An international team of scientists developed augmented reality glasses with technology to receive images beamed from a projector, to resolve some of the existing limitations of such glasses, such as their weight and bulk. The team’s research is being presented at the IEEE VR conference in Saint-Malo, France, in March 2025.
Augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays digital information and virtual objects on an image of the real world viewed through a device’s viewfinder or electronic display, has gained traction in recent years with popular gaming apps like Pokémon Go, and real-world applications in areas including education, manufacturing, retail and health care. But the adoption of wearable AR devices has lagged over time due to their heft associated with batteries and electronic components.
AR glasses, in particular, have the potential to transform a user’s physical environment by integrating virtual elements. Despite many advances in hardware technology over the years, AR glasses remain heavy and awkward and still lack adequate computational power, battery life and brightness for optimal user experience.
Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, Bergson, and Spinoza—and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter. Peter is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, and he is inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Introduction. 1:00 — The Mind-Body Problem. 4:00 — Idealism vs Panpsychism. 6:45 — Defining Consciousness. 15:30 — Spinozism & Whiteheadian Panpsychism. 19:30 — Kastrup’s Analytic Idealism. 24:07 — Naïve Realism. 29:30 — Huxley, James, Whitehead, Nietzsche, Spinoza, Schopenhauer, Bergson & Kant. 35:15 — What is the Philosophy of Psychedelics? 41:38 — Evidence of Psychedelic Research. 45:35 — Psychedelics & Consciousness. 53:10 — Defining Psychedelics. 59:50 — Metaphysical Shifts & Consensus Reality. 1:04:30 — Peter’s most Psychoactive Experience. 1:09:40 — Psychedelic Research Criticism. 1:13:14 — From Therapeutics to Metaphysics. 1:16:18 — Mind At Large & Exogenous Mind Theory. 1:23:08 — Free Will. 1:27:40 — Panpsychisms. 1:35:40 — Peter’s Philosophical Heroes. 1:40:02 — Final Thoughts. 1:41:10 — Conclusion.
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We thought we knew the human body — but a new organ has been officially discovered.
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have officially classified the mesentery—a structure in the digestive system—as a distinct human organ.
Previously thought to be a fragmented and insignificant part of the abdominal cavity, new research reveals that the mesentery is actually a continuous structure that plays a crucial role in holding the intestines in place.
This reclassification, led by J Calvin Coffey from the University Hospital Limerick in Ireland, has been recognized in medical textbooks like Gray’s Anatomy and is now being taught to medical students. While its precise function remains unclear, studying this newly recognized organ could lead to breakthroughs in understanding and treating abdominal and digestive diseases.
The mesentery’s discovery marks the beginning of a new medical field—mesenteric science—which aims to uncover its role in human health. Researchers believe that a deeper understanding of its functions will help identify diseases linked to abnormal mesenteric activity. This revelation reminds us that, despite advances in science, there is still much to learn about our own bodies. With further research, the mesentery could hold key insights into improving gastrointestinal health and developing innovative treatments for abdominal disorders.
In human engineering, we design systems to be predictable and controlled. By contrast, nature thrives on systems where simple rules generate rich, emergent complexity. The computational nature of the universe explains how simplicity can generate the complexity we see in natural phenomena. Imagine being able to understand everything about the universe and solve all its mysteries by a computational approach that uses very simple rules. Instead of being limited to mathematical equations, using very basic computational rules, we might be able to figure out and describe everything in the universe, like what happened at the very beginning? What is energy? What’s the nature of dark matter? Is traveling faster than light possible? What is consciousness? Is there free will? How can we unify different theories of physics into one ultimate theory of everything?
This paradigm goes against the traditional notion that complexity in nature must arise from complicated origins. It claims that simplicity in fundamental rules can produce astonishing complexity in behavior. Entering the Wolfram’s physics project: The computational universe!
