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John Harris in The Times on H+
One of my favourite bioethicists, John Harris, has a piece titled “Who’s afraid of a synthetic human?” in The Times. Unfortunately, Harris just states his opinion, and provides little of the great reasons for it that he does in his ...

[Comics] - Evil Avatar's Weekly Comic Book Reviews - Year 4 - Week 21
The subjects of the film are ChimeraCorp and Humonics, the two leading companies in the field of Human Enhancement. As we learned last issue both companies sprang from the same font and seek the same goals, but take different paths to ...

Two tiers - human enhancement in Gattaca and Blade Runner
A common criticism of human enhancement technologies, such as human genetic engineering, is that it will lead to a two-tiered society, one genetically enhanced and the other natural. I’d like to compare two movies that feature such ...

"ye shall be as gods"...Not!
"Darwinian evolution has taken millions of years to create human beings; the next phase of evolution, a phase I call “enhancement evolution”, could occur before the end of the century. The result may be the emergence of a new species ...

Wednesday’s Words of Worry
Getting back to oft-used quotes in the human enhancement debate, this week it comes from Francis Fukuyama, in his book Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution (2002). But in actuality it is a paraphrase so I ...

GM Human Embryo? Nope, that doesn’t count!
Those at the London Times are conveniently twisting the truth to claim that scientists have created the first genetically engineered human embryo. What did they do? Insert the gene for green-fluorescent protein. ...

Emergence - IEET News for May 15, 2008
Abstract: This article investigates the conceptual distinctions between therapy and various forms of human enhancement. It begins by proposing a typology of human enhancements in order to make more rigorous and grounded discussions ...

Able to leap tall paradoxes in a single bound . . .
As the comments on the Sunday post demonstrate, there are a whole mess of issues tangled up in this human enhancement problem. People come at it from various directions, although we mostly wind up in the same knot. ...

Steven Pinker says ‘dignity’ is a stupid concept!
The reality is that biomedical research is a Sisyphean struggle to eke small increments in health from a staggeringly complex, entropy-beset human body. It is not, and probably never will be, a runaway train.” ...

Effort and satisfaction of the enhanced
So human enhancement will not rob us of any satisfaction, and nor will we have to try harder to get the same joy. Rather, we will try exactly the same as before, and push our bodies and brains to the limits - and get the same feeling ...

Re-engineering the phototransduction pathway
So, why does all this belong on a human enhancement blog? Well, the clunky natural system has a poor temporal resolution. Put simply, it takes too darn long to work. So, if we replaced our foveal cone photoreceptors with a ChR2-based ...

Bad News from West Oz
Allowing therapeutic cloning but not the creation of human embryos through fertilisation for research purposes. That’s the wrong order to go in if you want to convince people. You have to hit embryo research first, then transition into ...

What pro-lifers don’t realise about induced pluripotent stem cells
Because, as you all surely are aware, an embryo is a unique human being. But clearly they either don’t understand the science behind iPSCs or don’t think about their pro-life arguments for the protection of the human embryo. ...

ENGLISH AND JAPANESE DD 5.1 - Active Anime (press release)
ENGLISH AND JAPANESE DD 5.1Active Anime (press release) -1 hour agoIn 2057, when the UN opposes its human enhancement and creation of human like androids, Japan, already established as the world leader in robotic technology … ...

Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom
The article does come off a little too much in favour of restorative bionics rather than enhancement bionics, but nonetheless the day will come when Paralympians will run faster, throw farther and shoot more accurately than Olympians, ...

Lucy And Bart
... their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless way creating future human shapes, blindly discovering low – tech prosthetic ways for human enhancement.

The Great Mambo Disappointment and the Cynical Condition
Life extension, risk prevention, human enhancement, etc., are worth pursuing for their own sake, no matter how long it takes, not to fulfill some rigid timeline or vision. Even incremental gains can be incredibly beneficial. ...

Eugenics and ‘Newgenics’ Part 4: Lessons for the future, from the past
It could be claimed that modern human enhancement is similar in another key respect - in addition to enhancing the human species - in that it could very well see the creation of a But, as far as I know, no proponent of human enhancement ...

Eugenics - it’s everywhere!
That is the charge often levelled against human enhancement by designer babies, and is the charge leveled against the British government for preventing parents from choosing to have ‘disabled’ children (at least in preference to ‘abled’ ...

Human Enhancement Project in Deep Trouble
Ultimately, I think this is because of the extraordinary deviousness of the human mind. Make it feel better in one way and it will find new ways of feeling worse. Depression, as Dorothy Rowe has pointed out, brings its rewards and the ...

