The Universe/God gave man the dominion of Nature... but do what exactly?
interesting to see the use of Light and Frequency in those experiments, of course I am tagged as a mystic for pointing to those "forces" and how they influence human thinking.
I must be onto something. Thanks shami and co
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Biohybrid Robots Built From Living Tissue Start to Take Shape
August 10, 2016
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(Activist Post Editor’s Note: We have featured many articles over the years warning about scientific and military developments that were trending toward the merger of robotics with nature, typically in the areas of war and surveillance. Running parallel to this are developments in environmental science and health that employ nanotechnology and biorobotics which are beginning to fundamentally change how we define the natural world. This mission has been a cornerstone of Transhumanism, best outlined in books such as Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near, where a target date of 2045 is theorized for humanity to fully merge with machines as the next stage of evolution beyond biology; Kurzweil has labeled this process as Human Body 2.0. It is, therefore, instructive to listen to the experts themselves as they document this path so that we can stay informed and become involved in the discussion of whether or not certain boundaries should be broken. As we highlighted recently, there is a genetic arms race developing which already is being waged without much public debate. Restrictions are set to be lifted for the development of chimeras, for example: human-animal hybrids. In the article below you will read about how the next generation of robots also will be hybrids that utilize natural processes to supposedly enhance the abilities of both. These experiments are not being done on some remote island populated by mad scientists and evil geniuses, but most times right out in the open at our nation’s universities. We should be willing to take a close look at what is being studied and determine quickly if the potential consequences are worth continuing these studies at the current pace.)
.................. Biohybrid robots inspired by animals
Beyond a wide array of biohybrid robots, researchers have even created some completely organic robots using natural materials, like the collagen in skin, rather than polymers for the body of the device. Some can crawl or swim
when stimulated by an electric field. Some take inspiration from medical tissue engineering techniques and use long rectangular arms (or cantilevers) to pull themselves forward.
Others have taken their cues from nature, creating biologically inspired biohybrids. For example, a group led by researchers at California Institute of Technology developed a biohybrid robot inspired by jellyfish. This device, which they call a medusoid, has arms arranged in a circle. Each arm is micropatterned with protein lines so that cells grow in patterns similar to the muscles in a living jellyfish. When the cells contract, the arms bend inwards, propelling the biohybrid robot forward in nutrient-rich liquid.
More recently, researchers have demonstrated how to steer their biohybrid creations. A group at Harvard used genetically modified heart cells to make a biologically inspired manta ray-shaped robot swim. The heart cells were altered to contract
in response to specific frequencies of light – one side of the ray had cells that would respond to one frequency, the other side’s cells responded to another.
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