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Apr 7, 2019
These Straight Out Of Sci-Fi Companies Are Backed By Tech’s Best Investors
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: futurism
These technologies sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but these companies are turning them into a reality.
Apr 7, 2019
Musk Describes Newest Tesla Autopilot Update As “Epic”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
Epic update suggests big improvements over the current version of Tesla Autopilot, which is already considered very advanced. What exactly does Elon Musk mean by epic though?
Apr 7, 2019
Andrew Yang | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 45
Posted by Tracy R. Atkins in categories: climatology, economics, geopolitics, robotics/AI, sustainability
Andrew Yang gives a dynamite interview on automation, UBI, and economic solutions to transitioning to the future.
Andrew Yang, award winning entrepreneur, Democratic Presidential candidate, and author of “The War on Normal People,” joins Ben to discuss the Industrial Revolution, Universal Basic Income, climate change, circumcision, and much more.
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Apr 7, 2019
How a blast to the kidney could end high blood pressure for good
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
A revolutionary 60-minute therapy for high blood pressure could allow patients to throw their tablets away for good.
The unlikely remedy involves blasting nerves in the kidneys with sound waves to stop them sending signals to the brain that drive up blood pressure.
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Apr 7, 2019
IBM’s New AI Does Something Amazing: It Learns From “Memories”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Apr 7, 2019
Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution. Then Came the Bill
Posted by Derick Lee in category: biotech/medical
More drugmakers are betting gene therapies will have a big impact on patients and profits, with Pfizer Inc. last month agreeing to collaborate with Paris-based Vivet Therapeutics on a treatment for a rare liver disorder. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration forecasts as many as 20 cell- and gene-therapy approvals each year by 2025. Doubts remain about whether the treatments will sustain their dramatic results, making it difficult to determine their value.
Dozens of revolutionary gene therapies that mend faulty strands of DNA are on their way, bringing the power to eliminate lethal childhood diseases, rare blood disorders and other severe illnesses.
Beneath the excitement about these potential cures lies an important catch: no one knows how much to charge for them.
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Apr 6, 2019
Digital Health Nordic 2019 / Aubrey De Grey / Sens Foundation
Posted by Montie Adkins in category: health
Some newer info from Aubrey(Especially after 23 min) including published papers, spin out company investing, unity 300 million, and he is confident Project 21 will indeed get rolling in 2021 which is human trials.
Apr 6, 2019
Carmakers have become a surprising front-runner in quantum computing
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, quantum physics
Despite the uncertainty, automakers have been hiring quantum experts and launching early experiments.