This article is part of the ‘Think Further’ series, sponsored by Fred Alger Management, Inc. For more ‘Think Further’ content and videos, visit thinkfurtheralger.com To understand the future of medicine in 2064, we have to understand what the current state of world health and life expectancy is in the world today, what has the largest …
This article is part of the ‘Think Further’ series, sponsored by Fred Alger Management, Inc. For more ‘Think Further’ content and videos, visit thinkfurtheralger.com To understand the future of medicine in 2064, we have to understand what the current state of world health and life expectancy is in the world today, what has the largest …
Why are there so many plans that are proposed and then often poorly implemented that do not solve the stated problems or the solutions are terrible and insanely expensive ? Get beyond the controversial problem statement to the shape of the proposed solutions after tens of trillions of dollars and decades and see how much …
Robert Freitas work on using nanomedicine to achieve lives that only end when fatal accidents occur. Robert had a chart that showed the improvement in life expectancy by decade and the sources. Sanitation (1890-1915) Vaccines (1920-1935) Antibiotics.(1940-1960) Notice that none of the big three here were purposely kept from the poor in the developed countries …
Forbes has an article by James Conca about deaths per trillion kwh (1000 terawatt hours) by energy source. James is a senior scientist with the RJLee Group, and Director of their Center for Laboratory Sciences in Pasco, WA. The numbers are a combination of actual direct deaths and epidemiological estimates, and are rounded to two …
Arxiv – Starship Sails Propelled by Cost-Optimized Directed Energy by James Benford (25 pages) (H/T – Centauri Dreams) Microwave propelled sails are a new class of spacecraft using photon acceleration. It is the only method of interstellar flight that has no physics issues. Laboratory demonstrations of basic features of beam-driven propulsion, flight, stability (‘beam-riding’), and …
Arxiv – Starship Sails Propelled by Cost-Optimized Directed Energy by James Benford (25 pages) (H/T – Centauri Dreams) Microwave propelled sails are a new class of spacecraft using photon acceleration. It is the only method of interstellar flight that has no physics issues. Laboratory demonstrations of basic features of beam-driven propulsion, flight, stability (‘beam-riding’), and …
DARPA has new solicitations for 2011 Controlling Cellular Machinery – Vaccines Looking for new ideas about how to discover, design, evolve, assemble and demonstrate the ability to use genetic components, modules and circuits for the development of a highly efficacious nucleic acid based vaccine whose activity can be regulated in vivo by a mammalian host. …
1. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a molecular security system in human cells that deactivates and degrades foreign DNA. This discovery could open the door to major improvements in genetic engineering and gene therapy technologies. Led by Reuben Harris, associate professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics in the College of Biological …
Professor Peter Weyand, Southern Methodist University (Texas), known for his expertise in terrestrial locomotion and human and animal performance says that humans would soon have the ability to modify and greatly enhance muscle fibre strength. This would enable speeds of 45 miles per hour and 5 seconds times for 100 meters. The fast four-legged runners …
Researchers have now discovered a method that produces the bucky ball configuration of carbon with nearly 100% conversion efficiency from precursor materials. Getting high efficiencies means that you don’t have to sift through the reaction product and separate what you wanted—not a small challenge when you’re sorting billions of particles with nanometer dimensions. The relatively …