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Researchers design artificial cells that could power medical impl…
Singularity & The Price of Rice | October 11th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Physorg.com - October 9, 2008Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.The scientists b read more
Hybrid Nanoparticles Image and Treat Tumors
Singularity & The Price of Rice | September 29th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
PhysOrg.com - September 26, 2008 By combining a magnetic nanoparticle, a fluorescent quantum dot, and an anticancer drug within a lipid-based nanoparticle, a multi-institutional research team headed by members of the National Cancer Institute†read more
Building a Self-Assembling Stomach-Bot
Singularity & The Price of Rice | September 22nd 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Technology Review - September 22, 2008 by Kristina Grifantini Modules that self-assemble inside the stomach could perform more-sophisticated diagnosis and treatment. Doctors have long sought better ways to examine the workings of the human body wit read more
Researchers develop nano-sized 'cargo ships' to target and destro…
Singularity & The Price of Rice | September 14th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Physorg.com -Â September 12, 2008Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs read more
Using Biomedicine To Enhance Ourselves
Singularity & The Price of Rice | September 5th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
UPenn Center for BioethicsTechnological Singularity and Futurism is updated often; the easiest way to get your regular dose is by subscribing to our news feed. Stay on top of all our updates by subscribing now via RSS or Email. read more
Goodbye to bypass ops?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | September 3rd 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Todayonline - September 3, 2008 by Tan Hui Leng Human trials in breakthrough stem cell transplant could begin in one to two years. MANY heart disease patients go for surgeries such as cardiac bypass operations, but these sometimes are not permanent read more
Virtual hand gets under the skin
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 15th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
NewScientist - August 14, 2008 by Colin Barras These new amazingly realistic animations of the human hand go way beyond the demands of Hollywood (see video, right). They are detailed enough to shed light on the mystery of how the tendons and mus read more
Bionic eye heralds cyborg revolution
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 9th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Telegraph.co.uk - August 6, 2008 by Roger Highfield, Science Editor An electronic eye that works like the real thing foreshadows the development of a new generation of bionic eyes and other "cyborg" technology seen in the film "Terminator" and other read more
Want to Live Forever?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 7th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Hartford Advocate - August 7, 2008 by Adam Bulger The human-life-extension movement sees a glorious future for us all "Transhumanism is the idea that it's OK to transcend the limitations of the body and brain and take control of reproduction," said read more
Lose Weight Fast Using This Professional Hypnosis Audio Program
Mindware Forum | July 29th 2008
Link for this Post: Enjoying Weight Loss -- a Professional Hypnosis Audio Program from the Hypnosis Network I've posted before about the high-caliber professional audio boxed sets from Hypnosis Network. Recently I've been using another of their progr read more
HeadStrong Brain Gym and Brain Training Beta Improve Short Term M…
Mindware Forum | July 21st 2008
Link for this Post:HeadStrong Brain Gym and Brain Training Beta Improve Short Term Memory -- FREE Brain Training Limited Time Only. I just got through with a workout on the newest brain gym on the increasingly crowded block. HeadStrong Cognitive... read more
Antioxidant in Wine Effects as Good as Dieting
Dan Gilliland's Secret Key to Health | June 11th 2008
Scientists at University of Wisconsin-Madison found that a small amount of resveratrol, an antioxidant in wine, gave the same anti-aging results low calorie diets in mice. Resveratrol seems to protect the heart and other muscles by better gene readin read more
The Brain Fitness Program with Peter Coyote on PBS DVD -- YouTub…
Mindware Forum | May 4th 2008
Links for this Post: The Fitness Program with Peter Coyote - PBS - DVD on Amazon Video Preview on YouTube embedded below This program presents a workout to help viewers get their brains in better shape. The Brain Fitness Program... read more
Watch MindFit Brain Training Software YouTube Videos Update
Mindware Forum | March 3rd 2008
Links for this Post: Get Mindfit on Amazon MindFit for Two Users on Amazon Also embedded videos below Update: According to Mindfit for Windows Software developers Cognifit: MindFit's patented technology is based on the latest research into brain func read more
Live a Smarter Life with Tools for Wellness
Mindware Forum | January 17th 2008
Link for this Post: Tools for Wellness Live Smarter Back when I ran the Mindware catalog from 1989 to 1995, I used to feature products in the Tools for Exploration catalog started by Terry Patton. Terry sold the catalog a few years ago but under new read more
Don't Play God? Someone Has To.
