US Army will have laser weapons by 2023 as bosses say killer technology is close

US Army will have laser weapons by 2023 as bosses say killer technology is close | Daily Mail Online: "The military hopes that the new generation of weapons could lead to radical changes in the way wars are fought, with planes having unlimited ammunition - as long as they have enough power."

China throws down the gauntlet in gene-editing race with U.S.

China throws down the gauntlet in gene-editing race with U.S. | The Japan Times: "BEIJING – U.S. companies racing to develop a promising gene editing technology are up against a formidable competitor — the Chinese government."

Scientists claim they can create babies without men by injecting eggs with artificial sperm

Scientists claim they can create babies without men by injecting eggs with artificial sperm - Mirror Online: "The Chinese team says the new discovery could pave the way for exciting new treatments to boost male fertility"

Pentagon Research Could Make ‘Brain Modem’ a Reality

Pentagon Research Could Make ‘Brain Modem’ a Reality - The Daily Beast: "The Pentagon is attempting what was, until recently, an impossible technological feat—developing a high-bandwidth neural interface that would allow people to beam data from their minds to external devices and back.



That’s right—a brain modem. One that could allow a soldier to, for example, control a drone with his mind."

New surgical microchips the key to the future

New surgical microchips the key to the future - The Spectator: "Imagine a world where people can enter buildings and turn on machines using a tiny microchip in their hands. Well, that future—at least for Sweden—isn’t too far out."

Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image

Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image: "Their new machine significantly outperforms humans and can even use a clever trick to determine the location of indoor images and pictures of specific things such as pets, food, and so on that have no location cues."

Atlas, The Next Generation - Terminators in the Making

Atlas, The Next Generation - YouTube: "A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain, help with navigation and manipulate objects. "

NKU student wants to be first with chip implanted

NKU student wants to be first with chip implanted | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | WKRC: "More and more people are "bio-hacking" their bodies with implanted computer chips that can perform a wide range of tasks. Garrett Frey is already an accomplished entrepreneur and other than that seems like a pretty typical 21-year-old college student. Until you look more closely. "It's right here in my left hand. You can see it and feel it if you touch it," he said."

Why artificial intelligence may be more dangerous than nuclear weapons

Why artificial intelligence may be more dangerous than nuclear weapons: "As we recently reported, IBM has pledged $5 million in prizes to anyone who can turn artificial intelligence into tools that could solve some of the biggest problems in the world, like climate change or world hunger — certainly ambitious projects. But as the push for AI intensifies, many are warning that it could be more dangerous than nuclear weapons if not developed carefully."

Asking whether extraterrestrial life exists is the wrong question.

Asking whether extraterrestrial life exists is the wrong question.: "Let’s not ask “Are we alone?” but rather “What now?”"

US aircraft carriers are no longer the ultimate deterrent amid new technology

US aircraft carriers are no longer the ultimate deterrent amid new technology | Daily Mail Online: "An obsession with aircraft carriers may end the the United States' naval dominance if military leaders don't change their ways, a report warned today. It says China, Russia and other countries have 'increasingly lethal and precise' weapons and tactics that can destroy carriers, breaking the backbone of the Navy."

Things Are Continuing To Deteriorate In The Real World At An Alarming Rate

Things Are Continuing To Deteriorate In The Real World At An Alarming Rate | King World News: "With stocks weakening, crude oil plunging, and gold surging, today a 50-year market veteran warned King World News that things are continuing to deteriorate in the real world at an alarming rate."

What UFOs Mean for Why People Don't Trust Science

What UFOs Mean for Why People Don't Trust Science - The Atlantic: "The history of ufology shows the complex psychology of fringe beliefs."

Water bear don’t care: watch these tardigrades wake up after being frozen for 30 years

Water bear don’t care: watch these tardigrades wake up after being frozen for 30 years - Vox: "In 1983, a team of Japanese scientists on a journey through Antarctica happened upon the dwelling of a strange, strange creature."

WHO considering genetic modification to wipe out Zika virus

WHO considering genetic modification to wipe out Zika virus | WKRN News 2: "SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Zika virus is continuing to spread across the Americas, but instead of going after the disease itself, the World Health Organization is considering a new solution: genetic modification."

