The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have one, even if diffuse neural tissue is present. It is located in the head, usually close to the primary …...
GRID Alternatives just one of several companies that installs solar energy systems on low incomes houses in California, Colorado, and soon in New York and New Jersey. Take a look at this staggering statistic: “Once the solar system is installed, the home owner pays for GRID two cents for every kilowatt-hour that the …...
It is October 2013 and we as a species rely entirely on the use of enhancing objects, environments, and ourselves. There are many forms of human enhancement that already exists within the realms of medicine, religion, athletic performance, surgery, prosthetics , cryonics, etc. This aspect of our daily lives will continue to increase its percentage …...
“A quantum computer (also known as a quantum supercomputer) is a computation device that makes direct use of quantum-mechanicalphenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. Quantum computers are different from digital computers based ontransistors. Whereas digital computers require data to be encoded into binary digits (bits), quantum computation uses quantum properties …...
Some people think it’s one of the weirdest book entitled “Codex Seraphinianus“, published in 1981 by the Italian Industrial Designer Luigi Serafini . This book contains unrealistic design and written in strange alien alphabet. When I saw this book I was forced to think that, Is this book trying to show a Future of Trans- Species or possibly an …...
A solar panel on the roof, absorbs light from the sun to produce electricity, sufficient to power the home, and charge a battery in a generator. When rain clouds impede the sunlight or when nightfalls, the battery powered generator is automatically switched on, to power the home, and also power-up its own battery, so that …...
About a year ago, I heard a Transhumanist opine: “If you’re into Transhumanism and you’re not doing anything to improve your body and be in the best shape you can be in, you’re just a POSER.” Futurist, science writer, and ethicist, George Dvorsky, put it more diplomatically: “If you call yourself a Transhumanist, but you’re not …...
The concept of communal living and existence of communes are definitely not new or innovative sounding, for they have been around since ancient times throughout all ages and phases of human existence. And they have worked. However, these are not common today, except in certain nomadic or small religious communities, that are either founded on …...
Google today announced Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases. Arthur D. Levinson, Chairman and former CEO of Genentech and Chairman of Apple, will be Chief Executive Officer and a founding investor. Announcing this new investment, Larry Page, Google CEO said: “Illness and aging …...
Containing more than 160 essays from over 40 contributors, this edited volume of essays on the science, philosophy and politics of longevity considers the project of ending aging and abolishing involuntary death-by-disease from a variety of viewpoints: scientific, technological, philosophical, pragmatic, artistic. In it you will find not only information on the ways in which …...
