Plantoid: the blockchain-based art that makes itself
Plantoid is a self-creating, self-propagating artwork system that uses blockchain technology to gather and manage the resources it needs to become real.
Category: Transhumanist Gardening
Combating ‘neglected’ diseases using nature’s apothecary
Here at the Neglected Disease Research, we are developing compounds for the treatment of malaria, Leishmania, Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness.
Can Botanicals Replace Metformin?
While emerging anti-aging technologies are still emerging, the best-tested treatments we have for the present all rely on the insulin metabolism.
Video Friday: Ron Shigeta Chief Science Officer at IndieBio
Ron Shigeta is the Chief Science Officer at IndieBio, a seed stage Biotechnology Accelerator in San Francisco.
Grow Your Own Ginseng for Longevity
Ginseng is the oldest traditional longevity tonic, with a history going back 4,000 years
Rowbot Robot Tends to Farmers’ Fields
No part of our highly technological economy today is free of being rethought by applying automation in the form of robots.
Video Friday: Barbara Webb on Insect Robots
Today’s VIdeo Friday features Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, talks about using robots to model biological systems, including human and insect brains, and her cricket-robot experiments.
To Garden in Space We Need All Kinds of Robots
When existing in outer space becomes second nature to humanity it will be accompanied by gardens and robotic helpers to ensure their survival.
Lemon Balm – An Exercise in Individuality
My experience with lemon balm (melissa officinalis) was an exercise in how important individuality can be for utilizing nootropic compounds.