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ENRIQUEZ on Homo Evolutis. “We will likely see glimpses of this long-lived, partly mechanical, partly regrown creature that continues to rapidly drive its own evolution. As the branches of the tree of life, and of hominids, continue to grow and spread, many of our grandchildren will likely engineer themselves into what we would consider a new species, one with extraordinary capabilities, a homo evolutis."" " http://lnkd.in/ndKDiV View in LinkedIn

HOMO EVOLUTIS (.Authors: Steve Gullans and Juan Enriquez). "Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy, Enriquez says that humanity is on the verge of becoming a new and utterly unique species, which he dubs Homo Evolutis. What makes this species so unique is that it "takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of the species." Calling it the "ultimate reboot," he points to the conflux of DNA manipulation and therapy, tissue generation, and robotics as making this great leap possible."" " http://lnkd.in/NN569F View in LinkedIn

STAR TRECK predicted the mind meld in popular culture and now reality has caught up with fiction." "" " "Vulcan mind melds: utter foolishness. Anybody with an ounce of sense wouldn't share his brain with someone else; would you? I certainly wouldn't." The Doctor (VOY: "Meld") http://lnkd.in/sVwQhD View in LinkedIn

REGENESIS by George Church. "The possibilities are mind-blowing — breeding organisms immune to all viruses, recreating extinct species, creating humans immune to cancer. We’re entering an age where the limits to our capabilities to re-make the world around us are limited only by our imaginations and our good judgement. Regenesis... proposing mechanisms to create synthetic organisms that are incapable of interacting with natural ones."" " http://lnkd.in/BCv3aC. View in LinkedIn

HISTORIC HUMAN MIND MELD is the culmination of a series of brilliant experiments in animals (tomorrow, the summary) showing thought transfer between animals. The much-anticipated human-hunan experiment has blasted out of the gate. This remarkable and truly historic finding is the start of an extraordinary journey whose final destination we know not. " " http://www.independent.co View in LinkedIn

RATE OF CHANGE OF GENOMICS is dwarfing that of computing. George Church's new book Regenesis: "As the book documents, we’re in the middle of an exponential increase in genomics capabilities that dwarfs even the pace of change in the computer industry. In such a rapidly changing field if you can imagine a plausible technical approach to a problem, no matter how difficult or cumbersome it may be, then soon it’s likely to become easy."" " http://lnkd.in/BCv3aC View in LinkedIn

HUMAN BRAIN GENES evolve slower than genes in other tissues, and differently. This can be documented by studying gene sequences. They also tend to evolve faster in species with advanced brains. It appears that what matters for brain evolution is an increased complexity of brain gene interactions. " " http://lnkd.in/3vrMQ9 View in LinkedIn

SYNBIO MAP shows research and commercial locations worldwide. "The U.S. is considered the world leader in this (Synbio) emerging field of science. Some estimate that by 2015, a fifth of the chemical industry (worth $1.8 trillion) could be dependent on synthetic biology."" " http://lnkd.in/FuTGqY View in LinkedIn

HUMAN-HUMAN MIND MELD. "Wednesday 28 August 2013. For the first time researchers in the US have created what they believe to be the first ever non-invasive human brain-to-brain interface. Scientists from the University of Washington successfully sent brain signals via the internet from one individual to another, remotely controlling the recipient’s body movements". " " http://www.independent.co View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY TRUMPED BY SYNBIO. "we synthetic chemists like to think we’re special because we have the ability to make new compounds never seen in Nature, but with an increasing understanding of enzymes and the genes that encode for them, organisms can now be coaxed into producing compounds that have never been seen before."" " http://lnkd.in/6CmHgk. View in LinkedIn