Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 1130
Jan 13, 2016
Could this common painkiller become a future cancer-killer?
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Cancer cells (credit: iStock)
Diclofenac, a common painkiller, has significant anti-cancer properties, researchers from the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project have found.
ReDO, an international collaboration between the Belgium-based Anticancer Fund and the U.S.- based GlobalCures, has published their investigation into diclofenac in the open-access journal ecancermedicalscience.
Jan 13, 2016
I visited a community where people upload their personalities to ‘mindfiles’ so they can live on after death
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: futurism, transhumanism
My new story for Tech Insider on transhumanism (check out the embedded video too):
The future of the human race.
Jan 11, 2016
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Posted by Eric Klien in categories: futurism, lifeboat
Other Lifeboat Foundation books include The Human Race to the Future: What Could Happen — and What to Do and Prospects for Human Survival.
Jan 10, 2016
Stephen Hawking’s New Black-Hole Paper, Translated: An Interview with Co-Author Andrew Strominger
Posted by Andreas Matt in category: futurism
Very interesting interview with Andy Strominger about his recent paper with Perry and Hawking.
Jan 9, 2016
The iPhone of the future may heal itself overnight
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, mobile phones
Apple has been awarded a new patent for an iPhone that can dry and heal itself. Apple has been awarded a new patent for an iPhone that can dry and heal itself.
Jan 7, 2016
An 18-inch video display you can roll up like a newspaper
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: futurism
(credit: LG)
LG is creating a buzz at CES with its concept demo of the world’s first display that can be rolled up like a newspaper.
LG says they’re aiming for 4K-quality 55-inch screens (the prototype resolution is 1,200 by 810 pixels), BBC reports.