Enhancing Me: The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement
Science is developing more and more potential for human beings to enhance themselves. The pace of change is rapid, and some people are already warning that we are heading for a post-human future populated by ever-lasting, ...

If you want to run the best gaming career enhancement business ...
Secondly, once the business side of a prospective gaming career enhancement venture is planned, map out the human element. One way of doing this effectively is getting an external HR consultant, one that is not tied directly to ...

Positive feedback loops in bioethics
I’m worried a similar problem of this sort could arise with human enhancement technologies, like genetic modification. They will first be banned for ethical problems or safety concerns. Then a few researchers will begin their research ...

George Dvorsky Why I think Pistorius should not be allowed to ...
Shocking, you say? How could I, an unabashed proponent of human enhancement, be opposed to seeing disabled athlete Oscar Pistorius compete at the Olympic Games?

Eastern and Western views on Human Enhancement
Pitts Lectureship in Medical Ethics, articles by scholars of many different cultures where asked to submit essays regarding the ethical issues of human enhancement. The articles selected for publication are: ...

Gene therapy fixes (night) blindness
This vector contained the DNA of the human RPE65 gene, including its promoter sequence (the terminator sequence was different though - bovine growth hormone polyadenylation sequence was used). They injected these into the subretinal ...

Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom
... the preceding work - The Sentinel - and the sequels), plus many others, all dealing with the subject of human enhancement (albeit usually mediated by an alien intelligence rather than our own), it is surely true that Sir Arthur C. ...

Of dead race horses and the dead long-ball: Two very different ...
Like anything, performance-enhancement has to be monitored and calibrated when things get out of whack. Adjustments and provisions need to be made when enhancement causes undue harm to an athlete (human or otherwise) or when it alters ...

GINA + effective genetic predictions = no health insurance
The United States Senate has recently passed the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act. This bans insurance agencies, and workplaces, from using information obtained from predictive genetic tests to discriminate against their ...

Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom
Today’s Words are in Latin, truly the wisest-sounding language of them all. These words are attributed to the the Roman philosopher Seneca (the Younger). “Nemo liber est qui corpori servit” (No one is free who is a slave to his body) ...

RLMDEAF - Mrs. McCluskey of ABC-TV’s ’Desperate Housewives" Will...
She was used to be a loathing character, then evolved into the well-liked character.That will be very interesting to see this character dealing with hard of hearing in the age of human enhancement, ex. cochlear implant. ...

[Movie] Appleseed: Ex Machina [THORA | 720p | BluRay]
Genres: Action, Cyborgs, Human Enhancement, Mecha, SciFi, Seinen. Relation: Prequel. Ripper: THORA. Video: h264/mkv, 1280x720, ~5000 kBit/s. Audio: AC3, 640 kBit/s, 5.1, Japanese. Subtitles: Soft (English, Dutch, German, French, ...

Wednesday’s Words
These are pretty much guaranteed to be quoted in some form in a book critical of human enhancement (and published after 1997). Some of these words are those of molecular geneticist Lee M. Silver, in his book Remaking Eden (first ...

Questions of Human Enhancement: An Editorial
This is the case here as we find ourselves introducing "Questions in Human Enhancement" as the inaugural issue of Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology. As such, this editorial serves two purposes: first we must introduce the journal ...

Transhumanism still at the crossroads
The situation may be changing, as more books and articles call for a sympathetic assessment of human enhancement. One straw in the wind is a new book [in 2004] from Nicholas Agar: Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Enhancement. ...

Why death?
But it does not contribute to modification of human nuclear DNA, which is what genetic enhancement is all about. As Kathleen points out in a comment on the previous post, there are enormous practical difficulties with trying to ...

What about the human body in the future?
BODIES and Body Worlds are about human bodies of the past and present. But what about the body in the future? All those with a critical interest in displaying human enhancement, medical science and emerging technologies might get some ...

Emergence - IEET News for May 1, 2008
Russell is charging full bore on the Journal of Evolution and Technology, with the special issues of papers from WTA Book project and the Human Enhancement and Human Rights conference out shortly. I’m writing an (overdue, ...

I’ve bought Bill McKibben’s book
For some reason, I’ve actually bought a book by one of the crazy people in this debate - Bill McKibben’s Enough:Staying Human in an Engineered Age. If you don’t see any blog posts from me this week, it’s because I’m outside screaming at ...

Miah on “A Case for Human Enhancement”
Human Enhancement Technologies: The Role of Art and Design. Tuesday 12th February 2008. Goethe-Institut, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road London SW7 2PH. Schedule. 9.45 - 10.00: Welcome and Introduction ...

