In his January 2010, essay “Killed by Bad Philosophy” Ken Hayworth discusses “mind uploading” from a philosophical perspective that includes a discussion of “what is the self” and a warning to not let current “scientific” philosophy lead to a “fatal” error in judgement about the possibility of “mind uploading”. http://www.brainpreservation.org/documents/killed_by_bad_philosophy.pdf . I found his essay to be […]
At www.LifeNaut.com, we are often asked how would it work and why would you want to create a Mindflile. Creating a digital record (Mindfile) of a person’s unique characteristics (attitudes,values,mannerisms, and beliefs) may one day enable artificial intelligence software to transfer “a good enough copy” a person’s mind to a computer and one day even […]
LifeNaut Notes: Like anything in new robotic developments, this is pretty darn cool. However we would be lying to you if we didn’t say that this is a little creepy. Robots are supposed to by the minions of their creators, to help make our lives easier. Creating robots that can deceive and lie seems to […]
As unique, futuristic, and outside-the-box as The LifeNaut Project is, believe it or not we seem to have our first Competitor! A fairly new company, Swiss DNA Bank is offering a service analogous to our Mindfile and Biofile projects– like LifeNaut they offer super secure storage of your memories and your DNA. So then what is the biggest difference between Swiss DNA Bank and the LifeNaut Project? Participation in the LifeNaut Mindfile and Biofile programs is 100% FREE
Terry Dagradi/Yale University HISTORY’S PANTRY Most of the jars now at Yale’s Cushing Center contain a single brain; a few hold slices of brains from several patients. They were collected by Dr. Harvey Cushing, a Yale professor and one of the first neurosurgeons in the United States. More Photos » By Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. […]
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A Word Of Mouth first: an interview with a robot. Not your typical movie star robot with an all-knowing brain or one that talks in squalks. Bina 48 isn’t made of gleaming metal, and has no body. Just a neck and head that looks uncannily human; with […]
LifeNaut Notes: Here’s a really cool article from Smart Machines that includes a brief video of a medical robot undergoing trail tests. Some pretty cool stuff to think that a robot could be automated to operate on the human body. Source: “Robots performing surgery with full autonomy” Robotic arms have been used in medical procedures […]
LifeNaut Notes: A bionic device by definition is the mix of biology and electronics. The Rex Exoskeleton attached to the both to help paraplegics move about in a normal manner. It would seem in this example that the human element is teaching the mechanical element, but who’s to say it’s not the other way around? […]
LifeNaut Notes: One of the questions people think about when contemplating human avatars in the future is power. If there is a substitute to the human body, presumably robotic in some fashion, it will need a source of power. Here’s a great article from Science Daily about a new technology that uses a series of […]
