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Aug 7, 2016

5 Future Visions to Fuel Your Imagination of What’s Possible

Posted by in category: futurism

Through the lens of imagination, humankind has the ability to see far beyond the present. The strongest of these guiding visions tend to coalesce and together steer the trajectory of where we’re headed—even if we don’t arrive exactly where expected.

But what fuels the imagination? The information we consume paints a picture of the world we inhabit. Both sci-fi and forecasting offer fertile ground for stimulating thoughts about the future, while also helping us imagine the steps necessary to get us closer or further from the destination.

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Aug 6, 2016

IBM lab on a chip can sort 20 nanometer nanoparticles such as DNA, viruses and exos

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, nanotechnology, particle physics

IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians to detect diseases such as cancer before symptoms appear.

As reported today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology*, the IBM team’s results show size-based separation of bioparticles down to 20 nanometers (nm) in diameter, a scale that gives access to important particles such as DNA, viruses and exosomes. Once separated, these particles can be analyzed by physicians to potentially reveal signs of disease even before patients experience any physical symptoms and when the outcome from treatment is most positive. Until now, the smallest bioparticle that could be separated by size with on-chip technologies was about 50 times or larger, for example, separation of circulating tumor cells from other biological components.

IBM is collaborating with a team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to continue development of this lab-on-a-chip technology and plans to test it on prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the U.S.

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Aug 6, 2016

Porsche concept electronic Mission E car

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

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Porsche concept electric Mission E car.

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Aug 6, 2016

Franklin Chang’s VASIMR plasma engine readies for key test

Posted by in category: space travel

The VASIMR engine being developed by Costa Rican physicist Franklin Chang Díaz is one step closer to proving itself the best technology for propelling the next generation of spacecraft.

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Aug 6, 2016

Tesla Autopilot Drives Owner to Hospital During Pulmonary Embolism

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

It’s the feel good Autopilot story Tesla has been waiting for.

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Aug 6, 2016

Insulin Pill

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

This pill could change treatment for type 2 diabetes forever.

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Aug 6, 2016

How to Feed Ten Billion: Lab-Made ‘Clean Meat’ Burgers are Future of Food

Posted by in categories: energy, food

The rapid growth of the world’s human population raises the issue of more efficient food production; one solution to the problem is “clean meat,” which is produced in the equivalent of meat fermenters, Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director of the Good Food Institute, told Radio Sputnik.

The world’s human population reached 7.4 billion in March 2016, having reached 7 billion in October 2011. In 2050, it is expected to reach 9.7 billion, raising the question of how to produce enough food for everybody.

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Aug 6, 2016

Aubrey de Grey Explains SENS Anti-Cancer Strategy and Lifespan.io Campaign at D.N.A. Conference

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Dr. Aubrey de Grey of the of the SENS Research Foundation explains the OncoSENS approach to curing ALT-Cancer, the corresponding crowdunding campaign (https://www.lifespan.io/campaigns/sens-control-alt-delete-cancer/), and how this is a vital part of overcoming the ill-effects of aging.

This presentation is part of the Designing New Advances conference held by the Institute of Exponential Sciences in the Netherlands, orchestrated by Demian Hoed, and Lotte Van Norte.

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Aug 6, 2016

KEPLER 186F — LIFE AFTER EARTH — Documentary

Posted by in categories: alien life, education

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KEPLER 186F — LIFE AFTER EARTH — 2014 Documentary
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Aug 6, 2016

Reversing Aging: Clinical Trials For “Young-to-Old” Blood Transfusions Begin

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

California-based startup Ambrosia is starting clinical trials that will see older people pumped with blood from younger donors, in the hopes of rejuvenating their bodies.

Reversing and eliminating aging has always been one of the true Holy Grails of medical science. Like the search for the rumored Grail, the journey to eliminate aging will be a difficult one– and there is some doubt as to whether it is actually achievable.

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