Human Enhancement Technologies: The Role of Art and Design
Start: 12/02/2008 - 00:00. End: 12/02/2008 - 23:59. Timezone: Etc/GMT-1. An Expert Seminar organized by Sandra Kemp, Royal College of Art, at the Goethe-Institut, London. There are limited places available for this event. ...

Bionics are everywhere!
Everywhere I look, I see some mentions of bionic eyes. Well, ok not everywhere, but there are stories this week about visual bionics coming from the US, the UK and from here in Australia. A US company, Second Sight, working through the ...

Mrs. McCluskey of ABC-TV's 'Desperate Housewives" Will Be Hard of ...
That will be very interesting to see this character dealing with hard of hearing in the age of human enhancement, ex. cochlear implant. Will she have to learn some ASL or wear hearing aid or undergo the CI surgery? ...

Christianity and Human Enhancement
Then there will be those oft-quoted ones that consider human enhancement to be part of some divine co-creation scheme with their Creator. Most Christians will probably fall somewhere in the middle, probably closer to the former. ...

Wednesday’s Words of Worry
Much of Frankenstein is based around scientific hubris - the idea that there are things man should never know or do. Indeed, so much of the current debate on human enhancement carries the same message. It is a deep and human desire to ...

The Machine OOC
The Soviet Union was the perfect place to introduce the idea of human enhancement. The Soviets agreed to fund the group that now worked upon the machine, but only if they swore to share the secret with no other country whilst they were ...

Bootstrap enhancement
Let us welcome the work of John Harris, (Professor of Bioethics, University of Manchester) in popularising the potential of enhancement in relation to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology ...

Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom
I found another alliteration for the title, but the fact remains it is that time of the week where I show you a quote relating to the world of human enhancement technology, ethics and politics. This week’s quote is from a more obscure ...

Nanotechnology: Balancing revolution and risk
While new applications for medicine could save lives, the ethical impact of human enhancement could make people uneasy. “With any new technology, the question emerges: should you tamper with nature?” Zoloth asked. ...

Eugenics in the 21st century
For example, in the case of post-natal enhancement how much down the road to becoming cyborgs we go? Finally, the third issue for discussion would be our motivation for human enhancement. One may argue that this is obvious: ...

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Who’s afraid of a synthetic human?
In the future there will be no more human beings. This is not something we should worry about. Much of today’s scientific research may enable us eventually to repair the terrible vulnerability to which our present state of evolution has exposed us.

United Way awards $112,500 in grants to 36 St. Louis agencies
The United Way of Greater St. Louis awarded 36 community enhancement grants totaling $112,500 to 33 non-profit agencies and organizations that will improve the employability of low-income women, healthy eating and fitness, healthy mother and healthy baby, medical screenings for low-income women, and the Sandwich Generation.

BioSeek to Collaborate With Merck Serono to Assess Potential Drug Candidates
BioSeek, Inc., a pioneer in the application of predictive human biology to drug discovery, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany acting for its division Merck Serono. Under the collaboration, BioSeek will apply its BioMAP(R) Systems to evaluate Merck Serono small molecule compounds and proteins across multiple therapeutic areas in ...

BioSeek to Collaborate With Merck Serono to Assess Potential Drug Candidates
BURLINGAME, Calif.----BioSeek, Inc., a pioneer in the application of predictive human biology to drug discovery, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany acting for its division Merck Serono.

StopBadware.org Urges Apple to Deal with Safari Carpet Bombing Issue
A security researcher has recently discovered that Apple's Safari browser is susceptible to what's been coined "carpet bombing," an unwelcome barrage of downloaded files. Apple has said that the issue is not of immediate concern, but the StopBadware.org site is urging Apple to take action now in its blog

"Safari Carpet Bomb" attack possible
A large security hole in the Windows version of Safari has security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani believing that malicious users could exploit the browser with what he calls a ìSafari Carpet Bombî. Stop Badware reports that the exploit works through Safariís inability to obtain a userís permission before downloading resources, related to how it handle...

Musical Theater's Spring Thaw
Curious productions from unexpected corners revive a once-great form (By Michael Feingold)

Hospital Compare Website to be Promoted Tomorrow in 58 Daily Newspapers
May 20, 2008 – Fifty-eight daily newspapers in the U.S. will be running advertisements tomorrow promoting the Hospital Compare website managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The ads provide scores from two of the 26 quality and patient satisfaction measures on the Website for a sample of hospitals in the community covered by each newspaper.

Emisstar Expands Operations Into California
Building upon expertise and success in other areas of the US, Emisstar LLC is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office in California.

JZZ Technologies, Inc. is Proud to Announce the Appointment of Dean Brittenham to the Board of Advisors
JZZ Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:JZZI), announced today that Dean Brittenham will be joining the Company's Board of Advisors, effective May 1, 2008.

