Virtual reality headsets. Devices like the Oculus Rift, with FOV 90+ degrees, will definitely require 4K and higher resolutions in order to appear closer to reality. Specially in the Rift, considering the display would be split in two.
..who would be alive today, had Adam Lanza's mom had owned smart guns.
Just because this kind of technology is challenging, doesn't mean it's not worth pursuing. Eventually we'll get it right. When that day comes, I would much rather all guns in the world had this kind of control, then none. That's my opinion.
Resources are not finite as it seems. By the second half of this century, we will have cheap abundant renewable energy, asteroid mining, vertical farming, engineered meat and other food types. With better information technologies and things like VR/AR/Telepresence, we will see a decrease in the need for urbanization and transportation since many people will opt to move away from big cities.
About population, as it is, it's predicted to stagnate in 2050 at 10 billion. Curing aging, would only affect us 2 centuries from now probably. I would bet that by then we will have been able to move on to places besides Earth.
Eventually, yes. Like all technologies, it starts expensive then becomes cheap. Think of it this way, if a reasonably priced treatment could keep people young, what government wouldn't prefer to sponsor it for it's population, so they could be productive and not incur in the absurd cost that comes from having millions of sickly, retired old people?
You speak as though only the rich would benefit from this. As if it's in the interest of the wealthy and the governments to have millions of unproductive elderly people living off pension and social security, not to mention the cost of medical treatments related to old age (alzheimers, parkinsons, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, etc...) which is an ever increasing cost to all the nations, when they could be young and productive. You also fail to realize the good probability we'll eventually reach an age of abundance, where the differences in quality of living between the wealthy and the lower classes will be greatly diminished.
Curing aging is not about making people immortal. People will die eventually, even if by boredom.
Curing aging is about making people healthy and young looking for an indefinite amount of time. It's about being 60 years old, and going to college again to pursue a new career. It's about being 85, and instead of being a senile old man who can't go across the room without feeling pain, being a strong and healthy enough to go to the beach and play volleyball.
You say that it's a great thing we die. I couldn't disagree more. The fact that we live such fragile and short lives only makes life cheaper for most people. If we lived for centuries, we would give a much greater importance to human life in general.
I will withhold my faith in scientific advancements! How can I believe any progress is being made in science and medicine, while that shining area above my forehead keeps growing? How hard can it be scientists?! *** Lazy bums! ***
Crowd sourcing is a great concept, but this sounds like an abuse of it.
It's like someone thought: "Hey, let's throw some bread crumbs and watch these suckers do the work for us."
At times like these, I feel so happy that I don't have any Microsoft Stock options. Seriously, as someone who is forced to use computers all day, the thought of having to stick my arm out and touch my monitors (with my sometimes grubby and greasy fingers) for hours and hours.... it's just so awful! Who are these "geniuses" at MS?! How can a company with so much resources be so inept in decision making?
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Virtual reality headsets. Devices like the Oculus Rift, with FOV 90+ degrees, will definitely require 4K and higher resolutions in order to appear closer to reality. Specially in the Rift, considering the display would be split in two.
..who would be alive today, had Adam Lanza's mom had owned smart guns. Just because this kind of technology is challenging, doesn't mean it's not worth pursuing. Eventually we'll get it right. When that day comes, I would much rather all guns in the world had this kind of control, then none. That's my opinion.
To boost revenues of game publishers! Microsoft is really in touch with their consumers, it's like magic. First the Windows 8, now this.
goes out of his way to make it look like it's a hoax.
Anything more the $250, and it's likely you won't find any game out there that can't be played well with a $250 card.
Some people don't realize the importance of this software. Lotus 1-2-3 is what made the majority of people want to buy an IBM PC back in the day.
Kill it with fire!!!
A writer is creating the script for the next so-horrible-it's-funny SyFy movie.
Want to take my guns?! You'll have to find them!!!
Resources are not finite as it seems. By the second half of this century, we will have cheap abundant renewable energy, asteroid mining, vertical farming, engineered meat and other food types. With better information technologies and things like VR/AR/Telepresence, we will see a decrease in the need for urbanization and transportation since many people will opt to move away from big cities. About population, as it is, it's predicted to stagnate in 2050 at 10 billion. Curing aging, would only affect us 2 centuries from now probably. I would bet that by then we will have been able to move on to places besides Earth.
Eventually, yes. Like all technologies, it starts expensive then becomes cheap. Think of it this way, if a reasonably priced treatment could keep people young, what government wouldn't prefer to sponsor it for it's population, so they could be productive and not incur in the absurd cost that comes from having millions of sickly, retired old people?
You speak as though only the rich would benefit from this. As if it's in the interest of the wealthy and the governments to have millions of unproductive elderly people living off pension and social security, not to mention the cost of medical treatments related to old age (alzheimers, parkinsons, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, etc...) which is an ever increasing cost to all the nations, when they could be young and productive. You also fail to realize the good probability we'll eventually reach an age of abundance, where the differences in quality of living between the wealthy and the lower classes will be greatly diminished.
Curing aging is not about making people immortal. People will die eventually, even if by boredom. Curing aging is about making people healthy and young looking for an indefinite amount of time. It's about being 60 years old, and going to college again to pursue a new career. It's about being 85, and instead of being a senile old man who can't go across the room without feeling pain, being a strong and healthy enough to go to the beach and play volleyball. You say that it's a great thing we die. I couldn't disagree more. The fact that we live such fragile and short lives only makes life cheaper for most people. If we lived for centuries, we would give a much greater importance to human life in general.
I will withhold my faith in scientific advancements! How can I believe any progress is being made in science and medicine, while that shining area above my forehead keeps growing? How hard can it be scientists?! *** Lazy bums! ***
My kid will be five soon, and I thought it would be a great present!!!
by removing vision as well.
It's a known fact here in Brazil.
No mention of Full Throttle either!
I can't wait for this day to be over!
Remarkable inspiration. Such originality! I'm glad we have a patent system to protect such ingenuity.
Crowd sourcing is a great concept, but this sounds like an abuse of it. It's like someone thought: "Hey, let's throw some bread crumbs and watch these suckers do the work for us."
At times like these, I feel so happy that I don't have any Microsoft Stock options. Seriously, as someone who is forced to use computers all day, the thought of having to stick my arm out and touch my monitors (with my sometimes grubby and greasy fingers) for hours and hours.... it's just so awful! Who are these "geniuses" at MS?! How can a company with so much resources be so inept in decision making?