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Transtopia -- Transhumanism Evolved |
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Welcome to Transtopia: Cult of the Technocalypse, virtual citadel of radically progressive thought. Here you'll find a philosophy that fuses such diverse and seemingly unrelated concepts as apocalyptic futurism, atheism, childfreeness, cryonics, hedonism, and political incorrectness into a unique, and uniquely empowering whole.
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Singularitarian Principles 1.0 (Extended) |
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The Future of Life: books |
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Conference, summit, forum on biotechnology, genetics, cloning, life, biotech, dna, human genome, science, medicine, genes.
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THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE AND MANY-WORLDS COSMOLOGIES |
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Acceleration Watch (Understanding Accelerating Change) |
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Hello dear reader... Acceleration Watch is an educational affiliate of the Acceleration Studies Foundation. Through the ASF we produce a free newsletter for strategists and futurists, helpful to understanding and managing accelerating technological change. We also promote scientific investigation, analysis, forecasting, social foresight, and careful, informed speculation on the technological singularity hypothesis. We host monthly acceleration-aware futurist reading and discussion groups (in Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Diego, and Las Vegas), highlight select conferences relevant to thinking about accelerating change (the majority are not yet acceleration-aware), outline the multi-disciplinary research topic of acceleration studies, consider singularity timing predictions and the intellectual history of acceleration ideas, list degree programs where students may broadly investigate accelerating change, maintain a small publications archive, including selected articles and developmental futures scenarios and technologies, consider classic critiques of the hypothesis of continuous acceleration, and some speculative topics. (About this site). Feedback: mail{at}accelerating.org
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ASF (Acceleration Studies Foundation) |
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ASF: Acceleration Studies Foundation.Awareness, Analysis, Forecasting, Action. A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation. Formerly "Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change".
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abelard public education site |
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A human knowledge source,informative educational,for all. Topics include relationships,money,ecological and social responsibilities,logical and rational thinking.Useful approaches to many topical and relevant issues. General educational resource: documents on the logic of communication/social interactions, both in theory and in examples relevant to current society.
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computing machinery and intelligence - a.m. turing, 1950 |
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original article by Alan Turing on machine intelligence, where he introduces the famous Turing test.
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The Action Potential |
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Respirocytes: A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell TOC |
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Abstract: Molecular manufacturing promises precise control of matter at the atomic and molecular level, allowing the construction of micron-scale machines comprised of nanometer-scale components. Medical nanomachines will be among the earliest applications. The artificial red blood cell or "respirocyte" proposed here is a bloodborne spherical 1-micron diamondoid 1000-atm pressure vessel with active pumping powered by endogenous serum glucose, able to deliver 236 times more oxygen to the tissues per unit volume than natural red cells and to manage carbonic acidity. An onboard nanocomputer and numerous chemical and pressure sensors enable complex device behaviors remotely reprogrammable by the physician via externally applied acoustic signals. Primary applications will include transfusable blood substitution; partial treatment for anemia, perinatal/neonatal and lung disorders; enhancement of cardiovascular/neurovascular procedures, tumor therapies and diagnostics; prevention of asphyxia; artificial breathing; and a variety of sports, veterinary, battlefield and other uses.
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Nat' Academies Press, Productivity and Cyclicality in Semiconductors: Trends, Implications, and Questions -- Report of a Symposium (2004) |
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News Release 040202 |
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Carbon nanotubes, materials for the future |
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Nano-transistor switches with just one electron, may be ideal for molecular computers, Science study shows |
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A single electron makes the difference between "on" and "off"
for a new transistor made from a single carbon nanotube,
whose minute size and low-energy requirements should make it
an ideal device for molecular computers. This news release is
also available in French and Japanese.
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Wired News: Mega Steps Toward the Nanochip |
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Nanotechnology.com home |
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the international small technology network
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Forecasting the Growth of Complexity and Change |
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How Many Genes Are in the Human Genome? |
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Frequently asked questions about the Human Genome
Project including What is the HGP?, Whose genome is being sequenced?, Why is the DOE
involved in the HGP?, How much is spent on the HGP?, What are the benefits of the HGP?, and
many others.
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The National Academies Press Home Page |
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The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes authoritative reports issued by The National Academies. Publications address key issues in science, engineering, social sciences, medicine and health.
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