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Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent

A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellect… Continue

Added by Praba Pilar on March 30, 2010 at 10:15am — No Comments

Is technology accelerating beyond our capacity to understand it?

I just watched the film, Bulding Gods," about the latest developments and discourses in artificial intelligence, cyborgs, artilects, terrans, comsos, and super intelligence. As is typical in the field of science and technology, it is exclusively white men who are debating and introducing these scientific and technological changes, with one white woman discussing the theological aspects of human uploading to machines, and questions of th… Continue

Added by Praba Pilar on February 11, 2010 at 11:44am — No Comments

BioDesign: The Future is Here

WIRED Magazine recently posted a very disturbing article on the latest developments in the militarization of bioengineering. Introducing BioDesign, from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the article explains that DARPA is trying to create living organisms that it can control.

The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is

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Added by Praba Pilar on February 6, 2010 at 12:08am — No Comments

Technology and its Discontents

I have been following Andrew Maynard's blog: 20/20 Science, for a number of years. He recently invited ten of his critics to write blog posts providing alternative perspectives to the technofetish of our time. It is definitely worth a look. http://2020science.org/alternative-perspectives-on-technology-innovation/#ixzz0czCMxTtK Continue

Added by Praba Pilar on January 18, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

BOT I performance project

The expanding merger of biotechnology, nanotechnology, cognitive neuroscience and information technologies has the potential to revolutionize the very nature of human life. When one looks at the writings and theorizing of the cybernetic sphere one finds a deep desire to erase and transcend the body. There is nothing revolutionary in this, as it is based upon a historical cleavage between the mind and the body. Popular futurists like Ray Kurzweil write about uploading our humanity - the mind - to… Continue

Added by Praba Pilar on January 11, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

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