Documentary on Ray Kurzweil

A documentary on famous futurist Ray kurzweil, who has popularized the idea of the singularity and successfully predicted many technological developments.

Mobile graphics advances

New advances in mobile tech graphics by nvidia and epic. Ever more realistic graphics are going to allow for more immersive experiences in games.

Blue brain

 "I think we will understand how the brain is designed and works before we have finished building it."-Henry Markram

The brain is likely to be understood this century, paving the way for the ability of replicating its abilities in an artificial substrate.

telomere tech

A nice video regarding the promising science of telomerase inducers. The possibility of one day extending telomere length and possibly influencing health.

bbc immortal documentary

A nice antismoking commercial. It shows that most adults know the adverse health consequences of smoking and wouldn't normally recommend nor air children in participating in such activities.

Idebenone and Resveratrol Extend Lifespan and Improve Motor Function of HtrA2 Knockout Mice

Heterozygous loss-of-function mutation of the human gene for the mitochondrial protease HtrA2 has been associated with increased risk to develop mitochondrial dysfunction, a process known to contribute to neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Knockout of HtrA2 in mice also leads to mitochondrial dysfunction and to phenotypes that resemble those found in neurodegenerative disorders and, ultimately, lead to death of animals around postnatal day 30. Here, we show that Idebenone, a synthetic antioxidant of the coenzyme Q family, and Resveratrol, a bioactive compound extracted from grapes, are both able to ameliorate this phenotype. Feeding HtrA2 knockout mice with either compound extends lifespan and delays worsening of the motor phenotype.-link

In addition to extending the lifespan of obese mice, mice with alzheimer's like pathology and accelerated senescence mice, now with this study we see that in mice with genetic abnormality in the mitochondria lifespan's also extended.