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Archive for August, 2013

  • Thought Interpreting Computer Software & Programmes: The Redefinition of Human-Technological Interaction

    Thought Interpreting Computer Software & Programmes: The Redefinition of Human-Technological Interaction

    BBC Future featured on its website as of 14 June 2013, that a Chilean registered enterprise named Thinker Thing developed software called Emotional Evolutionary Design which can interpret the thoughts of a user, to help 3D print objects imagined by that user, and designed entirely by thought. This comes on the heels of an university …...

  • Can Transhumanism and The Everyman Co-Exist?

    Aug 28, 13 • General10 Comments
    Can Transhumanism and The Everyman Co-Exist?

    One of the biggest challenges we face as transhumanists, is conveying our philosophy to the uninitiated in a manner that is successful and productive. For the purpose of this article, I will be speaking of cryonics and transhumanism in the same context.  Cryonics really isn’t a separate idea, but in my view, a tool in …...

  • The Age When Everything Will Run On Batteries That Will Never Run Out

    Aug 24, 13 • Battery, Energy2 Comments
    The Age When Everything Will Run On Batteries That Will Never Run Out

    18 year old Esha Khare in the United States wins a prize awarded by Intel by inventing a SuperCapacitor that will someday, someday soon that is, will lead to you recharging your Smartphone in 20 seconds or less. And this will be before the Smartphone is rendered obsolete by wearable computers that fulfil the functions …...

  • It’s time for Advocacy of Longevity Research

    Aug 21, 13 • LongevityNo Comments
    It’s time for Advocacy of Longevity Research

    If we are going to continue and seek out new evolutionary paths for the human species, lengthening the amount of lifespan for each and everyone of us, is quite a first step to complete, but which also has the potential to accelerate our capabilities and capacities to use technology to transform ourselves.  Living a longer, …...

  • Software company ScIAM develops ‘Human Intelligence Emulation’ ?

    Aug 15, 13 • Intelligence2 Comments
    Software company ScIAM develops ‘Human Intelligence Emulation’ ?

    Near the end of May of this year I came into contact with Russell Swanborough, Managing Director of ScIAM (Science of Informational Management), a software company located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Swanborough is also a member of the Lifeboat Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging scientific and technological advancements, while helping humanity survive …...

  • Longevity’s Bottleneck may be funding, BUT funding’s Bottleneck is Advocacy

    Aug 6, 13 • Longevity3 Comments
    Longevity’s Bottleneck may be funding, BUT funding’s Bottleneck is Advocacy

    When asked what the biggest bottleneck for Radical or Indefinite Longevity is, most thinkers say funding. Some say the biggest bottleneck is breakthroughs and others say it’s our way of approaching the problem (i.e. that many are seeking healthy life extension, a.k.a. “aging gracefully”, instead of more comprehensive methods of indefinite life-extension), but the majority …...

  • My Journey toward Transhumanism

    Aug 6, 13 • General, Longevity, Preservatory1 Comment
    My Journey toward Transhumanism

    “On a day of burial there is no perspective — for space itself is annihilated. Your dead friend is still a fragmentary being. The day you bury him is a day of chores and crowds, of hands false or true to be shaken, of the immediate cares of mourning. The dead friend will not really …...

  • Open Invitation to Celebrating Longevity in India

    Aug 2, 13 • LongevityNo Comments
    Open Invitation to Celebrating Longevity in India

    Dear Friends, The idea was raised to celebrate a special day by the longevity movement – the Longevity Day. Now an excellent opportunity to do this is coming – the 1st of October, the official UN International Day of Older Persons We can make the Longevity Day on that day – the 1st of October this year!  We …...

  • India Longevity Alliance – a part of the International Longevity Alliance

    Aug 2, 13 • General, LongevityNo Comments
    India Longevity Alliance – a part of the International Longevity Alliance

    I am a pro-longevity activist, and I would like to tell you about the organization in which I am currently involved and some of the activities we promote and in which anyone can participate to gradually make “Healthy Longevity” both national and international priority! The organization is the International Longevity Alliance (ILA) which promotes the social …...