Updated: 2010-04-30 09:44:22
Longtime Foresight friend Robert Grudin has a new book Design and Truth, just reviewed by the New York Times. The review quotes Grudin on designers:
“However grand their aspirations, they wait upon the will of people in power,” he writes. “And power, which can ratify the truth of good design, can, conversely, debase design into a [...]
Updated: 2010-04-30 02:46:23
PhysOrg.com brings news and a video of a new 3D patterning technique from IBM that reaches down to 15 nm resolution which “could go even smaller”:
IBM Research in Zurich has demonstrated a new nanoscale patterning technique that could replace electron beam lithography (EBL). The demonstration carved a 1:5 billion scale three-dimensional model of the Matterhorn, [...]
Updated: 2010-04-30 02:46:21
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-28 02:12:12
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-27 01:52:18
Brian Wang brings to our attention a Daily Mail article:
A routine traffic-stop in Switzerland has allegedly thwarted eco-terrorists from blowing up the site of the £55million nano-technology HQ of IBM in Europe…
The group describes itself as anarchist and is opposed to all forms of micro-technology as well as nuclear power and weapons…
The IBM facility that [...]
Updated: 2010-04-27 01:52:07
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-24 08:52:46
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-24 00:51:43
Todd Huffman, a director of Humanity Plus and a long-time transhumanist, has a really interesting Flickr photostream. He spends a lot of time in backwater villages in Afghanistan, learning about the local people and trying to find new ways to help them through medical and other technologies.read more
Updated: 2010-04-23 12:41:53
David Cassel brings our attention to an h+ review of the long-awaited film The Singularity is Near, based on the book by Ray Kurzweil:
In documentary style, we have Ray discussing his ideas about the Singularity, with commentators variously supporting or refuting or worrying about his ideas. With Bill McKibben in the role of the friendly [...]
Updated: 2010-04-23 08:32:46
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-23 00:31:35
More videos at the Ishikawa Komuro Lab website.
Updated: 2010-04-22 08:12:58
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-22 00:11:48
Videos for all talks and slides for some are now available for the Foresight Conference held in January.
Here’s the list: http://www.foresight.org/conf2010/
Or if you prefer to watch them in chronological order: http://foresight.org/conf2010/schedule.html
There are 17 videos, so in case you’d like some guidance in getting started, consider starting with the top three talks as rated by conference [...]
Updated: 2010-04-21 07:52:44
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-19 23:31:50
CNN has some light-hearted coverage of fictional robots in honor of National Robotics Week.
Updated: 2010-04-19 23:31:38
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-17 18:31:35
Learn how you can freeze yourself and live forever with cryonics -- or just extend your life with diet and exercise. HealthBeauty cryonics ... tags: HealthBeauty cryonics liquid nitrogen frozen cryogenics dead Dailymotion - Official Content
Updated: 2010-04-17 06:21:29
Ted Stalets (Vice President of Vote World Government) and Bob French (CEO of Vote World Government) are today's featured guests.
These two ... tags: future nanotechnology nanotech transhumanism cryonics NASA astronomy The Future And You
Updated: 2010-04-17 06:21:19
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-16 22:20:25
Angela Belcher and team at MIT have tweaked a bacterial virus to serve as a scaffolding to:
attract and bind with molecules of a catalyst (the team used iridium oxide) and a biological pigment (zinc porphyrins). The viruses became wire-like devices that could very efficiently split the oxygen from water molecules.
Belcher says that
within two years she [...]
Updated: 2010-04-16 06:01:49
Over at the Moral Machinesblog, Colin Allen lists three recent interviews by Gerhard Dabringer on the topic of robot ethics. One of the interviews is with Jürgen Altmann, who I admire greatly for his academic work on preventive arms control. His book Military Nanotechnology is my favorite book on molecular nanotechnology policy, and I hope that its recommendations will be adopted.read more
Updated: 2010-04-16 06:01:43
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-15 22:00:28
From Singularity Hub, 5 Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter:
Industrial robots are getting precise enough that they’re less like dumb machines and more like automated sculptors producing artwork. Case in point: Daishin’s Seki5-axis mill. The Japanese company celebrated its 50th anniversary last year by using this machine to carve out a full scale motorcycle helmet out [...]