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Chapters: 00:00 Intro. 01:48 Fundamentally computational. 08:51 Computational irreducibility. 13:14 Causal invariance. 16:16 Universal computation. 18:44 Spatial dimensions. 21:36 Space curvature. 23:52 Time and causality. 27:12 Energy. 29:38 Quantum mechanics. 31:31 Faster than light travel. 34:56 Dark matter. 36:30 Critiques. 39:15 Meta-framework. 41:19 The ultimate rule. 44:21 Consciousness. 46:00 Free will. 48:02 Meaning and purpose. 49:09 Unification. 55:14 Further analysis. 01:02:30 Credits.
In this video, we explore seven astonishing breakthroughs leading us closer to age reversal and longer, healthier lives by 2025. From mapping the complete fruit fly brain for deeper insights into neurobiology, to AI-driven drug discovery breakthroughs by Insilico Medicine, these cutting-edge innovations are changing the way we understand and tackle aging. We’ll also dive into the growing world of microbiome-targeting startups, and Dr. Ben Goertzel’s vision for an AI-driven future where extended longevity and superintelligence converge. Whether you’re interested in the most advanced biotech research, the latest in computational biology, or the promise of AGI to transform healthcare, this video covers the game-changing science that could redefine what it means to grow older.
Stay tuned for expert insights on how these remarkable advancements might help us inch closer to “longevity escape velocity.” Be sure to check the description for links to the studies, articles, and visionary leaders shaping tomorrow’s health landscape.
00:00 intro. 01:25 Dont Die Documentary Cameo. 03:30 Folistatin Gene Therapy. 06:15 Cellular Reprogramming. 09:00 Decentralized Science. 11:50 Human Brain Simulation. 14:53 AI Designed Drugs. 18:08 Microbiome. 21:25 Ben Goertzel AI+Longevity.
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Imagine that malignant brain tumors are not the unbridled chaos of unchecked growth we think they are, but they are actually communicating with brain cells in very specific ways. That’s what Stanford neuroscientist Michelle Monje MD, PhD, discovered about certain types of brain cancer (called gliomas), including a deadly childhood form called DIPG. It turns out that these tumors can form connections with the brain’s circuitry (just like brain cells do) in order to fuel their own growth. But it’s not just cancers that start in the brain that are doing this. Monje and Stanford researcher Julien Sage, PhD, discovered that a type of cancer that starts in the lungs also engages in this form of hijacking when it spreads to the brain. This is important because we now have significant insight into the process of tumor growth. And these findings help us better understand how we might be able to treat or stop these cancers altogether. For more information, read “Dangerous infiltrators” in Stanford Medicine magazine: https://stan.md/4gZHRh7
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Reasoning about the physical world enables people to successfully interact with and manipulate their environment. In this Review, Hartshorne and Jing bridge findings from education, developmental psychology and cognitive science and discuss how best to reconcile these approaches going forward.
I have always considered myself generally attuned to the nuances of sound and technology, but nothing in my training or experience as an audio engineer had prepared me for the experience that would challenge my understanding of mind-machine interaction, if not reality itself. During my five years of industry experience (in documentary postproduction) working with digital audio workstations, mixing consoles, and media servers, I occasionally noticed fleeting moments of uncanny synchrony between my thoughts and the technology around me — an inexplicable, almost telepathic rapport with the equipment.
One event stood apart from all others: a sudden, unshakable certainty that the entire production company’s server infrastructure was on the verge of catastrophic failure. There were no perceptible signs of this — no sluggishness in the UI or signal output, no glitches registering perceptually or in the manipulations of the hardware — it was just a gut feeling. Trusting this intuition, I meticulously backed up every project I was working on at the time. A couple days later, the crash hit — crippling the workflow of every suite in the company except mine. To a skeptic, this might be dismissed as coincidence or subconscious pattern recognition. But to me, it was phenomenologically undeniable: something beyond conventional cognition had occurred, something that demanded deeper inquiry.
The history of science is punctuated by phenomena that defy our prevailing paradigms. The phenomenon described here — a premonition of an impending media server collapse, acted upon with near-perfect timing — suggests an intimate, perhaps even psychic, relationship between the human mind and the technological milieu. While a materialist skeptic may argue that this experience is the product of unconscious pattern recognition or mere coincidence, such objections introduce unnecessary complexities, violating the principle of Occam’s Razor.
