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Will the transhumanist path forward lead us to singularity of posthuman superintelligence a-la Ray Kurzweil?

“I think that the definition of being human is about to change a lot in the next century,” says Michelle Thaller, astronomer and Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Human beings next evolutionary leap is going to take us beyond our biological existence. How do you feel about merging with an artificial intelligence?

MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of reactions in parallel.

The researchers view their system as an alternative to the microfluidic devices now commonly used in biological research, in which biological solutions are pumped through microscopic channels connected by mechanical valves. The new approach, which moves solutions around in computationally prescribed patterns, could enable experiments to be conducted more efficiently, cost-effectively, and at larger scales.

Continue reading “Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experiments” »

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/what-ameri…hnologies/

https://www.weforum.org/communities/the-future-of-human-enhancement

The dozen people working at CSER itself—little more than a large room in an out-of-the-way building near the university’s occupational health service—organize talks, convene scientists to discuss future developments, and publish on topics from regulation of synthetic biology to ecological tipping points. A lot of their time is spent pondering end-of-the-world scenarios and potential safeguards.

A small cadre of scientists worries that lab-made viruses, AI, or nanobots could drive humans to extinction.

Continue reading “Could science destroy the world? These scholars want to save us from a modern-day Frankenstein” »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TBjK_SEp2o&feature=youtu.be

Part 2 of a 4 part article titled Geroscience… written by Felipe Sierra the US head of research in aging biology…

Part 2 of the 4-part essay” Geroscience” by Felipe Sierra. This segment explores the main pillars of aging biology research.

Part 1 of a 4 part article titled Geroscience… written by the US head of research in aging biology… Felipe Sierra.

Introduction to the essay Geroscience by Felipe Sierra, both provides a glimpse into the future of the longevity field which targets aging.

http://www.playboy.com/articles/dna-to-find-the-one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJiZbLPqNQ