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Aug 22, 2017

Regenerative Medicine Market to Reach $5.5 Billion by 2025: Increased Prevalence of Neurodegenerative, Orthopedic & Other Aging-related Disorders

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

DUBLIN, August 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/.

The “Regenerative Medicine Market, 2014 — 2025” report has been added to Research and Markets’ offering.

The global regenerative medicine market size is expected to reach USD 5.59 billion by 2025, according to this new report. Increased prevalence of neurodegenerative, orthopedic, and other aging-related disorders in geriatric population coupled with rising global geriatric population is anticipated to drive market growth.

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Aug 22, 2017

CRISPR Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital to Research Use of CRISPR/Cas9 in T Cell Cancer Therapies

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Collaboration expands CRISPR Therapeutics’ efforts in immuno-oncology.

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Aug 22, 2017

After Dangerous Collisions, Navy Will Pause for Safety Check

Posted by in category: military

A crash involving the destroyer John S. McCain near Singapore raises questions about Navy safety two months after a similar collision killed seven people.

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Aug 22, 2017

US Navy collisions stoke cyber threat concerns

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Cyberattacks can also hit massive oceangoing ships, misdirect GPS signals, and cause mayhem in shipping lanes. Trust in anti-collision protocols falters.

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Aug 22, 2017

‘We Do Not Have Long to Act’: Tech Heads Warn UN About Autonomous Arms

Posted by in categories: drones, Elon Musk, robotics/AI

SpaceX head Elon Musk and other industry leaders write that autonomy will lead to wider and faster war.

The prospect of tanks, machine guns, and drones that think for themselves becoming widespread is giving tech luminaries the heebie-jeebies.

In an open letter today (Aug. 21), a group of specialists from 26 nations called for the United Nations to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons. The signatories include Tesla CEO Elon Musk and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, as well as other leaders in robotics and artificial-intelligence companies. (Google acquired DeepMind in 2014.)

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Aug 22, 2017

Outer-Space Obsession: Moguls Worth $513 Billion Join the Race

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space

A real push for space is happening.


Think billionaires and outer space and three names quickly come to mind: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

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Aug 22, 2017

Elephants Never Forget!

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

It’s a common saying that elephants never forget. But the more we learn about elephants, the more it appears that their impressive memory is only one aspect of an incredible intelligence that makes them some of the most social, creative, and benevolent creatures on Earth. Alex Gendler takes us into the incredible, unforgettable mind of an elephant.

It’s a common saying that elephants never forget, but these magnificent animals are more than giant walking hard drives. The more we learn about elephants, the more it appears that their impressive memory is only one aspect of an incredible intelligence that makes them some of the most social, creative and benevolent creatures on Earth.

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Aug 22, 2017

B Cells: The Antibody Factories of the Immune System

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The immune system as a whole can be broadly separated into two main branches: the innate immune response and the adaptive immune response. The innate immune response is performed by a system that is always present across the body, while the adaptive immune response appears only in response to an infection and is always specific to a particular infectious agent. B cells are a part of the adaptive immune system.

B cells are one of the two types of lymphocytes, the other kind being T cells. Like most immune cells, B cells have a very specific function: the production of antibodies, which play a major role in immunity. However, in order for a B cell to produce antibodies it must first become activated.

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Aug 22, 2017

FLOW OF WISDOM Interview w/ Zoltan Istvan founder of the Transhumanist Party HR1

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, geopolitics, life extension, robotics/AI, transhumanism

The original date of this broadcast was on August 20, 2017. Zoltan Istvan is the creator of the Transhumanist political party.
Subjects discussed: Cryonics, The merging of machines and humans, advance technology, transhumanism, CRISPR and Artificial Intelligence.

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Aug 22, 2017

Edge computing could push the cloud to the fringe

Posted by in categories: drones, internet, robotics/AI

If the idea of processing data at the edge sounds familiar, it should. Levine points out computing has gone in massive cycles, shifting from centralized to distributed and back again, and the coming move to the edge is just another manifestation of that.

In his view, it only makes sense that the next trend will swing back to a distributed system driven by the sheer volume of Internet of Things devices. When the number of devices on the planet is no longer limited by the number of humans, it has the potential to raise the number of computers in the world by an order of magnitude, and that will force a change in the way we think about computing in the future.

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