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From breitbart.com: “Japanese on Thursday unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder. The prototype T-34, jointly developed by robot developer tmsuk Co. Ltd. and security company Alacom Co.

Thanks to everyone who voted for me! I’m looking forward to working with the entire H+ team to help take the organization to the next level in order to better accomplish the mission of promoting understanding, interest and participation in

From Fox News: “Here’s another sign of the tough economic times: Some clinics are reporting a surge in the number of women applying to donate eggs or serve as surrogate mothers for infertile couples.”

If you are a member of the WTA (paid member), you can vote in the upcoming H+ elections. The people I *personally* know who are running (and I would suggest voting for) include: Me Ben Goertzel Todd Huffman Many of

Here’s an excerpt from my column at TNW today: Currently, 60 percent of Facebook’s teen users have implemented privacy controls, compared with only 25 percent to 30 percent of adult users. This is an interesting statistic, given the common assumption

Dr. Leonid A. Gavrilov, a Research Associate at the Center on Aging, NORC and the University of Chicago was just awarded a 5-year research grant from the NIH to study the mechanisms of human longevity. It is nice to see

A doctor in NY wants the kidney he donated to his wife back (or the financial equivalent) as part of the divorce settlement. He says a kidney is worth 1.5 million, so that’s what he’s looking to get. Pretty interesting.

Researchers at my former alma mater, UBC, have discovered why the brain loses its capacity to re-grow connections and repair itself, knowledge that could lead to therapeutics that “rejuvenate” the brain. The study, published in The EMBO Journal, identified a

In an eloquent piece published in the WSJ, Tony Woodleif writes about how Richard Dawkins believes that fairy tales promote “anti-scientific” thinking among children. Dawkins has a point, but Woodleif’s point was just as strong, if not stronger. Such tales

According to Cosmos Magazine: “Artificial ‘injectable bone’ that flows like toothpaste, and hardens in the body, has been invented by British scientists. This new regenerative medicine technology provides a scaffold for the formation of blood vessels and bone tissue, and