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New drug for Eternal Life
Read Richard’s current thoughts about transhumanism and related fringe topics here. From Wired, via Digg.com. This could be huge. “Genetically altered mice discovered accidentally at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania have the seemingly miraculous ability to regenerate like a salamander, and even regrow vital organs. If the results can be translated to humans, it would…
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Name Change to Cybernudism
Read Richard’s current thoughts about transhumanism and related fringe topics here. What is up with the name change? “Leis On Life” did not exactly fit what I am trying to do with this blog. Sure, this is me commenting on life, but it has become a bit more specific than that. I focus mostly on…
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The Google Code
All the excitement of a Dan Brown bestseller, but real. The hot new obsession for the technology geek in the know is trying to figure out what Google is up to. While conspiracy theorists spend years weaving dire tales from the fewest of crumbs, the Google devout can feast upon an absolute smorgasbord of Google…
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The Singularity Is Near – Book Released
Raymond Kurzweil’s latest book about the Technology Singularity, this time focusing on the merger of humanity with our technological creations, was official released today in bookstores everywhere.
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EBay Buys Skype – The Communication Platform Wars Begin
The announcement today that eBay was paying US$2.6 billion for Skype left many people scratching their heads. What in the world is an online auction retailer doing buying a two-year old VoIP telecommunications company? The mistake confused people are making is that eBay is not an online auction retailer, and Skype is not a VoIP…
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Space Elevator Gets FAA Lift
I ran across this great news on Digg.com. Pay attention, folks. We are turning the exponential bend… “LifePort has received approval from the FAA test its space elevator prototype. In early fall, a balloon will carry a elevator ribbon up to a mile high. Robotic lifters will then crawl up and down the cable testing…
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“It’s about life” – Mark McAllister and the 2.0 Project
Read Richard’s current thoughts about transhumanism and related fringe topics here. The language in the article below about people with health conditions and disabilities is problematic. Mark McAllister is a twenty-year-old man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare condition that causes the degeneration of motor neurons and the weakening and wasting away of muscle.…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Launches
The next orbiter mission to Mars was scheduled to launch on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Launch actually occurred two days later, in a flawless event that resulted in a healthy spacecraft heading to the Red Planet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) carries with it the highest resolution camera yet sent…
Richard Leis
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