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Feb 11, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch Was a Smashing Success—What’s Next for Space Travel?

Posted by in categories: innovation, satellites

Moreover, the launch accomplished SpaceX’s overarching goal of making access to space travel affordable, with a price tag of $90 million per launch, compared to roughly $500 million for the second most powerful rocket, the United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy. Now that the Falcon Heavy ’ s abilities have been demonstrated, it can be used to send satellites, payloads, and potentially tourists into space.

Days since the historic launch, this surreal image of a Tesla Roadster and Starman cruising away from Earth has become a symbol and foreshadowing of humanity’s exciting future as a space-faring species. After all, SpaceX’s massive transformative purpose is not simply to make space travel affordable, but rather to allows humans to become a multi-planetary species. Ultimately, Tuesday’s launch left many speechless because it brought us closer to accomplishing this aspirational goal.

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Feb 9, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — Reader’s Digest — Signs Your Body Is Aging Faster Than You Are

Posted by in categories: aging, biological, biotech/medical, business, chemistry, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, innovation

https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/signs-body-is-aging-faster-than-you/

Jan 31, 2018

Tornadoes Of Sound Can Levitate Physical Objects

Posted by in categories: innovation, tractor beam

This tractor beam breakthrough means humans are one step closer to levitation. (via Seeker)

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Jan 29, 2018

African countries have taken the first major step towards cheaper continental flights — By Yomi Kazeem | Quartz

Posted by in categories: drones, governance, innovation, transportation

“Yesterday (Jan. 28), 23 African countries launched the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative by the African Union (AU). ”

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Jan 26, 2018

New Silicon Probes Record Activity of Hundreds of Neurons Simultaneously

Posted by in categories: innovation, neuroscience

We helped develop Neuropixels probes to accelerate neuroscience research.

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1cm long and 70 microns across, this technology is capable of recording signals from 384 brain cells at the same time. #InnovationWeek

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Jan 24, 2018

Identical monkeys born through true cloning

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

The first monkeys have been cloned in a historic breakthrough — could humans be next?

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Jan 23, 2018

Data Can Enhance Creative Projects — Just Look at Netflix — By Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang | Harvard Business Review

Posted by in categories: big data, innovation, media & arts

“Rather than killing creativity, perhaps big data is fostering a new golden age of creativity.”

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Jan 22, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — HVMN Enhancement Podcast — Ira Pastor

Posted by in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, disruptive technology, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, innovation, life extension

Jan 19, 2018

Activating a single gene is sufficient to change skin cells into stem cells

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

In a scientific first, researchers have turned skin cells from mice into stem cells by activating a specific gene in the cells using CRISPR technology. The innovative approach offers a potentially simpler technique to produce the valuable cell type and provides important insights into the cellular r…

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Jan 15, 2018

Garry Kasparov on Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Politics, and AlphaZero Chess

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Former world chess champion and human rights activist Garry Kasparov discusses artificial intelligence and the political and social implications of it.

Drawing on his recent book “Deep Thinking,” Kasparov outlines what he considers the potential of new technologies built on “machine learning.” Kasparov explains why free societies must prioritize technological progress and embrace the challenges associated with innovation. Finally, Kasparov considers the new artificial intelligence chess program, AlphaZero—what we can learn from it about chess, as well as the relationship between humans and machines.

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