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MICROGRAVITY 3D PRINTING. "Researchers ... are experimenting with 3D printing organs, blood vessels, and human embryonic stem cells. Eventually, the ability to print these items on demand away from Earth will lead to the freedom from Earth that extended duration space exploration will require." Eventually, maybe. http://lnkd.in/dxsGCMs View in LinkedIn

MAGICAL BIOSEQUENCER FANTASY. "The spacecraft "cargo" could be limited just to the genetic information of humans stored in as computer files. In this case, sperm and egg cells would need to be recreated by a biosequencer at the target planet (this proposal is currently not technologically feasible)." Nice footnote. http://lnkd.in/dFaBDUh View in LinkedIn

PRINTING HUMANS. "Our best bet for space exploration could be printing humans, organically, on another planet," said Steltzner on stage at Smithsonian Magazine’s Future Is Now conference." Which planet does he live on? This is a reference to Venter's 'Digital Biological Converter' machine which today can only 3D print DNA. http://lnkd.in/d4Qk-nJ View in LinkedIn

MILITARY ROBOTICS IS A GAME-CHANGER. http://lnkd.in/deBjuSK View in LinkedIn

TRANSHUMANCE FUTURE. Steven Dick (NASA historian) and Hans Moravec (Carnegie-Mellon) believe that "human biological evolution is but a passing phase and the future of mankind will be as vastly evolved sentient machines capable of self-replication and exploring the furthest reaches of the universe." http://onswipe.com/thedailygalaxy/ View in LinkedIn

SEX DOLLS. "When it comes to technology, the sex industry is no laggard, and as robots become more human-like in their appearance and abilities, US-based company TrueCompany is poised to launch Roxxxy – the world’s first sex robot - that has many more capabilities than your average sex doll." http://lnkd.in/djmCBF2 View in LinkedIn

CHERRY 2000. "Cherry 2000 is a 1987 science fiction cult film starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews. At the same time, robotic technology has made tremendous developments and female androids (or "gynoids") are used as substitutes for wives. Society has become increasingly bureaucratic and hypersexualized," http://lnkd.in/d9U2VzU View in LinkedIn

HUMANOID ROBOTS and emotional relationships with machines. Do your kids prefer to spend time on the web than with the parent? Blurring boundaries between man and machine in the next generation mean that a doc-in-the-box is more realistic for a generation brought up in a connected world. http://lnkd.in/dYNZxtm View in LinkedIn

DOGS DON'T MIND ROBOTS. "Your dog is not going to miss you after the robot uprising. In a recent experiment with sociable robots — who are designed to emulate human social behavior — scientists found that dogs learned quickly how to interact with robots just as if they were human." http://lnkd.in/d6PkAHW View in LinkedIn

OPERATING ROOM ROBOTS. "The main thing is that a robotic nurse could be more reliable than a human one. Robots are increasingly being used in operating theatres instead of human nurses." http://lnkd.in/dtNJw7d View in LinkedIn