Terry Grossman is a doctor who runs a longevity health clinic and co-wrote “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever” with Ray Kurzweil. Terry spoke at the Convergence08 conference. Heart and Cardio HealthHeart and coronary disease is the number one killer in North America. Two tests are very good for early detection of heart …
Using a mouse genetically altered to model lymphoma, extra copies of the sirtuin gene were applied or they were fed them the sirtuin activator resveratrol, which in turn extended their mean lifespan by 24 to 46 percent. SIRT1 Redistribution on Chromatin Promotes Genomic Stability but Alters Gene Expression during Aging Genomic instability and alterations in …
IBM predicts five innovations will have impact over the next five years: – Energy saving solar technology will be built into asphalt, paint and windows– You will have a crystal ball for your health, from cheap genome sequencing– You will talk to the Web . . . and the Web will talk back, through the …
1. BAM, a “ceramic alloy”, is created by combining a metal alloy of boron, aluminium and magnesium (AlMgB14) with titanium boride (TiB2). It is the hardest material after diamond and cubic boron nitride. -BAM is much slipperier than Teflon, with a coefficient of friction of .02 compared to .05. Lubricated steel has a friction coefficient …
Starts With A Bang has the Carnival of Space Week 80, the Thanksgiving Edition. This site talked about technology coming together which could enable large scale nuclear fission power on the moon starting by 2020 if there was the will and the funding. Bad Astronomy talks about the new evidence for oceans on Mars Centauri …
The Economist magazine has published its “World in 2009” They have a forecast for China’s GDP in 2009 of 4.8 trillion (8% GDP growth) and for the USA $14.8 trillion (-0.2% growth) and for Japan $5.39 trillion (0% GDP growth). The US$4.8 trillion estimate for China in 2009 matches prior estimates from this site. The …
A team at Rice University has developed graphene 10 atoms thick and less than 10 nanometers wide. – it would increase the amount of storage in a two-dimensional array by a factor of five.– the new switches can be controlled by two terminals instead of three, as in current chips. This will allow for practical …
Most existing heat-harvesting technologies are efficient only at temperatures above 150 °C, and much waste heat just isn’t that hot. Now Ener-G-Rotors, based in Schenectady, NY, is developing technology that can use heat between 65 and 150 °C. [338-453 Kelvin] The company expects to convert 10 to 15 percent of low-temperature waste heat into electricity, …
The AMD Firestream setup from Aprius could be better with eight of the $1499 boards ($12000 plus some amont for the 4U box and backplane.) It will outperform the Nvidia setup and be out in about 4-6 months. Of course Nvidia could go through another rev from its current setup. The FireStream 9270 uses a …
Obama announced that he would introduce a federal cap and trade system, a similar cap and trade emissions trading scheme is already in operation in the European Union. Strong annual targets would be established that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions to return them to 1990 levels by 2020 and reduce them by a further 80% …
April 2008, Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) gave $42.5 million over five years to Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Wake Forest and its partners are adding $150 million for nearly $200 million. A second consortium with another $42.5 million will be managed by Rutgers and the Cleveland Clinic.Nature discusses the full soldier …