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DESIGNER BABIES. http://www.oldthinkernews.com/2013/07/designer-babies-the-ultimate-privileged-elite/ View in LinkedIn

DESIGNER BABIES, knock-out mice, and genomics. Knock-out mice have been around for a while: genes deleted (or added) for research purposes. The debate about designer babies is hotting up because it is feasible. Monkeys generated from a mix of five embryos have been created. Mending genetic defects by gene therapy is already a reality. We are staring at the (inevitable) emergence of eugenics for the Human 2.0. It is not how but when. View in LinkedIn

7 real-life human cyborgs | MNN - Mother Nature Network http://lnkd.in/miMjqC View in LinkedIn

SIGN OF THE TIMES. " "" "5th Augmented Human International Conference http://j.mp/17Qm6HR View in LinkedIn

HUMAN AUGMENTATION is becoming a super-hot topic. From bionic to genetic interventions, the horizon is getting crowded by the day. Technological competency is getting really powerful. We can add an extra chromosome, implant electronics, have memory modulation, control machines or other species by thought, have enhanced reality, become cyborgs, and add new senses: it is wild. All of this has emerged quite recently and on parallel paths. The human race has crossed a number of important lines of accelerated development. Our old cartoon of a Martian is a present reality. View in LinkedIn

MACHINE TO MACHINE communication (M2M) is a linear extension of mind to machine. This has fascinated futurists for a long time because of the possibility of truly intelligent machines making decisions overriding human decisions, and threatening to rule our species. View in LinkedIn

ENGINEERED LIFE FORMS using artificial chromosomes inserted into all cells in a heterologous or autologous species has already been accomplished (mouse knock-in genes in mice, and human chromosomes in mice). This potentially goes far beyond the dream of gene therapy, to "enhanced living", such as human memory, performance, physical traits, and sensory super-enhancement. Legislation and ethical concerns will never stop this exploitation in the far reaches of the globe. View in LinkedIn

MACINE TO MACHINE communication (M2M) is a linear extension of mind to machine. This has fascinayed futurists for a long time because of yhe possibility of truly intelligent machines making decicisions overriding human decisions. View in LinkedIn

ENGINEERED LIFE FORMS will likely expand the repertoire of the simplest single cell organisms first (Venter 2010), because they are the least difficult to engineer. These extremely diverse and plentiful creatures occur in almost all ecological niches, with astonishing metabolic diversity. By splicing the DNA of one form with another, it is probable that useful organisms will be created; and equally, the potential exists for the creation of formidable pathogens and destructive life forms. View in LinkedIn

INFRARED LIGHT IS VISIBLE to a rat with a neural chip implant. This extra sense permits researchers to code certain behaviors triggered by infra red light into rats. This is the first implant to augment brain function. http://lnkd.in/umVdXs. View in LinkedIn