A transhumanism book about your future
In our book Super You, we explore the very real possibility of of connecting your brain to the Internet so that you can use the power of the Cloud to expand your ability to access information. This would likely be done using really tiny swimming robots that are the size more »
A common machine is behind a new process that could potentially lead to the creation of replacement artificial livers, kidneys and other essential human organs. You’ve seen it before at fairs, festivals and even birthday parties: It’s the cotton candy machine. When scientist Leon Bellan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, got more »
If you have been waiting for the babelfish (a universal translator) from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, then wait no longer, because it has a arrived from Waverly Labs. Although it’s not a fish, but it does go in your ear. It’s called the Pilot. The Pilot comes with 2 earpieces. more »
Researchers don’t know how to revive brain dead humans, but they are sure going to learn a lot in the process in a clinical trial aimed at reviving comatose patients. Biotech Bioquark is recruiting 20 patients who have been clinically deemed brain dead from severe traumatic brain injury. Using cutting-edge treatments that include stem cells, more »
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 more »
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 more »
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 more »
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 more »
