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The site is dedicated to the objective of gathering information pertinent to the theme of
"The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology"
written by by Ray Kurzweil.HeKurzweil who contends the arrival of the singularity inevitable as a result of followings;
increasingly exponential evolution of technology,
a sharp rise in computing capability,
robotics and life expectancy within the next 15 years.
(Essay for Scientific American, April 2006)
Ray Kurzweil - Reprogramming Biology
Biology is now in the early stages of an historic transition to an information science,science, while at the same time gaining the tools to reprogram these ancient information processes.
RNA interference (RNAi), which has emerged in the last several years, is capable of turning specific genes off.
Innovative means of adding new genes, called gene therapy, are also emerging that have overcome earlier problems with achieving precise placement of the modified genetic information.
We also have new means of activating and deactivating enzymes, the workhorses of biology.
Another important line of attack is to regrow our own cells, tissues, and even whole organs, and introduce them into our bodies without surgery.
Scientists are also applying nanotechnology to go beyond the limitations of biology. A nanoengineered device developed at Rochester University is programmed to detect the antigens specific to cancer cells.
Our ability to understand and even reprogram the brain, although in early stages, is also accelerating. We are doubling the spatial resolution of voxels (3D volumes) in brain scanning each year and the latest generation of in-vivo scanners can image individual interneuronal connections firing in real time.
Now that biology is becoming an information technology, it is subject to what I call the “law of accelerating returns.” Information technologies, including biological ones, double their price-performance and capacity in less than a year.
Sequencing DNA, for example, has come down in price by half each year from $10 per base pair in 1990 to under a penny today.
The amount of genetic data we sequenced has doubled each year. It took us 15 years to sequence HIV, but we sequenced SARS in only 31 days.
Useful links
Ray Kurzweil - Reprogramming Biology
http://hsm-science.blogspot.com/2006/05/ray-kurzweil-reprogramming-biology.html
Liveblogging Singularity Summit 2007 Saturday, Sep 8 2007
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=549
Liveblogging the Singularity Summit 2007 - Day Two - afternoon, September 9, 2007
http://www.davidorban.com/blog/archives/2007/09/liveblogging_th_4.html
Mutations in Moms' Genes Reveal Human Migration Through the Ages
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/genographic_project
4d visualization of humanbody
http://zoisci.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/4d-visualization-of-human-body/
Free Podcasts of University Courses: 75 Courses and Growing
http://www.oculture.com/2007/07/free_podcasts_of_university_courses_75_courses_and_growing.html
IT業界関係者注目のニュースソース http://www.techmeme.com/
"The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology"
written by by Ray Kurzweil.HeKurzweil who contends the arrival of the singularity inevitable as a result of followings;
increasingly exponential evolution of technology,
a sharp rise in computing capability,
robotics and life expectancy within the next 15 years.
(Essay for Scientific American, April 2006)
Ray Kurzweil - Reprogramming Biology
Biology is now in the early stages of an historic transition to an information science,science, while at the same time gaining the tools to reprogram these ancient information processes.
RNA interference (RNAi), which has emerged in the last several years, is capable of turning specific genes off.
Innovative means of adding new genes, called gene therapy, are also emerging that have overcome earlier problems with achieving precise placement of the modified genetic information.
We also have new means of activating and deactivating enzymes, the workhorses of biology.
Another important line of attack is to regrow our own cells, tissues, and even whole organs, and introduce them into our bodies without surgery.
Scientists are also applying nanotechnology to go beyond the limitations of biology. A nanoengineered device developed at Rochester University is programmed to detect the antigens specific to cancer cells.
Our ability to understand and even reprogram the brain, although in early stages, is also accelerating. We are doubling the spatial resolution of voxels (3D volumes) in brain scanning each year and the latest generation of in-vivo scanners can image individual interneuronal connections firing in real time.
Now that biology is becoming an information technology, it is subject to what I call the “law of accelerating returns.” Information technologies, including biological ones, double their price-performance and capacity in less than a year.
Sequencing DNA, for example, has come down in price by half each year from $10 per base pair in 1990 to under a penny today.
The amount of genetic data we sequenced has doubled each year. It took us 15 years to sequence HIV, but we sequenced SARS in only 31 days.
Useful links
Ray Kurzweil - Reprogramming Biology
http://hsm-science.blogspot.com/2006/05/ray-kurzweil-reprogramming-biology.html
Liveblogging Singularity Summit 2007 Saturday, Sep 8 2007
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=549
Liveblogging the Singularity Summit 2007 - Day Two - afternoon, September 9, 2007
http://www.davidorban.com/blog/archives/2007/09/liveblogging_th_4.html
Mutations in Moms' Genes Reveal Human Migration Through the Ages
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/genographic_project
4d visualization of humanbody
http://zoisci.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/4d-visualization-of-human-body/
Free Podcasts of University Courses: 75 Courses and Growing
http://www.oculture.com/2007/07/free_podcasts_of_university_courses_75_courses_and_growing.html
IT業界関係者注目のニュースソース http://www.techmeme.com/
(http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/05/techmeme参照）
ハーバード大学発の最新バイオアニメーションの紹介Terrific Pixar-style Harvard animation on molecular biology http://technoconvergence.wetpaint.com/page/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E7%99%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E7%B4%B9%E4%BB%8BTerrific+Pixar-style+Harvard+animation+on+molecular+biology
”REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: 2012” video at 2007 New Yorker Conference MAY 7, 2007
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/atala
Inventor Ray Kurzweil on TEDTalks
ハーバード大学発の最新バイオアニメーションの紹介Terrific Pixar-style Harvard animation on molecular biology http://technoconvergence.wetpaint.com/page/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E7%99%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E7%B4%B9%E4%BB%8BTerrific+Pixar-style+Harvard+animation+on+molecular+biology
”REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: 2012” video at 2007 New Yorker Conference MAY 7, 2007
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/atala
Inventor Ray Kurzweil on TEDTalks
http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/11/inventor_ray_ku.html
NextGenLog Next generation electronics, and related technologies, news and interviews (PST)
http://nextgenlog.blogspot.com/
Streaming Video from Algorithmic Biology 2006 Conference
http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=999
NewScientist.com - Instant Expert: Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/science-forecasts
KurzweillAI.net
http://www.kurzweilai.net/index.html?flash=1
Wikiversity:Main Page
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page
Science in the News-Harvard Med School
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/
Technology Review by MIT
http://www.technologyreview.com/BioTech/
Wikiversity:Main Page
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page
Science in the News-Harvard Med School
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/
Technology Review by MIT
http://www.technologyreview.com/BioTech/
NextGenLog Next generation electronics, and related technologies, news and interviews (PST)
http://nextgenlog.blogspot.com/
Streaming Video from Algorithmic Biology 2006 Conference
http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=999
NewScientist.com - Instant Expert: Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/science-forecasts