Updated: 2010-04-15 17:51:36
Jordan Chabalowski and Christopher Breedlove (Journalists helping Web 1.0 transition into Web 2.0) are our featured guests.
Hosted by ... tags: astronomy biotechnology cells cryogenics cryonics DNA engineering The Future And You
Updated: 2010-04-15 05:39:09
“No one of us is ever safe. There is no security this side of the grave. A shipwreck or a hurricane can put man back to the brink of savagery, both in the means he uses to get his food and the lengths he will go to get it. The more ill-prepared people are to face trouble, the more likely they are to revert to savagery against each other.”
– Novelist Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) from his novel “Bendigo Shafter“
Updated: 2010-04-15 05:38:59
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-14 05:11:23
: We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-13 04:51:22
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:42
Longtime Foresight Senior Associate and senior research scientist at Genetic Programming, Inc. has done an interview on memristors over at blog FrogHeart for those of us trying to keep up on this challenging topic. He concludes:
So why are memristors useful? Sticking with our water analogy, I can make the pipe bigger or small depending on [...]
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:41
Finally, the first step has been made toward the longed-for goal of a robot which can do laundry:
http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/31/berkeley-gets-willow-garage-robot-to-fold-towels-simply-stunning-video/
Of course, this also gives us some idea of other formerly human-only tasks that robots are likely to take over in the next decade or two.
Thanks to SingularityHub.com for bringing this to our attention. —Chris Peterson
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:35
Dr. Anders Sandberg (computational neuroscientist, futurist, transhumanist and author) is our featured guest.
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, ... tags: astronomy biotechnology cells cryogenics cryonics DNA engineering The Future And You
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:34
Dr. Anders Sandberg (computational neuroscientist, futurist, transhumanist and author) is our featured guest.
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, ... tags: astronomy biotechnology cells cryogenics cryonics DNA engineering The Future And You
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:28
: Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Alcor Position Announcements Main Appeal of Orville Richardson Case to be heard by Iowa Court of Appeals Orville Richardson was an Alcor member who after his death in Burlington , Iowa , February , 2009, was buried by his next of kin without Alcor’s knowledge . On April 6, 2010, the Iowa Court of Appeals will hear an appeal by Alcor as to why Alcor should be allowed to recover and cryopreserve whatever remains of the brain of Mr . Richardson . Alcor is pursuing this appeal at substantial expense and risk of public misunderstanding because it believes that it has an obligation to fulfill wishes of its members , and defend the primacy of the individual right to choose cryonics . Orville Richardson joined Alcor in
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:27
The next Board meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ) at 11:00 AM (MT). Members and the public are encouraged to attend.
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:27
: Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation UPCOMING BOARD MEETING Main Appeal of Orville Richardson Case to be heard by Iowa Court of Appeals Alcor Position Announcements In order to continue to advance the technology and emergency response capabilities of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation , we are pleased to announce two available positions . These positions are an exciting opportunity to participate at the frontiers of current scientific knowledge . The Alcor Foundation seeks a Technical Coordinator and a Readiness Coordinator for its dedicated team in Scottsdale , Arizona . The Technical Coordinator is responsible for designing and operating the equipment necessary to perform human cryopreservations and for planning short-term and long-term
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:26
: Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation NEW STATISTICS As February 28, 2010 Main UPCOMING BOARD MEETING READINESS AND TRANSPORT Team Training The Terasem Response Team will have their annual refresher course in early April . Last year , their training was held at Alcor in Scottsdale , AZ and the team learned their skills on our in-house equipment . Now that they have a complete response kit of their own , they will be able to practice using their own equipment , in their own environment . In conjunction with the training , the Cryonics Technology Progress Conference will be held , where the team will have an opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency to the general cryonics community . This interaction between a professional response team and
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:26
: Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation New York Lawsuit Against Larry Johnson Expands to Include Defamation New York Court Grants Request to Fully Domesticate Arizona Judgment Against Larry Johnson Main READINESS AND TRANSPORT NEW STATISTICS As February 28, 2010 Membership Alcor had 913 members on its Emergency Responsibility List . Three 3 memberships were approved during this month , no memberships were reinstated , three 3 memberships were cancelled and two members were cryopreserved . Overall , there was no net gain or loss of members this month . Applicants Alcor had 59 applicants for membership . Four 4 new applicants were added , three 3 applicants were converted to members and four 4 applicants were cancelled resulting in net loss of three 3
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:11
We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life
Updated: 2010-04-11 20:17:03
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Updated: 2010-04-08 09:02:53
Dr. Anders Sandberg (computational neuroscientist, futurist, transhumanist and author) is our featured guest.