Singularity & The Price of Rice | January 6th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
One very energetic group of opponents to technological advance and bioengineering happens to be composed of people who believe that the human race lives under the concern and protection of a benevolent deity. In their view, tinkering with something t read more
Self-Enhancement Unethical?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | November 8th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
Safety concerns over people taking drugs to improve themselves is fine, but this article seems to go beyond the issue of safely. It seems to imply that well people should not be trying to enhance themselves.The ability of prescription drugs and medic read more
Weight-Loss Goes Digital with DietMate Updated
Mindware Forum | November 3rd 2007
Link for this Post: DietMate Weight Loss Computer Looking something like a GameBoy turned on its side, DietMate is a convenient, hand-held computer that guides you through a proven program of weight loss, cholesterol reduction, and hypertension contr read more
Scientists Shy Away from Human Enhancement...Again
Singularity & The Price of Rice | November 2nd 2007 by Barry Mahfood
I have written before about this phenomenon and wondered aloud about its psychological and sociological underpinnings. Here I go again. The article in question describes the creation of so-called super-mice: able to leap tall buildings, etc., but ver read more
The Call for Human Augmentation is Beginning
Singularity & The Price of Rice | September 22nd 2007 by Barry Mahfood
There have been innumerable occasions during my lifetime when I have wondered what it must have been like to be part of the beginning of something big. The 60s, for example. The sexual revolution. The birth of personal computing. I was not there at t read more
The Ethics of Enhancing Humanity
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 27th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
Not too long ago I raised the question, When will remediation become augmentation? In other words, when will medical science begin to use technology to enhance healthy people in addition to treating the sick? For the first time I have run across a no read more
I Have Set Before You Life and Death
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 19th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
These words, taken from the Bible, may have a meaning for us that is somewhat different to what the author intended. In a completely non-religious context, those of us who are still alive in the next 20 to 30 years may very well face this choice: Do read more
Why Are We Cool With Age-Related Death?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 6th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
Though it is unusual for me to post more than once a day on this blog, it is not unheard of. Today is one of those days when I have something on my mind and just need to get it out to you straightaway. Having a sandwich for lunch, Fox News on the TV read more
Stop Thinking Lifespan and Start Thinking Healthspan
Singularity & The Price of Rice | July 27th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
It is devilishly difficult to change the meanings we have associated with words and had reinforced over years and even decades. At the moment I am in the middle of an Accounting for Management class as part of an MBA program. In accounting, debits an read more
Mind Quiz Your Brain Coach -- Brain Training for Windows Nintendo…
Mindware Forum | July 27th 2007
Links for this Post: Mind Quiz Your Brain Coach for the Windows Mind Quiz Your Brain Coach for the Nintendo DS Mind Quiz Your Brain Coach for the Sony PSP Mind Quiz is the brainchild of Dr. Kawashima, Japan's eminent... read more
Maximum Age Increasing at Accelerating Rate
Singularity & The Price of Rice | July 13th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
It is a long-held believe that humans have a maximum life span of 115 to 120 years. Like many long-held beliefs, this one is also incorrect according to a recent demographic study by UC Berkeley associate professor of demography John Wilmoth."Those n read more
Watch MindFit Brain Training Software YouTube Videos
Mindware Forum | July 9th 2007
Get Mindfit on Amazon Links for this Post: Get Mindfit on Amazon MindFit for Two Users on Amazon Also embedded videos below I've posted previously about Mindfit, a windows brain-enhancement software program developed by Vigorous Minds. The developers read more
Precision Drug Delivery Achieved
Singularity & The Price of Rice | July 8th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the key to nanotech's power is in its precision. Assembling structures one atom or molecule at a time, or delivering precise dosages of drugs to precise locations, it's about precision. Researchers at Iowa State Uni read more
BBC - Time Video: How to Live Forever
Singularity & The Price of Rice | June 29th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
I posted about this program a few days ago but couldn't find it online. Someone did and posted the link in a comment, so here it is. It really is amazing. Singularity & The Price of Rice is updated daily; the easiest way to get your daily dose is by read more
Radical Life-Extension is Going Mainstream
Singularity & The Price of Rice | June 26th 2007 by Barry Mahfood
No doubt every generation in human history has thought of itself as possessing unique characteristics. And no doubt many generations have. However, there are developments that are now on the brink of occurring that will transform humanity in ways tha read more
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