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Mar 25, 2017
How to Pack for the Apocalypse
Posted by Brett Gallie II in categories: business, innovation
Bug-out bags/survival kits are a controversial topic. Everybody has a different philosophy about what makes a good one. This is Brent’s. While bigger and heavier than a lot of the bags you’ll see online, you can keep it in the closet by your front door or the trunk of your car, and you’ll be prepared for an emergency that could last many days. Brent’s kit doubles as a slick backpacking setup, so you’ll get to know your gear extremely well, and you get to have fun with it, too.
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Mar 25, 2017
Hyperloop starts building a passenger capsule
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: transportation
Mar 25, 2017
The Weird World of Cyborg Animals Is Here
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, engineering, robotics/AI
Roboticists frequently turn to nature for inspiration for their inventions, reverse engineering the traits that evolution has developed over millennia. Others are taking a shortcut by simply integrating modern technology with living animals.
The idea may seem crazy, but animals and machines are not so different. Just as a network of wires carry electrical signals between a robot’s sensors, processing units and motors, the flow of action potentials around our nervous system connects our sensory organs, brain and muscles.
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Mar 25, 2017
Office of Naval Research shows new Navy BAE railgun test
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: military
The Office of Naval Research and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, conduct the first shot of the Railgun at the terminal range November 17, 2016.
There are also current tests of with an Army Howitzer is now firing a super high-speed, high-tech, electromagnetic Hyper Velocity Projectile.
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Mar 25, 2017
World’s First Deep-Sea Mining Venture Set to Launch in 2019
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: futurism
Mar 24, 2017
Supertall skyscraper hangs from orbiting asteroid in Clouds Architecture Office concept
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, habitats, space travel
In a bid to get around terrestrial height restrictions, Clouds Architecture Office has proposed suspending the world’s tallest skyscraper from an asteroid, leaving residents to parachute to earth.
New York-based Clouds Architecture Office drew up plans for Analemma Tower to “overturn the established skyscraper typology” by building not up from the ground but down from the sky by affixing the foundations to an orbiting asteroid.
“Harnessing the power of planetary design thinking, it taps into the desire for extreme height, seclusion and constant mobility,” said the architects, who have previously drawn up proposals for space transportation and a 3D-printed ice house on Mars.
Mar 24, 2017
Critical step in cellualr repair of damaged DNA identifi edwhich could be big for reversing aging and human trials will start within six months
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, space travel
UNSW researchers have identified a critical step in the molecular process that allows cells to repair damaged DNA – and it could mean big things for the future of anti-ageing drugs, childhood cancer survivors and even astronauts. It could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars.
Their experiments in mice suggest a treatment is possible for DNA damage from ageing and radiation. It is so promising it has attracted the attention of NASA, which believes the treatment can help its Mars mission.
While our cells have an innate capability to repair DNA damage − which happens every time we go out into the sun, for example – their ability to do this declines as we age.
Mar 24, 2017
We Were Wrong — the Testes Are Connected to the Immune System
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Some parts of the body – including the tissues of the brain and testes – have long been considered to be completely hidden from our immune system.
Last year scientists made the amazing discovery that a set of previously unseen channels connected the brain to our immune system; now, it appears we might also need to rethink the immune system’s relationship with the testes, potentially explaining why some men are infertile and how some cancer vaccines fail to provide immunity.
Researchers from University of Virginia School of Medicine discovered a ‘very small door’ which allows the testes to expose some of its antigens to the immune system without letting it inside.
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