Technology Roundup: Booming EReaders in 2010, Ionic Batteries, Batteryless Neural Sensing Chip

April 7, 2017November 7, 2009 by Brian Wang

1. MIT Technology Review reports on the work of Arizona based Fluidic Energy who are working toward development of a metal-air battery that relies on ionic liquids, instead of an aqueous solution, as its electrolyte. The company aims to build a Metal-Air Ionic Liquid battery that has up to 11 times the energy density of …

Proper framing of the transhumanist debate

April 7, 2017March 7, 2008 by Brian Wang

Michael Anissimov has another article related to the defence of transhumanism from misguided attacks. Transhumanism (sometimes symbolized by >H or H+), a term often used as a synonym for “human enhancement”, is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of new sciences and technologies to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes, …