The Scientific Advancements Thread

[regul8]

Yo thats dope. I wonder how it would take before it becomes available to the public..............probably never...........

 

[airspeeze23]

This shit finna be hella bread....NOT covered by medicaid, and NOT available in the hood.

 

[water ur seeds]

http://io9.com/5946936/breakthrough-this-electronic-implant-can-dissolve-inside-your-body

pretty mad, makes me skeptical about the government marking everyone though, but if it dissolves then i guess it doesnt matter, but silicone and all that schitt melting into your body doesnt sound helpful haha

 

[FucktheIC]

sounds like an air embolism....

great way to die...

Yah, I'm sure the medical doctors and Phd's didn't think about that.......

 

[unspoken_respect]

I kind of like breathing. It would make me feel lazy.

 

[money23]

This shit finna be hella bread....NOT covered by medicaid, and NOT available in the hood.

Correct ONLY FOR THE RICH

 

[S.jR.]

About to get my Aquaman on..

 

[Neophyte Wolfgang]

White people take another step ahead of black people

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Expect countries to war underwater in the future

 

[Sour-Cream]

I wonder if this is gonna be the new blood doping for olympic swimmers.

 

[unspoken_respect]

I have a feeling this shit is going to go terribly wrong for a lot of people.

 

[Sour-Cream]

Aquaman and Namor is getting knocked the fuck out.

 

[Focal Point]

that's fantastic, the appication of such an incredible piece of science would bring a big benefit to many lives

 

[peterpiffin]

god gave us the brains to invent that shit dumb ass

 

[Jabu_Rule]

We are committing a sin if we cure the common cold. You must endure that headache in the name of Jesus. It's a sign of things to come.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Could injecting yourself with blood of the young reverse the aging process?

By: George Dvorsky

It would appear that the Slovak-Hungarian "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory may have been on to something:

Researchers have shown that it is possible to reverse cognitive decline in old mice by injecting them with blood from the young. Elderly mice who were given transfusions of young blood were shown to exhibit improved learning skills and memory — and at a level comparable to much younger mice. Should the same effect apply to humans, it could represent a novel way to treat neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

A primary reason why we experience cognitive decline as we get older is due to our decreased production of neural stem cells — what ends up causing fewer connections between brain cells. Exercise has been known to help, but its effects are limited.

But Saul Villeda of Stanford University has shown that the production of these stem cells may have something to do with the quality of our blood.

He first made this discovery two years ago when he injected the blood of an older mouse into a younger one and vice versa. Villeda did this by connecting the circulatory systems of two mice so that their blood could mix (what's called heterochronic parabiosis). Soon after the transfusion he noticed that the younger mouse's brain started to age much more rapidly. And when he analyzed the older mouse, he observed that the number of stem cells had increased. His study led to a research paper that was later published in Nature.

More recently, Villeda's experiments have sought to determine whether or not this effect translates to behavioral changes as well. In the new study, he performed a similar transfusion and put the mice into a water maze where they were required to perform memory tasks. He discovered that the older mice did almost as well as mice who were four to six months old. As for the older, untreated mice, they made lots of mistakes and continually swam down blind alleys.

In terms of what's happening, the researchers say the young blood is likely reversing the aging process by topping up levels of key chemical factors that normally decline in the blood as we age. Speaking to the Guardian, Villeda noted that, after the transfusion, "all of a sudden you have all of these plasticity and learning and memory-related genes that are coming back." But as to which exact factors are causing the effect, the researchers are not sure — there are hundreds of thousands of candidate factors.

Looking ahead, Villeda says his team's insights could result in genuine rejuvenation therapies for people dealing with cognitive decline. The first step, however, is to determine whether or not this effect translates to humans.

Villeda presented these results at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans on October 17, 2012. An earlier version of his research appeared in Nature last year.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Can this giant ball which gets blown around in the wind rid the world of landmines?

By Simon Tomlinson

PUBLISHED:04:32 EST, 22 October 2012|

It might look like an unused prop from the Star Wars films, but this giant ball has the potential to save thousands of lives. Like a giant clump of dandelion seeds, it is designed to be blown around in the wind detonating landmines in its path. Made simply of bamboo, iron and plastic, each one is relatively cheap to produce and can clear up to four bombs before being destroyed themselves.

Each device, called Mine Kafon, will have a GPS tracking device linked to a website to show which areas have been cleared. They are the brainchild of Massoud Hassani, who at the age of 14 fled war-torn Afghanistan, where there are more landmines than people. He travelled with smugglers to Pakistan and Russian before settling down in Holland to study at the Design Academy Eindhoven.

Mr Hassani said he had the idea for his invention after making miniature models during his childhood. He and his brother would make their own toys, small wind-powered cylinders which would often get blown into a minefield, where they could not get them back. He said: 'Me and my brother Mahmud, we played every day on the fields surrounded with the highest mountains in our neighborhood.

'There was always a strong wind waving towards the mountains. While we were racing against each other, our small miniatures rolled way to fast and too far. 'Mostly they landed in areas where we were not allowed to step a foot on.

'Those areas were very dangerous because of the landmines. It was full of them. I still remember those friends that we have lost and saw them getting injured.'

He said: 'I thought "I am going to make these objects 20 times bigger and heavier". 'There are 30million landmines in Afghanistan and 26million people, so that’s more mines than people.'

Mr Hassani has teamed up with the Dutch Explosive Disposal Ordnance Unit to test it in the Moroccan desert, but in its present form they say it is not suitable for military purposes.

Undeterred, Mr Hassani is now looking for a solution. 'I hope they can help me build these things,' he said.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

 

[Young_Chitlin]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...g-device-diagnose-cancer-just-20-MINUTES.html

 

[Young_Chitlin]

New implant allows the blind to stream Braille directly onto their retinas