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by Tadasuke
Thu May 16, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions
Replies: 631
Views: 500838

Dean Kamen talking about his ambitious enterprises and projects

In this episode, recorded during Abundance360 2024, Peter Diamandis and Dean Kamen discuss future of organ manufacturing, Moonshots, and more: • 15:40 | Creating Organs for Life-Saving Results (in the coming years) • 25:10 | Custom-Made Organs Now Possible (needs regulatory approval and production f...
by Tadasuke
Thu May 16, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: General gaming news and discussion
Replies: 420
Views: 338143

Mario Kart

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is now Nintendo's best-selling game ever with over 70 million copies! :o MK8D currently features 96 different race courses (divided into 12 different cups), 48 playable characters and 23 different items. On May 29th, the game will have its 10th anniversary (came out for Wii U and...
by Tadasuke
Wed May 15, 2024 7:41 am
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Aquaculture
Replies: 273
Views: 807765

lab-grown slaughter-free meat banned in 2 states ... why?

Why are some people making it harder for other people to do good and actually move their country forward? Not only scientists need to do difficult and costly science for extended periods of time, but also entrepreneurs need to be wary of difficult people, including politicians who make their lives h...
by Tadasuke
Mon May 13, 2024 7:08 am
Forum: Society & Demographics
Topic: Technological Unemployment News & Discussions
Replies: 225
Views: 1452785

a podcast episode talking about 'technological unemployment'

35 minutes talk between Chelsea Follett and Jay Richards - American analytic philosopher who focuses on the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. https://humanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DSC1215.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J3iFxn3fxos/maxresdefault.jpg https://open.spotify.c...
by Tadasuke
Tue May 07, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1509628

better and worse points regarding accelerating change

Some of Kurzweil's graphs are certainly true, correct and important. Here's an example - USA's GDP per capita graph in constant 2023 dollars, which is probably about correct (although it's unfortunately not purchasing power parity - PPP): https://i.postimg.cc/bvW2NP7y/image.png Some of his points ma...
by Tadasuke
Tue May 07, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1509628

Re: The Singularity - Official Thread

Here's a short Amazon review of Terry Grossman's and Ray Kurzweil's 2004 book Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever : https://i.postimg.cc/YSjKpB7C/image.png It seems like the bridges to radical increases in longevity are not coming as quickly as some predicted. However, much of the sci...
by Tadasuke
Mon May 06, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: Home & Leisure
Topic: Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality News & Discussions
Replies: 228
Views: 260413

how computerized AI glasses 😎 could make our perception of the world nicer

Back in primary school, I noticed that when I wear sunglasses (shades) on my head, in some conditions, the world around looks better than when I don't. This soon lead me to think and imagine, how in about 20 years, there could be intelligent computerized glasses, that adapt to current conditions aro...
by Tadasuke
Mon May 06, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1509628

Kevin Kelly, Ray Kurzweil and my predictions for 2054

Kevin Kelly (born in 1952) has had more success in his predictions than Kurzweil, believe it or not. And he traveled a lot , largely by walking and cycling. He authored multiple books , including photography books and has given many lectures. Here's his website: https://kk.org/ Kevin has been criti...
by Tadasuke
Mon May 06, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1509628

Re: The Singularity - Official Thread

Here are some recent photos featuring some chosen famous people born in 1948 (same year as R.K.): Jean Reno (actor) https://i.postimg.cc/K88w97sM/image.png Samuel L. Jackson (actor) https://i.postimg.cc/MHjKj21z/Samuel-L-Jackson.jpg Charles III (king) https://i.postimg.cc/3wRB5ngg/King-Charles-III.j...
by Tadasuke
Sat May 04, 2024 5:29 am
Forum: Computers & the Internet
Topic: GPU and CPU news and discussions
Replies: 232
Views: 132292

GPU prices

At least for those living in the UK, you are now able to buy online Radeon 7900 XTX for 800 £ while Radeon 7800 XT is available for 490 £ . On August 20th 2021, Asus Radeon RX 6900 XT TUF Gaming OC was selling for 1350 £, which was quite a lot, when taking into consideration that back in March of 20...