Americans spend between one and four billion dollars a year treating hair loss. Now, four surgeons in the U.S. are testing a stem cell treatment in a non-surgical procedure. Overseas trials in Japan and Egypt are already showing some success.
Hackers are the real obstacles for self driving vehicles
Out-of-work truckers armed with “adversarial machine learning” could dazzle autonomous vehicles into crashing.
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Sleep in 2050
Zoltan Istvan stated that Transhumanism is an intellectual and international movement influenced by actual science and technology innovation much of it created by the under 40s who consist of: – life extensionists, tecno-optimists, Singularitarians, biohackers, roboticists, artificial intelligence proponents and futurists. (Istvan, Z. 2011. The Transhumanist Wager.)
Driverless cars and trucks don’t mean mass unemployment—they mean new kinds of jobs
As business leaders who work with scores of senior leaders across the private and public sectors, the topic of automation and its implications for workers is inescapable—and often anxiety-inducing. Understandably so. Technology and social changes are poised to reshape nearly every aspect of what and how work gets done, and by whom. When we speak and write on this topic, the audience response is usually intense and ranges from excitement to deep anxiety.
Reverence for robots: Japanese workers treasure automation
MORIYA, Japan (AP) — Thousands upon thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped and washed, wrapped into six-packs, and boxed at dizzying speeds — 1,500 a minute, to be exact — on humming conveyor belts that zip and wind in a sprawling factory near Tokyo.
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AI-generated pop song puts human composers on notice
A still from the music video for the new single “Break Free” that features music entirely composed and produced by an artificial intelligence system (Credit: Taryn Southern / Amper)
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Malware encoded into strand of DNA by biohackers
When biologists synthesize DNA, they take pains not to create or spread a dangerous stretch of genetic code that could be used to create a toxin or, worse, an infectious disease. But one group of biohackers has demonstrated how DNA can carry a less expected threat—one designed to infect not humans nor animals but computers.
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Blockchain: every company is at risk of being disrupted by a trusted version of itself
“We are living in an exponentially expanding trust gap.” — Richie Etwaru
Disney Research’s ‘Magic Bench’ makes augmented reality a headset-free group experience
Lets users see, hear, and feel animated characters, replacing glasses and other devices.
Let’s face reality: US Teens engage with iMessage more than any other social platform
No one really seems to talk about it or acknowledge it, but iMessage is where a lot of mobile usage is trending towards, particularly for Gen-Z, and there are many good reasons why.
Apple sets $1 billion budget for original TV shows
The company wants to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon.
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Millennial techies are choosing skill based training over college
Daunted by the expense of a four-year program, students are focusing on learning the skills they need for the jobs they want.
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