Jan 29, 2016
The 21st Century Philosophers — By Melanie Ruiz | OZY
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: futurism, philosophy, robotics/AI
““If you think it’s too early to think about something, it’s probably slightly too late.””
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Jan 28, 2016
Post-transcriptional control of gene expression: mRNA decay
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Could we actually start seeing some standards around CRISPR being proposed & implemented around CRISPR?
Bethesda, MD –This SRC will present the very latest developments in this field, with talks by leading international experts working with both prokaryotic and eukaryotic models. This unique blend from the two communities is always much appreciated by attendees of this meeting and one of its main highlights. The topics covered will include events occurring at both the 5’ and 3’ ends of mRNA related to decay, the links between translation, quality control and mRNA stability, and the relationship between RNA degradation and disease. Two full sessions will be devoted to mechanisms of sRNA, CRISPR RNA and miRNA regulation and how they pertain to mRNA stability. The meeting is traditionally of a very manageable size (typically about 120 attendees), providing unrestricted access to students and post-docs for dynamic discussions with more established scientists and potential future employers. Informal Meet the Expert sessions will be held over lunch, with assigned tables to selected speakers.
There will be a total of 9 very broad-ranging sessions over the 4 days, with 36 invited speakers at the top of their fields and two internationally renowned keynote speakers, Chris Lima and Jörg Vogel. Speakers are encouraged to present their most recent and unpublished data. There will be two poster sessions and 2–3 additional speakers per session will be chosen to give oral presentations, based on the submitted abstracts. This promises to be a very interesting and lively meeting in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. We hope to see you there!
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Nice tribute.
Marvin Minsky at One Laptop per Child office, Cambridge Mass. 2008 (credit: Bcjordan/Wikimedia Commons)
Ray Kurzweil, January 25, 2016
Jan 26, 2016
Will Humans Be Obsolete After The New Industrial Revolution?
Posted by Julius Garcia in categories: employment, futurism
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The world has undergone three industrial revolutions that have dramatically impacted the way we live. So what will happen during the fourth industrial revolution?
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Jan 24, 2016
LG OLED TV : You Dream We Display
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: electronics, futurism
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Jan 23, 2016
Intensive instrument playing can trigger movement disorders
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Dystonia can be triggered because you’re in a rock band? That’s a new one for me.
Scientists from Germany have investigated the possible causes that may trigger movement disorders.
Jan 23, 2016
China is building malls of the future that could come to the US soon
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, futurism
High-end, futuristic malls in China and parts of the US are upgrading technology, hoping to attract customers with “smart” shopping centers.
“In the US, the malls look exactly the same they did 20 year ago,” Deborah Weinswig, executive director at Fung Business Intelligence Centre, said recently in a talk at a JDA Executive Luncheon. “We’ve got to make it more exciting, and more fun, and more experiential.”
Changing consumer tastes and the rise of e-commerce means shoppers are visiting malls less and less, with Weinswig reporting that the average American now visits a mall three to four times a year, as opposed to five to six. To compete with online shopping, malls need to match e-commerce in convenience and create experiential reasons to visit the mall that you cannot find online.
Jan 22, 2016
Physicists Propose the First Scheme to Teleport the Memory of an Organism
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: futurism, quantum physics
Quantum teleportation between two microorganisms could be happening in the near future.
Prof. Tongcang Li at Purdue University and Dr. Zhang-gi Yin at Tsinghua University just proposed the first scheme to use electro-mechanical oscillators and superconducting circuits to teleport the internal quantum state (memory) and center-of-mass motion state of a microorganism.
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Jan 21, 2016
Physicists propose new method to teleport the memory of a living creature
Posted by Phillipe Bojorquez in categories: futurism, physics
While the possibility of teleporting entire objects from one place to another like they do in the movies is way beyond our current — and near-future — capabilities, the same can’t be said for the memory of our existence.