Legend Issues Dire Warning About A Terrifying Future And The Trigger For Total Global Collapse

Legend Issues Dire Warning About A Terrifying Future And The Trigger For Total Global Collapse | King World News: "On the heels of seven weeks of chaotic trading in markets, today the man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE, historic moves in currencies, and major global events, just issued a dire warning about a terrifying future and the trigger for total global collapse."

None of the 700 million trillion planets in our known universe are similar to Earth

None of the 700 million trillion planets in our known universe are similar to Earth | Daily Mail Online: "There are believed to be 700 million trillion terrestrial planets in the known universe. Scientists have long believed that among them are worlds similar to our own. This is known as the 'Copernican principle', which states that our planet doesn't hold a privileged position in the cosmos"

A World On The Edge Of Chaos

A World On The Edge Of Chaos | King World News: "With a wild start to 2016, today a legend in the business sent King World News a powerful piece about a world on the edge of chaos."

ISIS execute Ayham Hussein after he's caught listening to western music

ISIS execute Ayham Hussein after he's caught listening to western music in Iraq  | Daily Mail Online: "A teenage boy has been beheaded by ISIS for simply listening to Western music."

Memory That Lasts Forever: New Quartz Coin Can Store 360TB of Data for 14 Billion Years

Memory That Lasts Forever: New Quartz Coin Can Store 360TB of Data for 14 Billion Years: "Worried about being remembered? Well, worry no more. This eternal 5D data storage could preserve the history of humankind for ages to come."

With a few skin cells, scientists can make mini, thinking version of your brain

With a few skin cells, scientists can make mini, thinking version of your brain | Ars Technica: "Tiny ball-shaped noggins may aid research on Zika, autism, and new drugs."

Wake Forest University Scientists Print Living Body Parts

Wake Forest University Scientists Print Living Body Parts - NBC News: "A team at Wake Forest University has used a combination of living cells and a special gel to print out living human body parts — including ears, muscles and jawbones."

Navy's 'Star Wars' weapon could be used on a new stealth warship

Navy's 'Star Wars' weapon could be used on a new stealth warship | Daily Mail Online: "A radical new weapon that can fire a shell at seven times the speed of sound could be used by the Navy as soon as 2018.



Described as 'Star Wars technology' by researchers, the rail gun can fire a shell weighing 10kg at up to 5,400mph over 100 miles. It does this with such force and accuracy it penetrates three concrete walls or six half-inch thick steel plates."

Rogue 'Terminators' which can kill without human orders 'will be in use within years'

Rogue 'Terminators' which can kill without human orders 'will be in use within years' | Daily Mail Online: "Killer robots that can execute without human intervention will become a reality within years unless there is a global agreement to ban them, warns a leading scientist.



Wendell Wallach, an ethicist at Yale University, will today call on the US government to outlaw such machines on the basis they violate international humanitarian law. Wallach also warns that technology has become so advanced that a robot capable of killing humans on its own volition will soon become a possibility - much like the rogue machines seen in Arnold Schwarzenegger's hit film, The Terminator."

Artificial intelligence will allow people to find lasting love with machines

Artificial intelligence will allow people to find lasting love with machines | Daily Mail Online: "While there are fears robots may rise up to take over the world if artificial intelligence progresses too quickly, some of us may find ourselves simply marrying machines in the future."

Scientists take a step closer to ETERNAL LIFE as they PRESERVE and REVIVE brain

Scientists take a step closer to ETERNAL LIFE as they PRESERVE and REVIVE brain | Science | News | Daily Express: "FOR the first time, scientists have successfully managed to cryogenically freeze a brain and then revive it."

Christians “Should be Eradicated”: Researchers Document Anti-Christian Agenda Among Powerful Elite

Christians “Should be Eradicated”: Researchers Document Anti-Christian Agenda Among Powerful Elite: "A student is punished for refusing to “stomp on Jesus,” a Christian baker faces a year in jail for refusing to cater faux marriages, two men are arrested for reading the Bible aloud near a government building, a school “purges” Christian works from its library. Critics asserting the existence of an institutional anti-Christian bias, and a resultant war on the faith, have often been labeled paranoid. But now two University of North Texas sociologists have produced research showing that just such an agenda exists — among America’s most powerful people."

First Documented Case of "Genetic Discrimination": Has the Future of Gattaca Arrived?

First Documented Case of "Genetic Discrimination": Has the Future of Gattaca Arrived?: "A child was removed from his school based on his genetics, and for the first time ever, the lawsuit against the school is alleging "genetic discrimination" under the Americans with Disabilities Act.



This case could set a precedent for the future, and help prevent a Gattaca-esque dystopian social stratification based on desirable or undesirable genetics."

Will the survival of our endangered species rely on biological resurrection?

Will the survival of our endangered species rely on biological resurrection? | International | The News Hub: "Siberian scientists will attempt to clone extinct cave lions through resurrection biology"

Pushing the Outer Limits of Humanity and Its Bearing on Space Travel: The Trans-human Quest

Pushing the Outer Limits of Humanity and Its Bearing on Space Travel: The Trans-human Quest: "What makes us human? Is it emotions, reason, relations with others, our ability to make and use things to enhance our lives? Beyond consideration of such matters as altering the human genome, do the things we wear improve our abilities to function, or do they transform us?"

Is This The Most Terrifying Danger Facing The World Today?

Is This The Most Terrifying Danger Facing The World Today? | King World News: "John Embry:  “I think things are finally starting to unfold exactly as we have anticipated.  The central banks, who have hijacked markets for far longer than I thought possible, are finally running out of ammunition…"

Amazon's terms even cover the zombie apocalypse

Amazon's terms even cover the zombie apocalypse: "However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization."

Thanks to science, you can soon wipe out your worst memories

Thanks to science, you can soon wipe out your worst memories | New York Post: "Dutch psychology professor Merel Kindt has seemingly found a way to erase the emotional anxiety associated with bad memories without erasing the memories themselves."

Biohackers implant computers, earbuds and antennas in their bodies

Biohackers implant computers, earbuds and antennas in their bodies - MarketWatch: "Body implants are a staple of science fiction. They turn members of futuristic societies into super-humans, making them stronger, smarter and more capable than an average person.



Implants helped Johnny Mnemonic increase his memory capacity; they fuel Iron Man’s suit and keep him alive; and they do much, much more."

Science and superheroes: how close are we to creating real superpowers?

Science and superheroes: how close are we to creating real superpowers? | Science | The Guardian: "Significant physical alterations have seemed largely impossible until very recently. Even breakthroughs in genetics hint at nothing like the weapon-x program that gave Wolverine his admantium bones and Deadpool his accelerated healing.



But quantum biology, championed by physicist and broadcaster Jim Al Khalili, suggests an enjoyably speculative direction for extreme human alterations. If quantum tunnelling can explain the high speed transformation of tadpole to frog, surely it’s conceivable quantum effects might also allow a human body to regenerate from a gunshot or samurai sword attack."

Robo-roach to the rescue! Bots with squeezy exoskeletons could help find trapped survivors in disaster zones

Robo-roach to the rescue! Bots with squeezy exoskeletons could help find trapped survivors in disaster zones | Daily Mail Online: "They are the ultimate survivors, capable of squeezing into any tight space uninvited. But cockroaches have now inspired a robot that could assist in future search-and-rescue missions to find survivors, researchers claim."

LA mega-quake risk rises as scientists find thrust faults can ‘jump’ farther than thought

LA mega-quake risk rises as scientists find thrust faults can ‘jump’ farther than thought | Daily Mail Online: "The risk of an 'mega-quake' hitting California has just got even higher. In a new study, scientists have discovered that earthquake ruptures can jump much further than previously thought."

Watch this robot chameleon blend in with its surroundings

Watch this robot chameleon blend in with its surroundings (Wired UK): "Just like some living chameleons this robotic reptile is able to change its colour to match its surroundings. But the robot's skin changes using artificial intelligence."

Babies With Genes From Three People Could Be Ethical, Panel Says

Babies With Genes From Three People Could Be Ethical, Panel Says | KRWG: "Would it be ethical for scientists to try to create babies that have genetic material from three different people? An influential panel of experts has concluded the answer could be yes."

Even Transhumanist Elites Are Worried Only the Rich Will Be Able to Hack Death | Motherboard

Even Transhumanist Elites Are Worried Only the Rich Will Be Able to Hack Death | Motherboard: "The story of Z was supposed to be about how biohacking had allowed her to become immortal."

Company Developing ‘Tech Tattoos’ That Track Medical, Financial Info

Company Developing ‘Tech Tattoos’ That Track Medical, Financial Info « CBS New York: "NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Could we soon be carrying all of our medical and financial information on a tattoo?



Software company Chaotic Moon has developed a “tech tattoo” that gets embedded into a person’s arm and can track a person’s financial and medical information."

White House rallies public, private efforts to prepare for devastating earthquakes

White House rallies public, private efforts to prepare for devastating earthquakes | McClatchy DC: "WASHINGTON
Spurred by renewed fears of the fabled “Big One” shattering the West Coast, the Obama administration on Tuesday promoted stronger earthquake-preparedness efforts as part of a first-of-its-kind White House summit."

10 Diseases That Will Become Far More Common After The Collapse

10 Diseases That Will Become Far More Common After The Collapse - All Self-SustainedAll Self-Sustained: "Many diseases are opportunists, they will surface at a time the conditions are right for them to flourish and most often this is at a time when humans really could do with concentrating on other stuff. Here are ten diseases that will make their presence felt after a major, long term,disaster be it war, societal collapse or in some cases even an economic downturn."

Robots in warehouses for online shopping

Robots in warehouses for online shopping - Tech Insider: "The Locus robot can zip around a clothing warehouse larger than the size of six football fields. It can also work for 24 hours, without a break for lunch or a salary."

Zika mosquitoes’ habits may foil U.S. elimination efforts

Zika mosquitoes’ habits may foil U.S. elimination efforts | Reuters: "Health experts are bracing for Zika virus to spread to the United States by April or May, borne by a mosquito that craves human blood, feeds during the day and lives under beds and inside closets."

Mutant 'fish' with a nose, feet, tail and WINGS baffles Caribbean island

Mutant 'fish' with a nose, feet, tail and WINGS baffles Caribbean island | Daily Mail Online: "An 'alien fish' caught on a small Caribbean island has left experts baffled, as they struggle to determine its species.



The creature reportedly has 'feet' which allows it to walk across the seabed, a ' perfect human nose', and scales like a fish."

Was Zika outbreak caused by release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil?

Was Zika outbreak caused by release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil? - Mirror Online: "The genetically engineered insects were designed to stop the spread of dengue fever but critics now fear the programme may have had a deadly consequence"

Outbreak of female, vampire-like attackers in New Zealand

Outbreak of female, vampire-like attackers in New Zealand | New York Post: "A number of people have been injured during a series of vampire-like biting attacks on New Zealand’s North Island.



Over the past two days, a woman was accused of biting a man’s neck so hard, her teeth cut through an artery, while another woman was arrested after allegedly chomping on a woman’s ear."

We Need a New Government Agency to Oversee the Search for Immortality

We Need a New Government Agency to Oversee the Search for Immortality | Motherboard: "Scientists increasingly agree that we’re fast approaching a moment in medicine—probably within 30 years—where we won’t just be significantly lengthening human lifespans, but probably conquering death too."

Humans could become GMO

Humans could become GMO | The Daily Texan: "Genetic modification of human embryos has been a no-no since an international conference of scientists in 1975 enforced a voluntary moratorium on the practice. But in April 2015, researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China reported they had done just that, using a novel technique called CRISPR/Cas9 to replace segments of DNA responsible for the disease thalassaemia."

Genetic engineering fulfills Brave New World vision

Genetic engineering fulfills Brave New World vision | Examiner.com: "CRISPR makes three categories of DNA alterations possible: embryonic modification to eliminate genetic disease; alterations to protect against future disease; and genetic enhancement of human form and function"

Here Comes Gattaca: British scientists granted permission to genetically modify human embryos

British scientists granted permission to genetically modify human embryos - Telegraph: "The Francis Crick institute will genetically edit the leftover embryos from from IVF clinics"

Did Pope Francis Bless Human-Pig Chimeras? | MIT Technology Review

Did Pope Francis Bless Human-Pig Chimeras? | MIT Technology Review: "A scientist sought the Vatican’s approval for mixing human cells in animal embryos. And the Pope said yes."

Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson says technology is causing humans to 'evolve'

Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson says technology is causing humans to 'evolve' | Daily Mail Online: "If you're under the age of 40, there is a good chance you will achieve 'electronic immortality' during your lifetime.



This is the idea that all of your thoughts and experiences will be uploaded and stored online for future generations."