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, ... tags: future nanotechnology nanotech transhumanism cryonics NASA astronomy The Future And You
Updated: 2010-04-08 09:02:48
: Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Alcor and Robbins Family Reach Amicable Settlement Main New York Lawsuit Against Larry Johnson Expands to Include Defamation New York Court Grants Request to Fully Domesticate Arizona Judgment Against Larry Johnson The New York Supreme Court has granted a motion by Alcor to amend its lawsuit against Defendants , Larry Johnson , co-author , Scott Baldyga , and publisher Vanguard Press . The lawsuit now includes dozens of defamation claims , including various claims related to false allegations of mistreatment of Ted Williams and other claims for defamation per se . There is an even larger volume of false and misleading statements in the book Frozen” than encompassed by these claims , but Alcor believes that these claims are sufficient for proving in court that the book by Johnson and Baldyga was written and published maliciously with false information intended to harm Alcor . The lawsuit additionally includes causes of action for Breach of Agreements and Judgment , Breach of Fiduciary Duty , Conversion theft of company property and Aiding and Abetting Breach of Court-Entered Judgments against . Johnson
Updated: 2010-04-08 09:02:48
: Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Colorado Springs Court Upholds Desire of Alcor Member to be Cryopreserved Main Alcor and Robbins Family Reach Amicable Settlement SCOTTSDALE , ARIZONA March 3, 2010 Mary Robbins was a member of Alcor Life Extension Foundation since 2006. Ms . Robbins left her remains to Alcor in a written directive pursuant to the Colorado Disposition of Last Remains Act . A dispute arose between the Robbins family and Alcor over whether or not Ms . Robbins cancelled her written wishes concerning her remains two days before her legal death in Colorado Springs on February 9, 2010. On March 1, 2010, a Colorado Probate Court ruled that Ms . Robbins did not revoke her written wishes concerning her remains by signing a change of beneficiary” document in connection with an insurance annuity . The court further ordered that Alcor shall have custody of the remains of Ms . . Robbins Today , Alcor and the Robbins family reached an amicable settlement in which Alcor will be allowed to transport immediately the frozen remains of Ms . Robbins to Arizona to complete the process of cryopreservation . In exchange , Alcor agreed to
Updated: 2010-04-08 09:02:43
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - March 1, 2010
Mary Robbins was a member of Alcor Life Extension Foundation since 2006. She signed numerous documents expressing her desire to have her remains cryopreserved by Alcor after legal death. Ms. Robbins never executed a document which revoked her wishes concerning the donation of her remains to Alcor for cryopreservation. The Colorado Springs Probate Court decided today that a “change in beneficiary form” related to an insurance annuity was not sufficient to revoke the long-standing desire of Ms. Robbins for cryopreservation. The court upheld the desire of Ms. Robbins to be cryopreserved.
The change in beneficiary form was placed in front of Ms. Robbins two days before her death. Her mental and physical well-being are questionable at the time she executed the document. For this and other reasons, Alcor challenged the claim by her family that she had revoked her cryonics arrangements based on this document.
Colorado counsel for Alcor, Eric Bentley, said, “We are very pleased that the written desires of Ms. Robbins will be fulfilled. This case has always been about the written intentions of Ms. Robbins.”
