 2013
The Seven Fallacies of Aging
Posted by Marios Kyriazis in categories: biotech/medical, evolution, futurism, life extension, transhumanism
Some people become incredibly confused about the effort to eliminate aging, which they see as a nebulous, ill-defined process. I refer to the concept of radical life extension, when aging as a process has been abolished. I am not referring to simple healthy longevity (the effort to live a healthy life until the current maximum lifespan of 110–120). Here are some common misconceptions:
1. The Fallacy of words
Eliminating aging will make us ‘immortal’ and we will live forever.
No, it won’t. If we eliminate aging as a cause of death, we may be able to live for an indefinite (not infinite) period, until something else kills us. Even in a world without aging, death can happen at any time (at age 10, 65 or 1003) and for any reason (a shot in the head, malaria, drowning). If we manage to eliminate aging as a cause of death, the only certain thing would be that we will not necessarily die when we reach the currently maximum lifespan limit of around 110–120 years. We would certainly NOT live for ever, because something else will kill us sooner or later. Our organs cannot be repaired if we perish in a nuclear explosion for example, or in a fire. Some statisticians have mentioned that, without aging, we may be able to live to 1700–2000 years on average before death happens due to some other catastrophic damage. This is a long time, but it is not ‘forever’.
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Tags: aging, Life extension, longevity
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Dec 18, 2013
Minimally Invasive Medical Technology – For the betterment of the human condition.
Posted by Clyde DeSouza in categories: 3D printing, augmented reality, bioprinting, biotech/medical, drones, futurism, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Technology for pain-free healing:
“Your threshold for pain is near zero”, said my dentist, as she deftly moved the extremely thin fiber optic laser head away.
“That’s why I chose to fly in here. Gum filet carving doesn’t appeal to me”, I mumbled, my lips feeling leathery from the anesthetic spray.
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Tags: Clyde DeSouza, davinci robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, transhumanism
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Dec 18, 2013
The Age of Surprise: Predicting The Future Of Technology
Posted by Seb in categories: futurism, human trajectories, singularity
It’s that time of the year again. You know, that time of year when technologists, pundits and bloggers get into the festive spirit and share technology predictions for the coming year. Being partially curious and possibly not wanting to be left out of the fun, I thought I’d throw my hat into the ring with my own set of prognoses. In terms of timeframe, whether it’s 2014 or 2050 is another story. Alas, this is a story about intersecting trends, asking the simple yet infinitely complex question of where is technology taking us?
The famous computer scientist Alan Kay can best sum up my opinion on technology predictions in his famous 1971 quote; “Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do… The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Really smart people with reasonable funding can do just about anything that doesn’t violate too many of Newton’s Laws!”
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