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Jan 9, 2017

Scientists Created Tiny Bio Bot That Could Deliver Drugs From Under the skin

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Cannot wait to see the day that when we think of tech companies that we think of Microbio, or Applgen, AlphaBio, etc. When Bio/ Medical is so intertwine with tech that the need for devices are the past; is a great day for me.


A new kind of tiny robot that can heal cancer.

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Jan 9, 2017

Self-Driving Cars Will Fail

Posted by in categories: law, robotics/AI, transportation

The article does bring up many of the same points that many have raised with self driving cars; and folks still don’t seem to understand that we have thousands if not millions of laws in the US alone that must be reviewed and possibly changed to address this technology on the roads. When you look at every state, each county, and each town or city’s laws around driving on their roads; it could be a long and painful period for companies and consumers before the legal side of things catch up.


Self-driving car technology is not yet ready for prime time. Driver assist is.

The Legal challenges and potential liability are immense.

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Jan 9, 2017

Sayōnara, Humans: Japanese Company Replaces Its Workers with AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A Japanese company is laying off 34 workers and replacing them with artificial intelligence based on IBM’s Watson Explorer. While advancing automation may be helpful in alleviating Japan’s aging and declining population, what does this mean for other workers across the globe?

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Jan 9, 2017

Neodriven is a rearview mirror replacement that can make your car semi-autonomous

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

In late 2015, iPhone and PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz teased a project that sounded like a dream: his new company would produce a $1,000 consumer product that could grant your car semi-autonomous capabilities. Eleven months and one terse letter from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration later, Hotz killed the project.

About a month after that, Hotz resurrected it as a two open-source efforts, splitting the hardware and software of the self-driving tech he had created with the rest of his company, Comma.ai. Hotz always talked like he wanted to start a DIY car revolution to take on the car industry (and Elon Musk especially). Open sourcing the plans only increased the chances of it happening.

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Jan 9, 2017

The Alien Style of Deep Learning Generative Design

Posted by in categories: biological, robotics/AI

What happens when you have Deep Learning begin to generate your designs? The commons misconception would be that a machine’s design would look ‘mechanical’ or ‘logical’. However, what we seem to be finding is that they look very organic, in fact they look organic or like an alien biology. Take a look at some of these fascinating designs.

The photo above design is described as follows:

“This is not only an exciting development for the construction sector, but many other industries as well. In the case of this particular piece, the height is approximately half that of one designed for traditional production methods, while the direct weight reduction per node is 75%. On a construction project that means we could be looking at an overall weight reduction of the total structure of more than 40%. But the really exciting part is that this technique can potentially be applied to any industry that uses complex, high quality, metal products.”

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Jan 9, 2017

Aubrey de Grey: Indefinite Lifespans And Rationalizing Death

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, Ray Kurzweil, robotics/AI, singularity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D4OZqtIJMU

Aubrey and Kurzweil.


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Jan 9, 2017

Illumina Adds IBM Watson To DNA Test For Cancer Patients

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Teaming up with IBM Watson’s artificial intelligence to help simplify genomics for cancer tests: http://bit.ly/2iVEn58

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Jan 8, 2017

Synthetic diamonds could one day replace GPS

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, 4D printing, biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Syn Diamonds is a field that I have been educating many on the importance of in areas of QC, healthcare/ medical, and now we’re looking at transportation such as driverless cars. I told folks if we could have a joint venture with Intel and HP in this space; we could see these to companies re-emerge as leaders again just for this one area of technology. Who ever comes up with the 3D or 4D printer that can mass produce the quality we need in syn diamond materials in various scales/ sizes will dominate and make billions as this technology is a core piece to QC.


Lab-grown red diamonds with an atomic defect could one day replace GPS systems thanks to their remarkable sensitivity to magnetic waves, scientists have suggested.

A team at Element Six, a tech company based in Oxfordshire, are exploring the remarkable properties of crystals with a so-called ‘nitrogen vacancy defect’ — a gap in the atomic lattice at the heart of the diamond.

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Jan 8, 2017

IBM predicts superhero vision, nano-sized health devices in next five years

Posted by in categories: health, nanotechnology, robotics/AI

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DnYUNQVcVnI

I like this article as it highlights some of the major discoveries made in 2016 that will launch many areas forward in 2017.


IBM is taking steps to make the world a better place.

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Jan 7, 2017

The Lifeboat Foundation and LEAF join Forces

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, existential risks, life extension, lifeboat, nanotechnology, robotics/AI

I figured they would post it themselves but I got too excited and decided to spread it around.


The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to encouraging the promotion and advancement of science while helping develop strategies to survive existential risks and the possible abuse of technology. They are interested in biotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics and AI and fostering the safe and responsible use of these powerful new technologies. The Life Preserver program is aligned with our mission to promote and develop rejuvenation biotechnology capable of combating age-related diseases.

We believe that a bright future awaits mankind and support the ethical and safe use of new medical technologies being developed today, thus we consider the goals of the Lifeboat Foundation to be compatible with ours and are pleased to move forward with them in official collaboration. As part of our commitment to the ethical progress of medical science LEAF promotes scientific research and learning via our crowdfunding website Lifespan.io and our educational hub at the LEAF website. A number of LEAF board members are already on the Scientific Advisory board for the Lifeboat Foundation and we look forward to working closely with them in the coming year.

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