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Nap of Youth

There is no fountain of youth, but there are dwarf lemurs. Researchers found how the sleepy primates slow down cellular aging while hibernating.

• Hibernates up to 7 months per year

• Lowering heart rate by 96% and breathing ~6x per hour

• Reduces oxidative stress and elongates telomeres

Telomeres, the protective caps at chromosome tips, gradually shorten with age as cells divide. Further research could improve our understanding of human aging and organ preservation. Or at least let us catch some Zs.

Sweet dreamzzz

Ti Heart

The key to your heart may just be a magnet. BiVACOR’s artificial heart with a levitating pump kept its host patient alive for 105 days until a donor heart was available.

• Titanium heart’s magnetically levitating rotor prevents corrosion

• Small enough for a 12 year old, strong enough for a large adult

• Charged via replaceable external battery

BiVACOR’s goal is to be a rest-of-life alternative to transplants after proving durability for those waiting on donor hearts. While not yet commercially available, there are currently 4 more devices ready for implant this year.

Gotta love it

RoachBot 2.0

Cyborg cockroaches may save your life. Improved electronics increase the robo-bugs’ remote navigation abilities.

• Sensors and chips are wired into cockroaches

• 2 sizes: simple or complex movements

• Lighter and smaller “backpacks” help on technical terrain

The cyborgs can still move naturally, potentially enabling swarm searches after natural disasters. While controlling a living thing is ethically controversial, the roachbots will improve precision with further development. skitters robotically under the cabinet… 

Augmented roachality
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Unnatural Selection

Last week: “What animal should they “woolly” next?”

At this rate, we’ll scale up to mammoths in a few hundred years 😅.

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