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Future Imperative

What if technology were being developed that could enhance your mind or body to extraordinary or even superhuman levels -- and some of these tools were already here? Wouldn't you be curious?

Actually, some are here. But human enhancement is an incredibly broad and compartmentalized field. We’re often unaware of what’s right next door. This site reviews resources and ideas from across the field and makes it easy for readers to find exactly the information they're most interested in.

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The future is coming fast, and it's no longer possible to ignore how rapidly the world is changing. As the old order changes -- or more frequently crumbles altogether -- I offer a perspective on how we can transform ourselves in turn... for the better. Nothing on this site is intended as legal, financial or medical advice. Indeed, much of what I discuss amounts to possibilities rather than certainties, in an ever-changing present and an ever-uncertain future.

Saturday, April 02, 2011

Plot and Create Your Own Animated Movies of Fukushima Isotopes

For those interested in taking available data on isotopes released at the Fukushima Daiichi site and plotting their course, and even creating animated movies of their potential spread, look no further.

"Using the interactive plotting tool you can create custom plots of the forecast data. The tool provides the ability to create custom horizontal and vertical cross section plots, as well as animated movies of the transport."

Natural Nuclear Reactors

James Lovelock, from The Ages of Gaia, on a natural nuclear reactor supposedly put into effect by bacteria.

Chris Martenson Providing New Photos of Fukushima Complex

Chris Martenson (better known for his interest in energy depletion) provides new photos of the Fukushima Daiichi complex, with commentary gleaned from a nuclear engineer and an imaging expert clarifying what we are seeing in them.

Friday, April 01, 2011

Localized Criticality Possibly Reached by One Fukushima Reactor

A "localized criticality" -- basically, a small amount of fissioning in the fuel or spent fuel present -- may have been achieved at one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site. An ethereal blue light has been seen at the site, presumably as a result of this event. The IAEA does not think this situation will cause a full meltdown across the plant.

Exposure of Spent Fuel -- Commentary from Fairewinds Associates

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Study Claims Apple Pectin Reduces Cesium-137 Levels by 62.6% in "Chenobyl" Children

A study of children exposed to Chernobyl's fallout found providing them with apple-pectin powder reduced the levels of Cesium-137 in their systems by over 60%.

Chemists Warn of a Food and Natural-Resources Crisis

Five major scientific societies have joined together to warn of a looming food crisis in the face of shortages of phosphorus -- a critical element in fertilizer. They also warn of increasing shortages in other critical resources, such as rare-earth elements, and declare their intent to find breakthroughs to help solve these problems.

Their report can be found here.

UN -- General Report from 2000 on Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation

Some information from the United Nations (from the year 2000) on ionizing radiation:

UNSCEAR 2000 REPORT Vol. I

SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION


United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly,with scientific annexes

Volume I: SOURCES

Report to the General Assembly
(without scientific annexes; 17 pages)
Includes short overviews of the materials and conclusions contained in the scientific annexes
Scientific Annexes:

UNSCEAR 2000 REPORT Vol. II

SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly,
with scientific annexes

Volume II: EFFECTS

Report to the General Assembly
(without scientific annexes;17 pages)
Includes short overviews of the materials and conclusions contained in the scientific annexes
Scientific Annexes: