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Sep 17, 2016

Japanese Scientists Create Lab-Grown Eyes

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists have learned how to grow human eyes in the lab.

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Sep 17, 2016

Westworld Review: HBO’s New Series Is Bold, Compelling

Posted by in categories: entertainment, transhumanism

Fantastic review! I will DEFINITELY be giving this series a go when it premieres very early next month!

This show, like the novel it’s based on, will explore many major transhumanist (and humanist, for that matter) themes. What do you think? Will you be watching too?


Allison Keene reviews the first four episodes of the upcoming HBO drama Westworld, which stars Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, and Anthony Hopkins.

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Sep 17, 2016

Limitless Travel Avatar

Posted by in categories: economics, transportation

https://youtube.com/watch?v=S5qpamZ_MqM

As our worldwide transportation network becomes less and less able to support the demands of a global economy, more and more individuals and communities will either spend too much time on the road or become isolated.

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Sep 17, 2016

Could We Build A Real Warp Drive?

Posted by in categories: futurism, space travel

Warp Drives. Science fiction or future reality?

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Sep 17, 2016

Spaceflight Startup Wants to Launch Rockets out of the Ocean

Posted by in category: space travel

Don’t even need a launch pad.

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Sep 17, 2016

EcoHelmet: This foldable bike helmet is made from paper

Posted by in category: futurism

http://cnnmon.ie/2cR4Mfo

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Sep 17, 2016

Small Canadian town will give land, a job to anyone willing to move

Posted by in category: futurism

Cape Breton is a small island at the eastern end of Nova Scotia. It features all four seasons, the population (as or 2001) is just under 150,000 and the community is true to its small town roots.

The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market, a bakery and general store, is a staple of this hidden paradise and it is looking to expand. They have everything they need, except people.

NOT SURE ABOUT CANADA? New Zealand is proposing a similar but different proposal.

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Sep 17, 2016

Jeff Bezos’ space company is a lot like Amazon was in 1994

Posted by in category: space

Jeff Bezos has a talent for persuading Wall Street to back radically long-term investments. He’ll certainly need it if he ever decides to take his space company, Blue Origin, public.

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Sep 17, 2016

One Year Anniversary of BioViva’s Gene Therapy Against Human Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

It has officially been one year since I volunteered to take the first gene therapy to treat biological aging. It has been an amazing year! It began with a great deal of excitement in the weeks leading up to taking the treatment. The excitement of treatment day was followed by months of anticipation before the letdown of not magically reversing visual aging and becoming a 20-year-old biologically again. Even so, the year has been filled with energizing information gleaned from every additional molecular biomarker test that we have done. In this post, I will try to summarize my feelings on several topics as they have evolved throughout the year.

First in Human Use

Being the first person to use any new medical treatment is a complicated endeavor. It is infinitely more complicated when we don’t know the possible outcomes, the perfect dosage, the regimen, or the optimal delivery method. With all of these uncertainties, one is constantly aware that all the excitement and hopes could be squelched in moments. For the same reasons, every small success seems unbelievable, even though they are the results we wanted.

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Sep 17, 2016

Kurzweil Says Passion Projects Are the Best Way to Learn

Posted by in categories: education, Ray Kurzweil

“The whole model of education, of stuffing information into kids’ minds is very much obsolete, since we carry all the knowledge of the world on our belts… The knowledge we carry around with us is only going to get ever more rich, and it’s going to become more and more intimately integrated with our lives.” says Kurzweil.

While traditional education has revolved around rote memorization and standardized testing, the one-size-fits-all model of learning pales in comparison to passionately engaging in problems we’re personally interested in solving.

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