Immortality for Humans by 2045. A Russian mogul wants to achieve cybernetic immortality for humans within the next 33 years. He's pulled together a team intent on creating fully functional holographic human avatars that house our artificial brains. Now he's asking billionaires to help fund the advancements needed along the way. Top 5 Scariest Bioweapons: Photos The man behind the 2045 Initiative, described as a nonprofit organization, is a Russian named Dmitry Itskov. Gizmag's Dario Borghino wisely warned that "one must be careful not to believe that improbable technological advances automatically become more likely simply by looking further away in the future. " Recently Itskov published an open letterto the Forbes world's billionaires list telling them that they have the ability to finance the extension of their own lives up to immortality.
Avatar Girlfriend Goes On Date The project's ultimate goal is to save people from suffering and death. Image Credit: 2045 Initiative Group. Through the Wormhole at Singularity University. Transhuman. Biomimetics. AmoeBAND concept bandage is smarter than you think. A bandage is a bandage – it is meant to keep those nasty bacteria out from your open wound, and also protect the same wound from the elements for a speedier rate of healing if you lack Wolverine’s healing factor. Well, the AmoeBAND concept bandage does bring a new equation to the mix – it will update the world of wound care through the clever changes in color, so that patients will be alerted to a change when required. Not only that, the AmoeBAND concept bandage is good enough to remain put on the wound until the time comes to change it, so that wastage is minimized in the process.
You can also check your wound without the need to remove the bandage (and causing some unnecessary pain as the surrounding hair around the wound is ripped out), as the dressing material which covers the cut is sensitive to pH changes in your wound. . The story was spotted on. IBM Research looks into ninja polymers. IBM might have a world champion in the form of a chess computer a fair number of years ago, but intellectual pursuits are not the only agenda on the computing giant’s radar. They have taken an interest in the world of biology this time around, where IBM Research is looking into a new method of killing bacteria such as the deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), although this one will not result in the use of antibiotics, but will be based on semiconductor technology instead.
This particular group of scientists were previously looking for a way to perform microscopic etching on silicon wafers at a far smaller scale compared to what is available in the market at the moment, but during the course of their research, they managed to identify materials which are able to produce an electrostatic charge when chained to form a polymer. One of their creations is what they call “ninja polymers”. . The story was spotted on. Xenex robot decontaminates hospital room. Being in a hospital is no fun if you are the patient, and even as a kid when lollipops are presented to you after a jab, there is just this particular feeling that makes one’s presence in hospital as a patient to be less than pleasant.
After all, you can never quite tell just what other kinds of germs and micro-organisms are hanging around to cause you issues with your health. Having said that, hospital staff need to scrub themselves down each time they enter the operating theater for obvious reasons, and prior to that, manpower is required to decontaminate the room by hand as well. Well, the Xenex robot is here to make life a whole lot easier, where what normally takes an hour to do is reduced to just 15 minutes. If you have watch the video of the Xenex robot in action, it will be able to shoot out flashes of UV rays when within the room, making sure that virtually every single square inch is decontaminated. . Bathing Unit has 300-micron Particle Mist Shower. Check out the Viami Series of bathing units that are currently being manufactured and sold by Air Water, where they come fully equipped to the hilt with 11 to 16 special nozzles which are capable of spraying warm ultra-fine particles of 300 microns – all in the name of getting a clean body eventually.
This will clearly see use in medical circles, as the NS5000 as it is know will see action primarily in hospitals for those who do not have the physical capacity to be able to bathe themselves. An automated bathing machine, so to speak, where one gets clean in a comfortable and safe manner. Specially designed to tout 16 nozzles in total, the shower spray is also capable of reaching the person’s back without any issues. It will also help one to warm up in a jiffy thanks to the ultra fine shower particles and sauna effect after spending some time in the NS5000. . Scientists create “world’s smallest” battery.
Our phones, which at one point in time started to get smaller, have started to get bigger again as huge displays are always a welcome feature when watching videos and playing games. The internals however, have started to get smaller and that can only be a good thing as that could mean that our devices can start to have more features and functions packed into them such as longer lasting battery life. Thinner, longer lasting smartphones anyone? Researchers at the Rice University have reportedly built a battery that’s supposedly six times thinner than a bacterium. The nano battery, which is hundreds of times thinner than a human hair and more than 60,000 times smaller than a AAA battery, could potentially be used to run all sorts of minuscule electronic devices.
These nano batteries could be used to power implanted medical devices, chemical and biological sensors, along with microscopic wireless networks. Wear It’s At: 7 Futuristic Developments in Fashion + Clothes. Scientists create molecule to keep teeth cavityproof. By Dakota Torres on 07/09/2012 Image via Gizmodo Scientists have just discovered a new molecule that will change dental care forever. The molecule will make your teeth cavity proof and has been named Keep 32 after your set of all 32 teeth. The molecule can kill the bacteria(Streptococcus Mutans) which produces cavities in a mere 60 seconds.
The makers of the molecule, Jose Cordoba from Yale University and Erich Astudillo from la Universidad de Santiago,Chile, have also noted that it can be added to almost any dental product and even candy or chewing gum as well. As long as the product with the molecule stays in your mouth for 60 seconds, it will eliminate the cavity bacteria and prevent it from returning for a number of hours. Research began in 2005 and the two researchers are hoping to bring the molecule to products in a matter of 14-18 months. This is a revolutionary discovery and will definitely help reduce the amount of trips you take to the dentist each year. Will It Matter If We Speak Different Languages In The Future?
The Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian decree written in hieroglyphics, script, and Ancient Greek, made translation of hieroglyphics possible. The notion of ‘foreign’ languages is beginning to disappear, thanks to ongoing developments by the likes of Google and Facebook that help the thousands of languages across the world be less foreign and more accessible. How? By making language translation easier than ever. In light of the technological progress in translation software made over the last decade, we may very well be on the cusp of witnessing the majority of language barriers between people groups disappear. Not only does that mean everyone will be able to speak their natural tongue, learning another language will be purely out of interest or linguistic study, not a degree requirement for students or mandatory continuing education for international business people.
Not content with software that’s good but not perfect, the company has recently made a slew of improvements to Translate. Europe Takes The Lead Toward Approval Of First Gene Therapy Drug. It's taken decades of work but the first gene therapy is on the verge of finally getting approval in Europe. A watershed moment in gene therapy has finally come to pass. This month, a committee from the European Medicines Agency recommended the approval of a gene therapy drug, named Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec), for the treatment of a rare inherited genetic disorder. Final approval is now in the hands of the European Commission, which could take up to 3 months to complete, but it is believed that the drug will be approved for sale, the first time ever in the Western world.
And with its approval, the floodgates for gene therapy could be opened. Fundamentally, gene therapy supplies the body with healthy genes to compensate for missing, deficient, or defective genes. Without the right digestive enzymes, buildup of fats in the blood (B) can lead to xanthomas (D and E) under the skin. These fats can fill macrophages to form small to large nodules under the skin called xanthomas. Non-Human Consciousness Exists Say Experts. Now What? Non-Human Consciousness Exists Say Experts. Now What?
Phillip Low at Singularity University Have you ever considered the consciousness, or unconsciousness, of your dog? Well, a group of neuroscientists have been thinking on the subject pretty seriously, and it was announced last week that "humans are not the only conscious beings in the universe". Earlier this month, some of the leading scientists from around the world congregated at the Hotel Du Vin in Cambridge to discuss the evidence that has amassed over the years. The experts reached a unanimous decision that animals - specifically mammals and birds - are in fact conscious beings. The declaration of consciousness Organized by Philip Low, CEO of NeuroVigil and inventor of the iBrain, the group consisted of 25 of the planet’s top minds on the mind, including honorary guest Stephen Hawking.
On another note, with the recent Higgs discovery Astronomers and Theoretical Physicists are entering their next phase of scientific inquiry. IDair lets you register your fingerprints from afar. Biometric identification is one effective way of implementing a security system in building, especially at offices as well as government installations. They are far more reliable than the standard issue key card, and with IDair’s new biometric recognition system, it is smart enough to identify you from afar through a simple wave of your hand. Clemson-educated physicist Joel Burcham explained, “You don’t have to stop at a station. Nobody checks your ID. You just walk through.” Throw in facial and iris-recognition technology, and it would be the foundation for a good biometrics system which is capable of controlling access to any building or room within a building. .
Azumio turns smartphone into biofeedback device. Your smartphone looks set to become even smarter by gaining additional digital brain cells, so to speak, with the introduction of Azumio. Just what the heck is Azumio? Well, it is a mobile app which will stretch the functionality of the smartphone’s camera, accelerometer, and touch screen display in order to assist you in your health monitoring efforts. First founded a couple of years ago with the objective of transforming the smartphone into a biofeedback device, Azumio is capable of keeping track of your heart rate as well as provide an analysis, check out your stress levels, and track your sleep patterns, amongst others. This ought to help you get a more complete picture of your health status at the moment, but bear in mind it has yet to gain the capability of taking blood samples and coming up with the relevant results. .
Motion Recognition Clothing coming your way. First of all, the Nintendo Wii did take the world by surprise (and storm) when it was unveiled a few years ago – motion controls in a video game? That’s practically not well implemented before, and the novelty pushed the Wii to great sales figures for some time before it started to peter out. Well, since then, Microsoft has achieved its own success with the Kinect controller, and right now Medibotics’ U.S. patent 7,980,141 for Motion Recognition Clothing (MRC) has been approved to lead the way in motion controls. Just what is MRC? For starters, this will be a new kind of technology that can translate body motion into computer-readable signals, perhaps changing the way future full-body game controllers work.
Gaming isn’t the only arena where MRC can be applied, as it can also see action in virtual reality settings, sports training, medical therapy, virtual exercise, weight management, and telerobotics.