Plant engineered for more efficient photosynthesis
Plant engineered for more efficient photosynthesis
A genetically engineered tobacco plant, developed with two genes from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), holds promise for improving the yields of many food crops.
Read September 20, 2014 at 05:39PM
Study confirms that nerve signals are sound pulses
Study confirms that nerve signals are sound pulses
According to the traditional theory of nerves, two nerve impulses sent from opposite ends of a nerve annihilate when they collide. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute now shows that two colliding nerve impulses simply pass through each other and continue unaffected.
Read September 14, 2014 at 11:34PM
EU Confronts Transhumanism With Technolife Project
EU Confronts Transhumanism With Technolife Project
Europen Union nations hope to foster meaningful debate on ethics by showing people pop culture and SciFi inspired videos and getting them to comment on an open forum on the internet.
Read September 13, 2014 at 12:42AM
The Revolutionary Technique That Quietly Changed Machine Vision Forever
The Revolutionary Technique That Quietly Changed Machine Vision Forever
In space exploration, there is the Google Lunar X Prize for placing a rover on the lunar surface. In medicine, there is the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize for developing a Star Trek-like device for diagnosing disease.
Read September 09, 2014 at 05:45PM
The women with super-human vision
The women with super-human vision
As Concetta Antico took her pupils to the park for an art lesson, she would often question them about the many shades she saw flashing before her eyes.
Read September 12, 2014 at 06:05PM
The Neuroscientist Who Wants To Upload Humanity To A Computer
The Neuroscientist Who Wants To Upload Humanity To A Computer
Today, as it happens, every pillar of the brain-uploading roadmap is a highly active area in neuroscience, for an entirely unrelated reason: Understanding the structure and function of the brain could help doctors treat some of our most debilitating diseases.
Read May 05, 2014 at 12:30PM
Artificial Cells Created that Change Shape and Move On their Own
Artificial Cells Created that Change Shape and Move On their Own
In the future, tiny machines may swim through our bloodstream repairing damage, attacking invaders, or taking real-time readings. We might even model such machines on biology.
Read September 09, 2014 at 12:33PM
Cyborgs vs fyborgs, modifications vs medications
Cyborgs vs fyborgs, modifications vs medications
Throughout the twenty-first century, we fyborgs will find ourselves deeply integrated into systems of machines, but we will remain biological.
Read September 05, 2014 at 02:23PM
The Right to Human Enhancement
The Right to Human Enhancement
Palo Alto—Last week an exhilarating and perplexing mixture of visionaries, philosophers, transhumanists, legal scholars, and technophiles along with some crackpots and naysayers gathered for a two day meeting at Stanford University’s Law School to ponder the future of human enhancement and posthu
Read April 06, 2014 at 02:20PM
Computational Theology
Computational Theology
There is a burgeoning field within philosophy known as computational philosophy. This term covers a large amount of work being done, including everything from computationally discovering connections between different philosophical topics to artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind.
Read September 05, 2014 at 12:52PM
Nanotechnology, K. Eric Drexler and me
Nanotechnology, K. Eric Drexler and me
Next week – on the 26th March – I’m participating in a discussion event sponsored by the thinktank Policy Exchange at NESTA, in London. Also on the panel is K.
Read September 05, 2014 at 12:15PM