Top websites

Human enhancement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Human enhancement refers to any attempt, whether temporary or permanent, to ... In some circles, the expression "human enhancement technologies" is synonymous ...

KurzweilAI.net
Origin > Living Forever > Nanoethics and Human Enhancement ... Human enhancement—our ability to use technology to enhance our bodies and minds, ...

Good, Better, Best: The Human Quest for Enhancement
This is a report of a workshop on human enhancement convened by the American ... technologies that have the potential to contribute to the enhancement of human ...

Lin Allhoff CTF Essay - Wise Nano
Human enhancement – our ability to use technology to enhance our bodies and ... possible scenarios in order to be clear on what we mean by "human enhancement. ...

The President's Council on Bioethics: Beyond Therapy Index
Human Nature and Its Future" Sandel, Michael. " What's Wrong with Enhancement" Schacter, Daniel. ... Staff Background Paper: "Human Genetic Enhancement" ...

AAAS - Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law
Human enhancement is the concept of applying science and technologies to expand ... Technologies for human enhancement that promise smarter children, faster and ...

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
... enhancement argue that the use of biotechnologies is a fundamental human right, ... Yet, what, if any, limits should be considered to human enhancement? ...

Wired 15.01: The Science of Human Enhancement
The Science of Human Enhancement. Page 1 of 1. Download a version here. Story Tools ... training techniques, and drugs – we're pushing human potential to the limit. ...

Institute on Biotechnology & The Human Future
... which the possibilities for so-called human "enhancement" are seemingly endless. ... Human Enhancement, Rights, and the Venture Beyond Humanity. Michele Mekel ...

Reason Magazine - Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement?
... and issues revolving around human enhancement based on technologies that include ... the world today--and tomorrow--is the question of human enhancement. ...

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Accepted swish-e 2.4.5-3 (source i386)

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Bug#466847: marked as done (swish-e: FTBFS with Perl 5.10 (Can't call method "isa" without a package or object reference))

... <ldrolez@debian.org> Changed-By: Ludovic Drolez <ldrolez@debian.org> Description: swish-e - Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced swish-e-dev - Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced Closes: 466847 Changes: swish-e (2.4.5-3) unstable; urgency=medium . * fixed Makefile.PL. Closes: #...

Accepted swish-e 2.4.5-2.1 (source i386)

... Drolez <ldrolez@debian.org> Changed-By: Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org> Description: swish-e - Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced swish-e-dev - Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced Closes: 463134 Changes: swish-e (2.4.5-2.1) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload. * depend...

Bug#463134: swish-e: diff for NMU version 2.4.5-2.1

..., libdate-calc-perl Suggests: libwww-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, xpdf-utils, libmp3-tag-perl, hypermail, wv, catdoc Description: Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced SWISH-Enhanced is a fast, powerful, flexible, and easy to use system diff -u swish-e-2.4.5/debian/changelog swish-e-2.4.5...

Re: Collapsing Cities

... caused by a combination of failing ecosystems, human-enhanced environmental catastrophes; failing infrastructure; food, water and fuel shortages; infectious disease; ... first phase of collapse, massive waves of human migration from the affected areas ....wordpress.com/collapsing-cities/ nightbat Oh the humanity, potential end times 2012 chaos, wake up...

Re: Collapsing Cities

CFP: Societas Ethica Conference in Lammi (Finland)

... environment. And fundamental biological knowledge of human biology will help to fight diseases and to improve and prolong human life. The promise, however, of this ... a biological view on e.g. human life? Should we confine the life ...or can we strive for human enhancement and trans-humanism? Is a biological perspective on human agency compatible with respect for human ...

Re: The First Wave

... wave of collapse. The collapse would be caused by a combination of failing ecosystems, human-enhanced environmental catastrophes; failing infrastructure; food, water and fuel shortages; infectious disease; war, civil ... dynamics. Following the first phase of collapse, massive waves of human migration from the affected areas create a domino effect ...

Re: The First Wave

Books

More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement

Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Enhancement

Springer Handbook of Speech Processing (Springer Handbook of)

In the Mind's Eye: Enhancing Human Performance

Nanotechnology and Society

Beyond Training and Development: The Groundbreaking Classic on Human Performance Enhancement

Relationship Enhancement: [Skill-Training Programs for Therapy, Problem Prevention, and Enrichment] (The Jossey-Bass Behavioral Science Series)

Maintaining Professional Competence: Approaches to Career Enhancement, Vitality, and Success Throughout a Work Life (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

Enhancing Me: The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement (Science Museum TechKnow Series)

The Changing Nature of Work: Implications for Occupational Analysis