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A transhumanism book about your future
Author: Andy Walker
From Chapter 4 of Super You: Meet Diane, a QC Bot. It (she?) can carry supplies from point-to point around the hospital. It also comes with a large screen and an onboard camera, enabling it to serve as a self-serve station for patients—people can check in for their appointment and follow the QC Bot right to…
A group of physicists recently built the smallest engine ever created from just a single atom, reports the blog Singularity Hub. Like any other engine it converts heat energy into movement — but it does so on a smaller scale than ever seen before. The atom is trapped in a cone…
This Alphabet (formerly Google) designed contact lens prototype looks like any other contact lens on the market, except tiny antennae run rings around the outside of the lens. They are connected to a tiny sensor that can measure glucose levels found in the wearer’s tears once every second. That information can then be…
From Chapter 4 of the book Super You – p.131 In the 1980s, physician inventor Rich Wampler visited Egypt and witnessed local workers using a hand-turned Archimedes screw to pump water up a river bank for irrigation. He realized that if a screw could move water against gravity, perhaps it could move blood against pressure.
A TED talk by neuroscientist Greg Gage.
After extensively researching the longevity chapter in our book Super You: How Technology is Revolutionizing What it Means to Be Human, (written with my wife Kay Walker and longtime collaborator Sean Carruthers) I came upon a low cost type II diabetes drug which I discovered enhances longevity. What follows is a guide…
Gino Tubaro wants to provide 3D printable prosthetic hands to anyone who wants one for free. Atomic Labs, his company, has designed a simple prosthetic hand that can be printed in 3-D by anyone with access to a 3D printer. Read more: [CLICK HERE]
How do you become started? Engage in these 24 daily activities to boost your intelligence: Click for the full infographic from Business Insider. [Sourced from http://www.businessinsider.com/24-daily-habits-that-will-make-you-smarter-2015-6]
Two hundred million years ago, our mammalian ancestors developed a new brain feature: the neocortex. This stamp-sized piece of tissue – when wrapped around a brain the size of a walnut – is the key to what humanity has become. Futurist and author Ray Kurzweil suggests, we should get ready…