Could this be humanity’s LAST century? Expert says 're-engineering our children’ will lead to the creation of a new species

  • This is according to Seth Shostak, director of the Seti Institute
  • He believes 'designer babies' will create a new type of human
  • Our children will be 'as different from us as dogs are from grey wolves' 
  • AI will also change society, he says, with robots taking over our jobs

It won't be war, politics or poverty that eventually wipes out humanity.

According to Seth Shostak, our end will come about as a result of designer babies and artificial intelligence.

The outspoken director of the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Seti) Institute believes developments in these areas will lead to new 'alien' species.

Read more @ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3405312/Could-humanity-s-century-Expert-says-engineering-children-lead-creation-new-species.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link


Why Won’t Science Let Us Have Night Vision Eyedrops?

In the summer of last year, Amal Graafstra had a question: Could a solar cell under his skin get enough light to power other devices he may one day implant in his body? To find out, he bought a $5 solar-powered calculator from Wal-Mart, pulled out the 1-by-4-centimeter solar cell, cut open his arm, placed the cell under his skin and sewed it back up. By comparing the power output from the cell below his skin versus its output above his skin, he could tell that the cell was indeed able to gather light and put out power. It worked, and Graafstra cut out the little cell.

If Graafstra were attempting this experiment elsewhere — at a company or university lab — the next step might be to try this on a bunch of different people with different skin characteristics: darker, thicker, hairier. But for Graafstra, that was it. He’s not a doctor, or a researcher affiliated with a lab. He’s the founder of a company called Dangerous Things that sells home biohacking kits. “I now know for this particular spot in my arm the difference in a solar panel’s performance above the skin and below,” he said. But that’s all. He has no plans to experiment with the solar cell on anybody else. It’s too risky, there would be too much red tape, it would cost a fortune.

Read more @ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-wont-science-let-us-have-night-vision-eyedrops/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link


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